Hey Todd and Charissa,
I am sooo stoked right now for two reasons. Reason one being that my custom Falcon should be very close to completion… but this is not the reason I am emailing you right now.
Right now I am in Costa Rica, on vacation, staying at out place in Playa Hermosa. I saw from your website and your facebook that you too had been to Playa Hermosa from seeing pictures at places like Jungle Surf Cafe and Wishbone.
Down here, my dad has 3 boards, a 6’6, a 6’7, and a 7 something Semi-gun. All of these are much too long for me so we went into Jaco in search of a used shortboard about 6’0 in the $200- $300 price range.
Spending over an hour seaching through over 6 surf shops, we found a couple of boards that would suit me, but not exactly what I wanted like a 5’11 that was very thin (maybe like 1 1/2′), a 6’0 that had been previously snapped and was in bad shape, and a bunch of great new boards that were over $600 dollars.
After our search through town, we had decided on a board, that was not great, but would work for about $350.
We went to dinner at Jungle Surf (our favorite place for breakfast and dinner) and we remembered that they had a couple of boards there too. So, we went into the shop and found a 5’8 board that was thicker and wider, so we figured it would be a suitable board and kind of fun. After, having dinner, we went into the shop to purchase the board and the girl running the shop told us that she had one more board in the back that she could sell to us.
We walk outside and the first thing I saw was the Proctor logo across the board. I flipped out, telling her how I knew the guy who shapes these boards and how he’s shaping me one back at home.
It is the Groveler IV model, 6’0 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/4. PERFECT. It was exactly what I wanted. Expecting it to be super expensive, I asked for the price and flipped out even more when she responded with: $250.
I am stoked beyond belief buying a Proctor board in Costa Rica, and then coming home to getting my custom Falcon.
I’m sure you remember shaping this board. Did you ride it, or did you sell it to someone, or did you sell it directly to Jungle Surf or what? I’m really interested in what this board did previously.
This is soo sweet and thank you for shaping awesome boards. I will send you another email once I ride it tommorow morning.
- Nick Frazier
P.S. I’m sorry for this being sooo long, I just had to tell you the whole story.
I’m stoked it landed in somebodys hands who will really appreciate it. That was one of my favorite boards of all time, and i was kind of hesistant on selling it. I hope he gets as many fun waves on it that i did. i’m sure he will.
Hey Todd and Charissa,
I am sooo stoked right now for two reasons. Reason one being that my custom Falcon should be very close to completion… but this is not the reason I am emailing you right now.
Right now I am in Costa Rica, on vacation, staying at out place in Playa Hermosa. I saw from your website and your facebook that you too had been to Playa Hermosa from seeing pictures at places like Jungle Surf Cafe and Wishbone.
Down here, my dad has 3 boards, a 6’6, a 6’7, and a 7 something Semi-gun. All of these are much too long for me so we went into Jaco in search of a used shortboard about 6’0 in the $200- $300 price range.
Spending over an hour seaching through over 6 surf shops, we found a couple of boards that would suit me, but not exactly what I wanted like a 5’11 that was very thin (maybe like 1 1/2′), a 6’0 that had been previously snapped and was in bad shape, and a bunch of great new boards that were over $600 dollars.
After our search through town, we had decided on a board, that was not great, but would work for about $350.
We went to dinner at Jungle Surf (our favorite place for breakfast and dinner) and we remembered that they had a couple of boards there too. So, we went into the shop and found a 5’8 board that was thicker and wider, so we figured it would be a suitable board and kind of fun. After, having dinner, we went into the shop to purchase the board and the girl running the shop told us that she had one more board in the back that she could sell to us.
We walk outside and the first thing I saw was the Proctor logo across the board. I flipped out, telling her how I knew the guy who shapes these boards and how he’s shaping me one back at home.
It is the Groveler IV model, 6’0 x 18 1/2 x 2 1/4. PERFECT. It was exactly what I wanted. Expecting it to be super expensive, I asked for the price and flipped out even more when she responded with: $250.
I am stoked beyond belief buying a Proctor board in Costa Rica, and then coming home to getting my custom Falcon.
I’m sure you remember shaping this board. Did you ride it, or did you sell it to someone, or did you sell it directly to Jungle Surf or what? I’m really interested in what this board did previously.
This is soo sweet and thank you for shaping awesome boards. I will send you another email once I ride it tommorow morning.
- Nick Frazier
P.S. I’m sorry for this being sooo long, I just had to tell you the whole story.
from Original Owner,
I’m stoked it landed in somebodys hands who will really appreciate it. That was one of my favorite boards of all time, and i was kind of hesistant on selling it. I hope he gets as many fun waves on it that i did. I’m sure he will.
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Thats sooo cool.
I have just rode it for the past 3 days and i cannot get off of it. Definitely the best shortboard I have ever ridden and it could not be more perfect for me and these waves.
Thanks,
Nick
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