Challenge Stradale Surfboard

Looks interesting, is it carbon fiber?

 

Obviously NOT a "woodie"..........LOL!

I make the last payment on my balsa Velzey this week. At 10 6" I'm a little worried about the engine heat melting the surf wax off, into the engine cover.

I'm sure the Stradale would do the same!

Mine was $1,400 +/-.....how much for that one?

Mine's not really solid balsa, but some high tech veneer. Looks like a d@mn grand piano though, a shame to wax it. The first time it bangs the rock jetties, I'll cry. Bought it the week Dale Velzey passed away......RIP

 

Single or tri fin????

I'm normally a 'Surfboards Hawaii' guy.......Scott "lil' Bull has a Lost fish.......

 

Beach localism being what it is......I rarely take the Ferrari unless it's a "home break"........some jealous, mean prople out there.

We used to leave our keys on top of the tire.

Not long ago they took my shoes, phone, pager AND the keys off the sand.

Luckily I towed the car off the shore before nightfall. I had to catch a ride home with this foxy blonde..........by the time I got the car and dropped off the kids it was 4AM.......

That'll teach ME to use Size 12 Nikes as a floor safe! LOL!

 

Cool looking board hey? I was going to buy one,but then woke up to myself and thought i cant even ****en surf! And im 2000km from a beach! FAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I have one of those.....A cool gift from a friend !
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No it has the "Ferrari 200% Factor" on it....a normal colored board would run $600 - $800 depending on size and manufacturer. Name Brands such as Hobie, Lightening Bolt, Surfboards Hawaii......

Mine at 10' 6" is pretty big, and I mentioned it is balsa wood veneer, the most expensive assembly technology out there. A company has replicated many of the great vintage shapes of master shapers, and now a computer driven CAD/CAM technology is used. I had to think a long time about the 'replica' factor involved, but as it was the day he died, there was no alternative.

Many of the Old Guard in California is passing. The guys that after WW2 lived in vans and ate horse meat, drinking the local wine......it's kind of the end of an era as the sport enters rampant commercialization. They served as lifeguards along the coast, training as long distance swimmers and paddlers.

Tom Blake met The Duke in a Movie theatre by chance and brought the whole sport back to California from Hawaii, together with a handful of adventurers.

Like the sports cars, there were those that LIVED it, long before the media SOLD it as a lifestyle!

 

WOW! Id love to have friends like yours!

 

I know some of the West Coast guys run roof racks on their Ferraris.

I think I'm one of the few Ferrari owners along the Gulf Coast of the US to do so.....LOL!

The surfer lifestyle is pretty hard to reconcile to "paying the bills'....I've watched some great days go by on the surfcam, as I worked at the office.

I'm teaching my kids the sport though, lots of the vibe about "taking care of the planet' still has relevance today, I feel.......

Most of our Industrial Age byproducts have been 'dumped in the ocean'...we'll all pay for that, someday.

I'll post a pic, as I pick up the board.....!!!!!!

 

All right! EC represent!!!!

You guys have some d@mn COLD waves, up there!

I'll do a 'quiver shot' Jack, in front of my shack......2 Ferraris, Three racing karts, and a few boards.......and a two room crib by the tracks!

That's livin'!

Who shaped that board? Construction materials? How does it ride???

 

Oh, Man!
You're making me miss the beaches in San Diego again.
When my kid gets out of high school in a year and a half, I'm moving!

Thor
www.JavelinArt.com

 

420 or 425 made, depending on who's saying what - $5K each for a 7'er. A faint shadow on VWH3RD's pic suggests it's a tri-fin, as well it should be for that size/shape. At least it gets good gas mileage.

That's all well and good, but, I accidently found a lovely site while I was checking...

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/ferrari/index.php

 

US only has one Challenge Stradale Surfboard distributor if a number of sites are to believed, including Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.beverlyhillsglobal.com/general.asp?id=668

 

Does the "US Model" have Launch Control?????

 

Don't worry about that, we need to know if the stripe is a sticker or painted on

 

As Willy Wonka once said: "What will they think of next!?!?!"

 

I bet Jeffrey doesnt have one of those!
MARK