Today I went to Oceanside to visit Epoxy PRO, the company that laminates the LOST XTR boards.
Before the visit, we had a quick round of golf at Southside Pier in Oceanside.
Meeting with Habiyar from Epoxy PRO.
I'm happy to say that in 2013 we received many more custom orders from Japanese customers than we expected.
As the number of free stock boards being produced is decreasing, I have requested that they increase production of the Japan-only "XTR-FX" board, as I am sure that demand will increase further in 2014.
Habiyar-san showed me on a PC monitor that he was currently developing a design for an XTR board with an electric underwater propeller.
He was delighted that even though the product wasn't even finished, there were people who placed orders without even asking the price, just by explaining the concept.
Once completed, it will be faster to get out and take off extremely quickly.
We found the XTR-FX for Nishii's custom-ordered personal board, "COUCH POTATO"!
Here we found the 5'3" XTR-FX stockboard from
COUCH POTATO !
You can pre-order before it arrives!
The 5'3" "
COUCH POTATO" XTR-FX stockboard is
We are currently masking the outside of the square carbon rail to add a black pin line.
As you can see, the XTR board goes through many steps to complete, which takes a lot of time and effort.
It is a valuable board that is produced in extremely small quantities compared to POLY.
All the boards lined up are custom-ordered by customers from Japan.
In addition to the "XTR-FX," we also receive custom orders for the ever-popular "XTR V-FLEX."
What is this sea urchin-like thing that Habiya showed me?
Nishii is pointing at the foam-cutting teeth of the cutting machine, which has a black square brush attached.
It is located inside the tool and this head moves to cut the XTR blanks (foam).
On the work table where the XTR glass lamination was being done today, the owner of G-SLASH, a LOST surfboard store in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture,
There was Nomata's
SUB-SCORCHER II . It's almost finished!
The leash plug is also attached during the lamination process. The "TUNED FOR JAPAN" mark is also included as proof of official import.
The XTR-FX board features cool, ultra-thin black stringers that are specially ordered from a stringer company and dyed black.
This time we introduced
We are now accepting reservations for
the COUCH POTATO model XTR-FX board.
All pre-made sizes will be available in December, so if you want to ride it first, please call 03-3732-5532.
Or click here
https://www.luvsurf.co.jp/contact.html
Please contact us and say, "I would like to reserve the COUCH POTATO XTR-FX board before it arrives."
If you have any questions about the right size, please feel free to contact us!
