Friday, March 14, 2008

end of an era...

It's official....

The Genius is being retired.

A stressed old girl....that needs pasturing before she's broke.

Made a call today.....put in my order.

Not a Genius......but a beaut just the same.

Don't worry Sonja....you'll still get your water time.

The new one will be ready after tax season is over.

Sounds like a road trip is in the works....

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

are you going to get a red one?

twin said...

sorry nurse....not another red one. and no yellow on the new one either. colour preview will have to wait for the end product.... ;-)

ras said...

singlefin yellow?

Anonymous said...

ok i'll be patient

6ftnperfect said...

oh man, I just ran into Jim at the beach the other day, he is such a stoked ol' dude. My next custom may be from him.

Surfsister said...

Welcome to the dark side. Those old school Tylers are beauties. I thought about selling mine when money was tight and I'd lost my mind. Clayfin talked me out of it. I still get unsolicited offers to buy mine all the time. No way! You're gonna love that thing!

twin said...

Yeah sis....I'm pretty excited about the Tyler. The cost was almost prohibitive....but I don't buy new boards every year. Hell....I don't even buy one every 5 years. If this new one lasts me at least 10 years...it'll have paid for itself.

Surfsister said...

That board will last the rest of your surfing life . . . unless it flies off the top of your car or something. Those boards are solid!

patrick said...

So did you decide on the 305 model? Can't wait to see it!

twin said...

SmithG....I put moolah down on the Craftsman NR. Eeeek! I'm so excited...!

patrick said...

Wow.. No wonder why you're making the road trip...I would've be freakin' if I had a NR shipped up to me.

Wave Farmer said...

Road trips are nice...

But driving to PDX is easier...

All about shipping.

twin said...

That may be true, Doc.

But...after being glued to my desk 6 days a week for 3 months straight...a long drive doesn't sound so bad.

We'll see. There's still time to change my mind...

Gaz said...

Well Doc, there's not that many empty lineups between the west hills and PDX.......... hence the lure of the road......

Wave Farmer said...

The other contrarian position I would like to adopt is that of retirement...if indeed you have no intent of surfing that board then I would give it to me because I will bring it out of retirement and expose it to risk.

It's not like it's an old horse or anything...

Surf that fucker...sorry for the profanity...I get that way.

twin said...

Doc.....No.

Actually...hoping the v-man will make use of it.