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Crailtap has the money to produce Generator or PS stix, but why don't they? Or are they really in that bad of a financial state?
Story goes, they were going from North American manufacturer to manufacturer saying that they want X amount of boards but at insanely low cost for them. Manufacturers were basically going to loose money making crail boards. So in order to get the boards for the price the wanted, they went over seas.
So, Crailtap has been selling China wood for years knowing that it was inferior product but for the same price as everyone else. Now that their brand is no longer hot they have decided to ship North American maple to China to be molded and shipped back. Doesn’t all that time on the sea add extra moisture content to the wood/adhesive? I would think that would prematurely age the wood/adhesive making the boards less snappy? I just can’t see buying Crail wood after they have been selling second rate product for years while other companies have been coming correct with the good wood since day one.
Most or all boards made in China are made with the exact same wood from the northeast of Canada and the US. It's shipped over for cheap manufacturing. I've tried two 5Boro's that were made in the same factory I believe Girl uses now, and they sogged out quick. So, it would seem something about the whole process involving both of the China manufacturers they've used results in not-the-best boards, based on what folks are saying, and my own experience with those two 5Boro's. Maybe it
is all the shipping - moisture content is the #1 factor that affects the wood, and that changes a lot during shipping over seas.
Crail should just switch to BBS and deal with the cost. They'd probably gain a lot of customers.