Life is a wonderful win-win with the Surfboard Broker!
Two years ago on the walk to Lower Trestles, I came across a sticker on the tracks that read #surfboardbroker and was curious to know who was worthy of such a title. Flipped through Instagram and found out there was a guy in Carlsbad, California who was changing the way people buy, trade, and sell surfboards.
Like all great business enterprises in their infancy, Surfboard Broker began out of a garage selling surfboards they procures from trips to the team houses on the North Shore as well as buying pro trade-ins direct from shapers. They post their live stock to Instagram and delete the board’s post once it sells; offering shipping for reasonable prices.
Last year, a giant purple bitch was flinging its sexy self into the shores of San Diego- thrice the size of a normal winter swell. In the back of my car, I had two boards. A 5’10 thruster, and a 5’4 Hypto Krypto. Neither would please her. I needed girth! I needed more foam.
The Hypto Krytpo I knew was like buying a Toyota being that it had high re-sell value so I set up a meeting with the Surfboard Broker and pawned it off with a set of fins for $400 dollars credit.
I went through the racks of boards and found a 7’4 Minigun hand shaped by Rusty Preisendorfer that had never been ridden. It was made for one of his employees so it already was discounted but by God was it beautiful! Double stringer, six ounce glass, five fin option, tinted a deep purple and with an 80’s beak for getting one down the face when it mattered most. The guy that it was made for thought it was a tad too narrow, so for a trade and $250 out of pocket, I was able to secure a board in time for the swell.
The SurfBoard Broker offers a service that is far better than dealing with randoms off Craigslist when it comes to buying and selling used surfboards. No price haggling or dings hidden by stickers and wax, just a very efficient way of consolidating a quiver to get what you really want/need. The young biz is booming having expanded to Hawaii and Australia.
This convenience of being able to swap and trade gives one the ability to rotate out surfboards and try a variety of designs and shapes without ever having to shell out for custom.
And here is an idea. Order a new board, ride it and if you don’t like it, instead of continuing to surf a dud, trade it in for something different until you find that magic sled. Or you can always rotate around the forecast. Trade a groveler for a step up when the swell calls for it and trade back when it drops.
Doesn’t hurt shapers either as many deal with the Surfboard Broker as a way to off set the costs of their surf teams. You see, a guy like Tim Stamps will make a batch of boards with back ups ranging in size for his team riders to travel and use in competition. But let’s say they only feel comfortable surfing on two of twelve, those other ten that have nothing wrong with them other than being dismissed by a hard to please pro, are scooped up by the Surfboard Broker and sold for a fair price.
Everybody wins.
Shapers keep progressing designs while pros and average joes get to experiment and know what it likes to ride boards with foam white as snow.
As someone who travels the globe, I can attest for the quality of service that #surfbrokers provides.
If you’re looking to score a solid board from someone with real experience, hit these guys up.
I live on one of the outer islands, and sometimes boards are hard to come by. Surfboardbroker has hooked up some insane boards for reasonable prices. Most of the boards I was able to resell on my own. For those of you bitching about the pro hand me downs, there is plenty of other boards to choose from. Trust me, a pro can take the board you hate, and make it look like a magic carpet. That is why they are pro, and most of us are not. Surfboardbroker has the sleds to make you shred!!! Lol
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Stoked on all the boards I’ve gotten from them!! Great guys with great prices!!
Team boards for the most part are glassed lite.I think most people know this.These are some of best boards you can get your hands on not just cause there lite but because who shaped them.For instance if you order a board from a big name say Rusty, in almost all cases the shaper that made that brand famous never even touches your board.It goes through the cad/cnc and is finished off by another shaper.The team Rusty boards would be likely finished my the man himself.Look for signatures.Some of the best boards Ive ridden were pro boards.Some almost new, some that have taken a beaten.Any thats my two cents Ive had good luck with surfboardbroker and pro boards are just a small part of what they offer.
i’ve picked up some gems!! Great variety and pricing from fishes to step up guns! New or used there seems to be a board in the shop for most everyone!
Guy gets top of the line boards for a great price. Surfboardbroker has a huge variety of all the top shapers for surfers with experience and know what they want. He will work with you as long as you’re not busting his chops. Great boards, great price and great guy what else do you want……check em out!
Good Boards, Good Prices, Good People, good vibes. Enuf Said.
Love all the salty comments. If you can’t surf a thin board get a thicker one..period..they arent all the same dimensions..I’ve found great deals and some magic sticks, it’s a good concept and benefits us, the surfers! They regularly do board giveaways to groms to fuel the stoke and promote the best sport going! Boards are super exy these days and it’s refreshing to find some affordable boards that are quality! Trading in is a big plus too, it allows some product testing which allows you to get to know dimensions and your style. Try for yourself. Peace n luv legends ✌
Yeww they are great such good deals
Great high performance boards at a great price. Customer wins, shapers win, everyone happy. @Surfboardbroker filling a much needed void. Good on ya boys!
Another Jacked Toecramp article about a guy he knows that……blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada…..
Turns out, others know that guy and his boards better.
I think Beachgrit picked up a new sponsor. Sorta. Couldn’t pay them cash. Sorry, totally Broker. Can you send some “donated” sleds our way? Well, alrighty then. You got one article. No, not by Derek. We got Toecramp on this one. Fuck. Gorilla advertising it is.
Cool story bro😹
Shouldn’t you “shoots”, “Waterdog”, “Jordan Schwartz”, “beauinafoster”, “shopgrom”, “BradPitbull”, “Domo420”, “Squirrel”, “DB // SD” and “Acapelli7280” get back to work at the #surfboardbroker.
stop making history being the first Beachgrit commenter to use a fucking emoji. Take that shit to The Inertia. Its a sad legacy you now hold.
“#surfboardbroker memo: all #surfboardbroker employees please head over to beachgrit.com ASAP and troll all comments by the kooks who don’t think #surfboardbroker is the raddest shit to happen to surfing since the thruster. Then get back to work selling the most hi-performance used boards for the best prices. From the desk of THE #surfboardbroker.”
memo to kooks: continue to troll the internet with nothing better to do but spread negativity and talk shit because your lame…
dm to THE #surfboardbroker: please give “GetReal” a raise, his #surfboardbroker company spirit, enthusiasm, and loyalty is nothing short of heroic. Maybe toss him a 2 1/32″ board from the pile in #surfboardbroker stock too, he deserves a bonus.
another cool story bro..haha
you should be a writer for the blogs with your amazing fact checking and intelligent insight! Go back to talking shit to groms at trestles and STFU
I’ve bought and traded a ton of boards from @surfboardbroker the boys always hook me up with best board for my weight and size! Thanks Surf board broker!
I’ve gotten multiple boards from surfboardbroker and they are all epic and at a very reasonable price. The team there is very positive and work hard towards building their goals. I wouldn’t get a board anywhere else. Yewwwwww
I’ve been to the broker quite a few times and he always has unique boards for good prices. Not only that they help out the surf community in a huge way. Basically the surfboard recyclers taking pro boards off shapers hands that they don’t have time to
Move and selling them to stoked guys like me. Some of the best boards I’ve had came from broker. Sorry he only sells hi performance boards it’s probably because he doesn’t want to deal with kooks like
Half the people on here commenting. Not to
Mention his team of workers at his shop are classic and they’re all great kids. Thanks surfboardbroker for making the surf community and this crazy world we live in where we sit behind our computers and talk shit a better place !
they sell only the best, most high performance boards I’ve had many epic blades from them and the trade in deal is rad! only donkeys who ride eggs or pop outs would have anything negative to say… the board makers put all there love in pro boards and not the board for joe shmo or the stock board… they also have a lot of new ones that were just never ridden or ridden 1x since finding them 2yrs ago i haven’t been anywhere else stoked on the brokers program keep it up boys! yew
holy shit. do they come with the stickers still on them!? FUCKING STICKERS! that is next level epic. woofuckinghoo I i can now wax up and saunter to the waters edge and back. back and forth. back and forth. it’s always been a sandy catwalk but this makes it next level.
this is only going to quadruple the amount of adoring looks i get in my lovely swimsuit.
i better freshen up my boudoir!
Fuck yeah you can ride the board a pro hated enough to sell for drugs or because it was a dog! They never let the gems slip.
I didn’t write that I would ride it! sheesh. why would i do that? it’s all about the parading about and the strut, honey.
Dude I don’t know how, but you made it better.
Or they don’t want to pay boardbag fees at the airport so they liquidate their assets(boards). But I guess they can still buy drugs with the cash that’s up to them mr. sars 😏
Ya braa! Pros have these things called contracts which is why there is stickers on their boards. It’s up to you to peel them off and be the core shredder guy.
Your skin is translucent.
Go kick rocks
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BORING!
This f**kin pic never gets old!!!!! I’ve been waiting. Thanks Chazzer….. Still laughing.
Spell check was just gonna take too long Chaz.
The best boards for the best price. All the best shapers and surfers work with these guys for good reason. Most boards are “pro” boards so if you surf like a kook then yes maybe you need to go buy some dumb China plug from your nearest corporate owned shop. They have everything from stubby grovel boards to big wave guns and everything in between. If you’ve ever seen the board selection in real life you would be baffled at the options and how knowledgeable these guys are.
OK but they aren’t reasonably priced like yeah I can get a bichronic quad with resin pigments and everything, why wouldn’t I just go straight to lights out or album Matt ? He can’t do volume on unique boards, point, shaper.
Ahaha your worried about price but your bringing up “album matt” the guy with some of the highest priced boards on the market just because he does a cool hip resin tint making the board super heavy. That guy sells heavy plugs to barneys like you just because he has his own marketing firm. I’m
Sure you get a sick deal tho keep ripping!
Would love for you to stop my shop and pick up a board for yourself. You might have a different opinion on the weight and performance feel of even our prettiest resin tinted boards 🙂
Guys a shaper, or so he claims, so yeah I’d say he gets deals.
were you ripping on the 5’8 x 18 x 2 1/8 or was it the 5’7 x 17.5 x 2 1/8?
Yea that would be called a grom board. Dumbass.
Those are Keanu Asing’s dims brah
Keanu Asing’s shortboard dims are 5’8 x 18.5 x 2.25 get your facts straight before you go running your mouth. You make yourself look stupid when you don’t know what you’re talking about. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
you didn’t get the joke
Oh and BTW I read some of your comments on other threads and they’re all negative and hateful. You were bashing jack Robinson on one lol who do you think you are?? If you don’t have anything nice to say then fuck off
The broker is dope I’ve gotten a bunch of epic boards from them🔥🙌🏽
oh, they’re all shortboards (and the occasional gun) i’m sure, which are all the exact same design with supposedly distinct differences that are actually marginal and completely superficial, especially to the average surfer. might as well trawl your local shop’s used section instead.