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Tesla's Limited-Edition Surfboards Now Selling For $6,450 (mercurynews.com) 119

Posted by EditorDavid from the surf's-up dept.
An anonymous reader quotes the Mercury News: Tesla's sleek, $1,500 carbon fiber surfboard sold out in a day, and it's not surprising: The company, in collaboration with a Southern California board maker, said it was producing a limited edition of 200, and Tesla has many die-hard fans. The board "features a mix of the same high-quality matte and gloss finishes used on all our cars," Tesla said in promotional material for the product. "The deck is reinforced with light-weight 'Black Dart' carbon fiber, inspired by the interiors in our cars...."

Now, less than a week after orders were submitted, 21 of the boards -- sized to fit in the Palo Alto electric car maker's Model 3 and Model S sedans, and the Model X SUV -- are up for sale on eBay. Asking prices are steep, as high as $6,450, with most sellers wanting $3,000 to $4,000.
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  • frist TP Barmun post (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Hognoxious ( 631665 ) on Sunday August 05, 2018 @06:44AM (#57072614) Homepage Journal

    There's one born every minute.

  • And their junk bonds are selling for 90 cents on the dollar.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by SpzToid ( 869795 )

      Elon Musk is using the economics of sneakers for his cash flow. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/t... [pbs.org]

  • That's enough to double their stock price!

  • Carbon = wanker preferred. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05, 2018 @06:53AM (#57072642)

    I've built composite stuff for years.

    Carbon fiber is useful but may not give an advantage such that it is worth using. Sometimes S-glass is the better choice when you consider what sort of properties you need. Carbon does have a number of drawbacks - it is fragile when subjected to point loading, and it tends to hold more resin than is optimal ( unless you use pre-preg ).

    Anyway, a Tesla carbon surfboard is something a real surfer is not going to favor. But it's perfect for wankers who are willing to spend more money in an effort to look cool. Oddly enough the Tesla car shares these characteristics.

    I do want to ask the editors of Slashdot whether their knees are sore from so much worshipping of that egomaniac Elon Musk. Or maybe the editors use knee pads ?

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by Rei ( 128717 )

      I really like CF/UHMWPE weaves. UHMWPE is strong, although not as strong as CF, and has trouble being wetted. But unlike CF, it's very good at absorbing impacts. The CF in the weave adds strength and wettability.

      And while this shouldn't be a shocker, but Tesla vehicles sell because people love them. Highest consumer satisfaction rating on Consumer Reports, every year.

      • Highest consumer satisfaction rating on Consumer Reports, every year.

        Consumer's Report doesn't review E-Meters. But if they did....

        • Re: (Score:1)

          by Rei ( 128717 )

          Is your argument that Teslas don't do anything? That people are just imagining moving from place to place in their daily lives? That's some serious mind over matter there!

    • I do want to ask the editors of Slashdot whether their knees are sore from so much worshipping of that egomaniac Elon Musk. Or maybe the editors use knee pads ?

      The reason is nothing of the sort.

      Te reason is that the mention of "Tesla" is sufficient to send many Slashdotters into a white hot rage, then proceed to vent that rage.Assured posting traffic.

      IOW, they're playin' ya, playa!

  • This board looks like a garbage surfboard (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Fashion statement, sure. Expensive show off thing, sure. Surfboard? Nah.

    I surf and there are a couple rains carbon fiber boards aren't a thing, and is not cost. Pros don't use carbon boards. Pros who's entire livelihood is dependent on surfing don't use carbon boards. Here's why:
    Some parts of a board need to be stiff, others need to be flexible. This Tesla board claims to have a special kind of carbon, but that's not the point, the best fiberglass boards use different weaves of fiberglass, nowadays generall

    • Posting to boost visibility of informative parent post

    • Fashion statement, sure. Expensive show off thing, sure. Surfboard? Nah.

      It's a limited edition of 200. It's intended to be a collectable trophy, not a serious surfing product. It brought the company $300,000 and its price is slowly climbing in the post-release trading, which is exactly what was supposed to happen.

      If somebody actually used it to surf it would make it non pristine and cut into its collectable price.

    • But then again, it's designed by expert surfboard makers, so you would think they would be decent surfboards for regular use and not some toy board you get at a toy-store.

  • Listing price != selling price (Score:3)

    by misnohmer ( 1636461 ) on Sunday August 05, 2018 @07:18AM (#57072696)
    Headline is a click-bait. Even the summary states that sellers are offering it at $3,000, so what sane person is paying $6,450? It could list it for $100,000, it doesn't mean it's selling at that price.

  • Collectable Surfboards (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    The world of collectable surfboards is like any other "collectable" world, filled with no end of strange and wonderful beasties.

    Get your hands on a pristine-condition Miki Dora "Da Cat" model and you've got yourself something very rare and valuable.

    Compared to what's being ridden nowadays, the thing will handle on a wave in similar fashion to what you might pick up at a shipyard somewhere, U.S. Naval surplus.

    But that's not the point, and nobody's going to be putting their Da Cat into the water.

    That's not th

    • I wouldn't say "I own a penetrator" and "it rides fine" if I were you.

      • I wouldn't say "I own a penetrator" and "it rides fine" if I were you.

        That's nice. The OP is probably more comfortable with their sexuality than you, and realise that anything can be a double entendre to a juvenile mind.

  • Can I get one with a flamethrower mounted on it? This would be great for those Hawaiian surf spots where they won't let in outsiders.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by Rei ( 128717 )

      I sense a new sport in the making. Surfers slather themselves up in fire-retardant gel and attack each other with flamethrowers while surfing ;)

  • Just $389 each! Add $99 for the special limited edition colors of Red, Black or blue!

  • Apparently the major shoe companies sell limited edition shoes on their websites which are highly desired by collectors, first come, first serve. He and people like him coded bots which would monitor the websites for these sales, and buy as many of these limited edition shoes as they could the instant they were listed on the website. Then he'd sell them to collectors at a considerable markup. Kinda like high-frequency trading, except with shoes.

    (Past tense because his programming skills weren't enough
  • For this price it should use regenerative breaking (hydro-static pressure from gravitational forces, turning a small turbine) to charge a bank of batteries so it can paddle you back out to catch the next wave. An autopilot should then figure out the best route to maximize the remaining battery pack and the exact amount of energy, to consume in charging the batteries, needed to maximize the actual surfing time.
  • You take your car to work
    I'll take my board
    And when you're out of charge
    I'm still afloat

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