Ernie00 Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Some of you might have been in the same situation as me. I've been trying to get a hold of Prior for a board I was supposed to have build since last year and it was delayed and delayed. I finally got news today and they are under new ownership and have been going through restructuring this summer. I don't know much yet and they will be making an official annoucement soon about it. They got hit pretty hard at the end of last season with supply chain issues. I'm glad to see them moving forward. Ernie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/22/2022 at 4:27 PM, Ernie00 said: supply chain issues. Just another word to use for Lazy People who don't want to work anymore.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Shred Gruumer said: Just another word to use for Lazy People who don't want to work anymore.... Be glad, the slice of the pie for people who try even a little bit is lucrative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie00 Posted August 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 12:23 PM, Shred Gruumer said: Just another word to use for Lazy People who don't want to work anymore.... I think things changed a lot with the passing of Chris Prior. It's like anything when I order a Coiler I order a board from Bruce, Donek it's Sean and Vaughan it's Dave and so on. If someone buys Coiler, the name will stay but it won't be Bruce and his passion. Looks like they want to turn things around and get back on the track. I'm rooting for them as we don't have too many alpine board builders. I don't think they are spending much RD in Alpine but they are still available. I am also hoping to get my board, been waiting for a long time. Someone I know dropped by the shop and they were working last week. The issue right now seems to be topsheets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 I’ve been getting marketing emails from them lately. Any progress on your order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 We ordered a custom board from Prior in Nov of last year. It seemed to be taking a long time to get the board, so we made some inquiries. Supply chain issues, but all was still moving forward. We waited further. After waiting for a long time, we reached out to Prior again, several times. They had previously been great in responding to emails and calls. But we could not reach anyone at the factory. We tried and tried. Called again last month and the Prior representative we had been working with picked up the phone. I couldn't believe I got through. He described that they were under new ownership and apologized for the lack of communications over the last months. Board was near completion and would be shipped shortly. We received it late last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie00 Posted November 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 I did get my board a few weeks ago. Looks like they are trying to bring the ship back to normal operations. Looks good so far but I was told they had problems with their core supplier and had to start making cores themselves. If true it will definitaly change how their board ride.. for the best or worst I don't know I haven't tested mine yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Ace* Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 5:26 PM, lamby said: We ordered a custom board from Prior in Nov of last year. It seemed to be taking a long time to get the board, so we made some inquiries. Supply chain issues, but all was still moving forward. We waited further. After waiting for a long time, we reached out to Prior again, several times. They had previously been great in responding to emails and calls. But we could not reach anyone at the factory. We tried and tried. Called again last month and the Prior representative we had been working with picked up the phone. I couldn't believe I got through. He described that they were under new ownership and apologized for the lack of communications over the last months. Board was near completion and would be shipped shortly. We received it late last month. I don’t recall seeing this new Prior of your in the New Board Porn thread? Be proud of that stick and let’s see her! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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