13 footer Hawaii Challenge update

Well the board has been with a 'repair guy ' on Oahu for over three weeks waiting for the fin installation, in total that is now 7 weeks it has taken for a one hour fin installation job to not get done, in spite of frequent promises from the voluntary caretaker of the board, including messages saying that the fin was installed and that it was all teed up for Garrett to ride the board with 20 minutes notice on the next swell, and then the next one, and the next one. .. .. for example that Garrett was going to ride the board the 'day before' at pipeline but there was a boogie board contest on. . .. in fact all the time Garrett or the caretaker didn't even have the board and it had no fin.More BS and misinformation, undoubtedly conducted from 'on high', and always signed 'With Aloha' . . . yeah right.I worked hard out to make the new fin and send it to Hawaii, had it there 5 days after the first one was lost via express courier, 7 weeks later it still isn't installed, and it's only a one hour job !We have pulled the pin on the whole deal, as I don't like being lied to.Our experience has been that the board tour is all good and the board is well liked with regular surfers . . . . until the board gets anywhere near surf industry people, then it turns to sh*t. .. same deal in NZ.