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BLENDING THE RAILSThings You’ll Need: Shaping standSanding padSanding gauzeStep 1: Decide on the base type of rail you want. If you are building a long board, go with the soft rail shape and if you are building a short board, go with the hard rail shape.Step 2: Gather your materials. Before you begin to blend the rails on a surfboard, you need a sanding pad and sanding screens (the black screen …

Surfboard Deign and ShapesShortboardThe shortboard (also known as the thruster) is the most popular type of surfboard design, it’s used to perform quick maneuvers on waves. They are light and are easy to negotiate through the impact zone, as all areas of the board are narrowed down. The size of these shortboards is generally from around 5’8” to 6’10”. FishFish surfboards are great for surfing smal …

InFirst, I think this is the most exciting time in the history of surfing for shapers. There are more designs, styles of surfing, and lengths of surfboards than ever before. The shaper is under the gun to create better surfboards than our fathers and forefathers. At the same time the concept of the professional surfboard factory in Australia has probably never seen worse times. The backyarder will …

ContoursBottom contours are the shape of the bottom of the surfboard and influence how water travels under the surfboard. Some common surfboard bottom contours are:Flat BottomConcave BottomDouble Concave BottomVee BottomChannel BottomFlat Surfboard Bottom DesignFlat surfboard bottom design is a fast bottom shape but one that can be difficult to control in larger/faster waves. Flat bottom is good f …