Here, you can see that this one is looking like a standard six foot high-performance model. The surfboard outline is usually the most striking feature of a surfboard. A clean, flowing outline is your first indication of a good board.
How to Shape a Surfboard
By Jay DiMartino, About.com
Most shapers have cut out wooden templates of their best surfboard shapes. Using one of these templates, Charles has sketched out the general outline of the surfboard shape right on the foam blank.
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- The Art of Surfboard Shaping and Design
- The Basic Surfboard Outline
- Cutting out the Basic Outline
- Measuring Tail, Nose, and Center Point
- Marking Guidelines
- Planing the Surfboard Rocker
- Rocker...contnued
- Rail Panels
- Sanding the Rails
- The Final Shaped Surfboard Blank
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