Surfers often specify whether they want their rails hard (sharp) or soft (rounded). Too much sanding can lead to a thinner overall surfboardboard, which will not match the original vision or plan for the board.
How to Shape a Surfboard
By Jay DiMartino, About.com
Like a true artist, shapers must envision the rail that they want to sand out of the rough rail panels of a surfboard. A lack of vision and confidence in this process can lead to uneven, over sanded, or just plain wrong rails.
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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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