The last step in shaping your design, Checking for accuracy, scratches and marking up fin positions, ready for glassing.

Understanding how to cut the designs into the blank with the electric planer. Know how to get the dynamics in all the right places.

Using templates and accurately cutting the shape of your board. The first real step of making your own design.

There are so many surfboard shapes, sizes and fin combinations available. How do you decide what to ride.

Understanding how surfboard blanks are made will save you time shaping, save you money, and most importantly will ensure your board will stand up to the pressures of surfing.