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Tools Needed for Making Surfboards
Different Types of Blank Surfboards
What is a Stringer in Making a Surfboard?
How To Trim the Crust from a Surfboard
How To Measure the Outline for a Surfboard
How To Draw a Surfboard Outline with a Template
How To Trim the Surfboard Outline with a Hand Saw
How To Finish the Surfboard Outline
How To Shape the Bottom of a Surfboard
How to Shape the V & Deck of a Surfboard
How to Sand the Surfboard Foam
How to Level the Stringer of a Surfboard
How to Put the Rails in a Surfboard
How to Add Color to a Surfboard
Using Airbrushing to Add Color to a Surfboard
How to Use Fiberglass to Give Strength to a Surfboard
How to Finish the Surfboard Surface with Laminating Resin
How to Install & Place the Box Fins on a Surfboard
What Do the Fins on the Surfboard Do?
How to Repair Dings on a Surfboard
Learn from an expert board shaper what fins are and what the fins on a surfboard do in this free how to vi… More
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Surfboards typically come in shortboards and longboards. Choose the right surfboard to begin surfing with … More
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Maintain a surfboard by keeping it in a bag and away from rocks when in the water. Keep a surfboard lookin… More
To some, the thought of riding a big wave may be a bit unsettling. But to the dedicated surfer, it is a hi… More
Turning a surfboard requires having the back foot on the back of the board for maintaining turn control. C… More
Learn the first steps to standing up on a surf board in this free video.… More
Learn how to accomplish standing up on a surf board by popping up from the board in this free video on sur… More
Learn how to pop up on your surfboard, take off and catch an ocean wave when you're surfing in this free v… More
Find out how to paddle your surfboard by using big strokes; tips offered from an expert surfer in this fre… More
Expert surfer demonstrates several ways to carry your surfboard, depending on your body type, in this free… More
Expert surfer talks about caring for your stick (surfboard) and how to store it on the beach and at home, … More
Expert surfer shows how to wax your surfboard to help you stay on your board in this free surfing video fo… More
Summary: Learn from an expert board shaper what fins are and what the fins on a surfboard do in this free how to video on making a surfboard.
Since 1967, Kimo Greene has been making surfboards and has gone through the full circle of surfboard design. He lives and surfs on Oahu’s famous North Shore with his family and dogs.read more
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"Hi this is Kimo Greene and I am here to teach you how to shape a surfboard on behalf of Expert Village. As a surfboard maker, what you are doing is directing water, hydro dynamically, so you want it flow. The way the "Thruster Principle" works is that it utilizes the forward fin to set up the turn and the back fin finishes it. It creates thrust but you have to be turning in order for it to work. If you just like cruising through the water, they actually drag. That make the board go slower because you have more surface. But if you keep them moving it creates a thrust through the board and that is where my "Double Barrel" comes in too. The Double barrel, you can not really see it, that is my secret, my top secret stuff you were talking about. It hydro dynamically foils the water through the fins and creates lift and thrust at the same time. So it make the board feel a lot shorter. Even though if you have a nine foot board or a ten foot board, it will make it feel like it is turning like an eight foot board. I personally like to ride a single fin board on a ten foot. A nine foot board I will ride a thruster, just because I turn it more. It is a personal preference, depending on what you like. That is the whole thing about surfing it is such an individual sport. That is the last thing I do when I shape a board, is put the Double Barrel on it and I sign it and put a serial number on it."
eHow Article: What Do the Fins on the Surfboard Do?
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