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Summary: Learn how to choose the right length for your surfboard based on your height and level of experience in this free video series that will show you how to maintain and care for your surfboard to ensure that it's always ocean ready.
Abe Toke grew up surfing the Central Coast of California. He has had the chance to surf world class waves, with world class surfers, and is now a pro surfer himself. Among his...read more
"ABE TOKE: Hi. Welcome to Expert Village, my name is Abe Toke. I'm going to take you through step by step to shape yourself a complete surfboard. Basically, the first step is to get your length. So today, we're going to be shaping a grommet board. It is going to be about 5' 9". So let's get that measurement, 5 foot, 9 inches. You want to measure a foot off from the tail. Mark a foot on the board. Go up to your 5' 9" mark or whatever it may be. And then a foot off of the nose back as well into the board, mark that, and the center as well. Five foot, it's two and a half, and half of that is right there."
eHow Article: Choose the Right Length for a Surfboard