Learn the Proper Techniques for Cutting Your Surfboard

Video Transcript

"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. The top is going to be similar as the bottom. Just keep the planer nice and flat. Go nice and smooth, slow. The slower you go, the smoother the cut. If you try to go fast, you wound end up with some tears and you won't be able make that up later. I usually generally keep this nose--stay off the nose with the power planer, especially if it's your first couple shapes. You'll find that you can usually shatter or break the nose off pretty easily. That was another point I need to make before on this planing pass here on the deck was that you generally want to keep that close to the outside. Don't make a super-deep cut on the deck. The foam tends to be like an eggshell. They're tough on the outside and they get softer on the inside. So you want the deck to be nice and sturdy and hard. So take most of your planing passes off the bottom."