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Summary: Shaping a surfboard requires the proper tools. See the right tools for shaping a surfboard from a professional surfboard shaper in this free surfing video.
Scott Anderson is a legend surfboard shaper who owns and runs the only "handmade" surfboard company left in the Los Angeles area. He has been at the same location in Venice, California...read more
"What we're going to start off with is a polyester surfboard blank manufactured here in California. This is going to be a Marshall Brothers Nine-two model. It is a basic board, three stringer traditional long board. And, this is the basic form that we start with. I'm going to show you some tools here. The Surforms, safety equipment, tape measures, blocks, sanding blocks, more sanding blocks, customized blocks, spokeshaves, rasps, saws, more custom blocks, sanding screen pads, weights for balancing and also the old trusty Skill one hundred for doing planing."
eHow Article: Surfboard Shaping: Blank Shaping Tools