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Summary: Rough planing will make sure that the surfboard is level in all the right places. Get tips for using a planer to shape 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
"So, now we'll get started on shaping the nine-two. We'll start by getting our safety equipment on. We'll pick up our planer and we'll take down the stringers. This stuff is just leveling out where the stringers were left high. We want to take that down so we can get this nice and level. I'll flip it over, we'll do the same thing on the bottom. We'll clean that up. You can see it's still a little high in here. That's where the concave is. We need to take that down. The stringers are still a little high. And, here we'll take that down. Ok. Now, we've got the stringers taken down. We'll lightly sand it to clean it up and then we'll true up the outline."
eHow Article: Surfboard Shaping: Rough Planing