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Summary: Fine finishing the deck will smooth out the surfboard. Learn how to smooth sand to create a fine finish on 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
"Next up is we will start blocking out the deck. Smoothing everything out taking the stringers down a little bit more and starting to finish the board up. (Sanding the board.) Switch it off of that block to one of our rough pads. (Sanding the board.) We'll grab out block plane take our stringers down a little. (Plaining the stringers.)"
eHow Article: Surfboard Shaping: Fine Finishing the Deck