Process: Shaping

April 2017
Words - Josh Moffat, Designer

Shaping surfboards is true craft. Art. Skill. Hands on sanding blocks, sanding blocks on foam. Chasing shadows, eyeing symmetry, our subconscious tactile feedback loops going in overdrive. Here's how we do it.

Of course CNC machines help. We're designers, we'll use whatever tools we can to give us the best product we can make. Still, with every AW, there are hands getting dusty. Hands scanning preshapes, spinning CAD models, recreating rail profiles, building in concave depths, deck contours and rocker shapes. Only perfection will do.

Let's start designing your AW. Hit Store up at the top, pick a template and let us welcome you to the Crew

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