At one point or another, most surfers feel inclined to try a hand at shaping a surfboard.  And I’d wager that most of us have never actually shaped a board because getting all the supplies and equipment together just isn’t economical. Well, some folks in Huntington Beach, CA are making it fairly easy to realize [...]

Australians will try anything at least twice.  One of their recent developments, the FireWire design, is starting to hit the market.  FireWire combines epoxy resin, a parabolic stringer and  vacuum sandwich construction to form a surfboard that is inordinately light and durable.  I watched Bird (down at the SouthCoast Surf Shop in Pacific Beach) set [...]

The folks at Surf Syndicate are taking tail configuration to the next level with their TinklerTail technology, a variable-flex tail configuration that you adjust while you’re in the water.  Inspired by the thrust that dolphins generate with their tails, supposedly, the TinklerTail can generate more thrust than a conventional surfboard tail . . . and [...]