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Plan shapes: do you know your long and thin from your short and fat?

The Planshape is the outline of your board from Nose to Tail. This has a dramatic effect on the performance and features of the board. It also helps place surfboard volume in the right areas.

Wavelength MagazineJez Browning1 March 2018what is a planshape, how to shape a surfboard, how to surf better, how to talk to my surfboard shaper, how to fix a surfboard, how do surfboards workComment

Bottom talk: do you want a vee or a concave or both?

How does the bottom contours of your surfboard effect it's performance? How does a Vee work? What does a Concave do? And what the hell is a Spiral Vee?

Wavelength MagazineJez Browning24 November 2017what are surfboards made out of, what are surfboards made from, getting a custom surfboard, how to talk to my surfboard shaper, what do concaves on a surfboard do, what does vee do on a surfboardComment

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