Today's surfboards are the result of decades of surfing, shaping, and design. They generate and control speed and power in waves from two to thirty feet. They provide recreational joy and professional competence to a wide spectrum of surfers. Through a combination of intuitive ideas and deductive reasoning they have evolved into the variety of fine tuned boards available today. It's up to the surfer's and shaper's imagination and logic where the surfboard will go from here.
Surfboard design is a simple combination of variables.
These variables may seem overwhelming to some. Some of these variables are more significant than others, but the single, most significant, and often overlooked variable is the synthesis of all the variables. All the design elements must work with each other to achieve optimum results. The one element that makes surfing a reality is the wave. Without waves, there is no surfing.