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Kelly Slater is teaming up with Al Merrick to create new surfboards to help speed the progression of the sport. Who are these people? Be sure to identify them. http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/industry-news/kelly-slater-to-develop-new-surfboard-technologies-with-channel-islands_9054/ ·  When shaping a board weight and height of surfer are taken into consideration; also the shape and size of the wave. http://www.swaylocks.com/resources/detail_page.cgi?ID=1068 ·  Surfboards have low density cores for buoyancy and high density outer skins for strength. With a stringer for strength also.fragment ·  Flat bottoms- no lateral stability, very little carving performance. Mainly applied to longboards and guns. ·  Convex- like the bottom of a boat. They are usually applied to guns and high speed boards. ·  Flat to vee- Mainly in shortboards. Higher control for novice surfers. ·   Tri plane to vee is also a very simple bottom, and arguably a more versatile and efficient configuration than flat to vee. ·   Concave- produces lift with a channel under the board. Single concave is a single arch. And double is a double arched bottom. http://www.naturalcurvesboards.com/html/design.html# http://www.surfline.com/mag/features/how_to_shape/index.html
 * **THE DIGITAL SHAPER **

**The Zen of Computer Shaping / Taking the plunge into technology ** ||  || 


 *  ||  || In Zen philosophy perfection is achieved through simplicity and repetition. CNC shaping, with the use of software and machine, utilizes simplicity and repetition to achieve that goal.

The use of computer shaping technology is increasing - not only in production shaping, where it is replacing the "ghost shaper," but in the design and shaping of custom surfboards as well. The technology of CNC shaping facilitates many things including accuracy, repetition, and evolution in surfboard design and shaping. Today's computer shapes require significant skills including (1) relevant input to design and create a surfboard, (2) the ability to visualize and translate a design with a keyboard and monitor into a digital file, and (3) significant skill to hand sand the computer pre shape into the final shape. All are part of a master shaper's skill set. Magic and Soul are products of these skills.

Magic and Soul in surfboards are mysterious and elusive qualities, but you know they exist in a surfboard when you experience the special performance of such a magical - soulful surfboard. Machine or CNC shapes by a master shaper totally involved in every nuance of the final shape can indeed have magic and soul.

Shaping great surfboards requires imagination, observation, and skill to translate designs into reality. Master shapers are part scientist, artist, and craftsman. Hand shaping great surfboards takes years to master. Combine the experience of decades of hand shaping with current technology and the results are awesome.

The best surfboards will always be those designed and shaped to best suit the relevant needs of surfers by reputable master shapers with years of experience regardless of the tools they use. There are surfers and shapers who consider computer shaping an evil threat to the shaping trade and surf culture. Nothing could be further from the truth. The computer allows shapers to begin the design process with the same master designs over and over again. From this starting point they can make a variety of adjustments to suit a surfer, or just experiment with new ideas. This starting point - a base master design - simply does not exist without surfboard design software, a database, and a computer shaping machine. Duplicating or even coming close to duplicating a "magic" board by hand has always been a very difficult task - not that a master shaper cannot produce one magic, soulful board after another.

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To fully rebut the idea that shaping software and machines require less skill or are a threat to surfboard design, the use of CNC shaping tools allow more time, energy, and thought to go into designing a surfboard. Hand shaping surfboards with planers, grinders, and the other tools of the trade is very physically and mentally demanding. CNC technology allows an abundance of this energy to be focused on design.

Now, more than at any time in the history of shaping surfboards, technology offers surfers the benefit of accelerated design evolution, relevant custom design, and accuracy in the never ending pursuit of perfection.   || http://www.naturalcurvesboards.com/html/designhtml/computerzen.html

paragraph one of research paper. Many people prefer a hand shaped surfboard over the computer generated boards of tomorrow. One reason is that the boards are made to fit the riders. Many, almost all professionals prefer the hand shaped boards, just for the simple fact that they are shaped for their body type, wave type, and style of the rider. This is important because these surfers desire the ultimate personally shaped board. I watched Kelly Slater win his ninth world title on a Al Merrick custom shaped board, this showed me that there is still a high demand for custom shaped surfboards in the professional industry.