In Surfing, the shape characterizes the shape of a board of Surf.

Materials

It should be known that there are several ways of doing a board of surfing, and there exist various materials to also do it.

One can shaper a board starting from a foam bread Polyuréthane or starting from a foam bread Polystyrène (the manufacturing process of a board Polystyrène will be different according to whether it is a Polystyrène extruded or expanded).

• the breads of foam Polyuréthane is laminated (or knell ) with the resin Polyester or epoxy, on the other hand foam polystyrene laminates only with the resin epoxy, if you laminate foam Polystyrène with a resin Polyester foam Polystyrène will melt.

Foam Polyurethane or foams PU, is the most widespread foam in the shape today.

• In the shape, one uses the Anglo-Saxon Measuring units: the inch and the foot (1 foot = 12 inches ( inch ), 1 inch = 25.4mm, 1 foot = 304.8mm).

Some technical words

The shape of a board of surfing is characterized using a precise vocabulary:

• Rails , is the cross-sections of the boards.
• Outline , definite the general shape of the board
• Rocker , is the general curve of the boards.
• Top spin , is the curve on the level of the tail.
• Scoop , is the curve on the level of the nose.
• Deck or bridge, corresponds to the top of the board.
• Bottom or careens, corresponds to the lower part of the board.
• Nose , is the nose of the board
• Tail , the tail is the back part of the board.
• Widepoint or midship beam, is what definite the broadest point of the board
• Fins or drifts.
• the central slat.

Various types of shapes

• the Shortboard

• the Shortboard retro
• the fish
• the Egg
• boards of the type Bonzer
• the Gun
• the Longboard

Various types of manufacture

With a permanent evolution in practice of the Surfing, new technologies appeared in the manufacture of board.

Recently, one could décourvrir new manufacture of boards, in particular with arrived of technology Tuflite and the breads of foam S-Core of the mark Solomon

External bonds

• the gate of the shape in France,
• the gate of the shape in the USA
• Modern technology of manufacture in: Machine CNC to make Shape of board of surfing
• naoned shaping association, the association of shaper amateur of Nantes