If you want to fall in love with the waves, too, it’s important to set yourself up for success with the right surfboard. There’s a ton of nuance around surfboard construction, but you’ll often hear ...

Surfboards are elongated platforms used by surfers to ride waves. They were originally invented in Hawaii, where they were referred to as "papa he’e nalu", and made of heavy local wood. Since then, ...

The art of shaping a surfboard has dramatically evolved over dozens, maybe hundreds of years of surfing. From early pioneers who would fell trees and hack and carve them into a 15-to-20 feet long ...

Whether you’re a customer or a surf shop owner, this is the biggest question in surfboard retail. Many of us are confused with what’s what and why, especially with the recent introduction of so many ...

The Florida Times-Union: Surfer knows the ins and outs of shaping a surfboard

"Tony jokes I'm the only shaper who reads the Wall Street Journal," says Jim Dunlop of Mystic Surfboards in Jacksonville Beach. Tony Iannarone owns Clean Ocean Surfboards. Jim and Tony are friends who ...

This image shows aerospace-grade epoxy resin used in prepreg manufacturing A syringe of "5-minute" epoxy glue, containing separate compartments for the epoxy resin and the hardener Structure of the epoxide group, a reactive functional group present in all epoxy resins Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins, also known as polyepoxides, a class of reactive ...