The Surfboard Studio are now pleased to offer newShaping Courses to the public. These are perfect for those of you that want to have a crack at shaping their own surfboard design from a foam blank and want to leave the glassing/sanding/ fin installation stages to the experts. These Shaping Courses also take a lot less time than the fullMake Your Own Board Courses, so will suit those of you that have less flexibility with time.
TheShaping Coursesare primarily designed for people with no previous experience and focus on detailed instruction of shaping and design principles. You will learn from our experienced, professional instructors how to shape a surfboard from a foam blank. In doing so, the course covers all aspects of surfboard design, the shaping bay, tool selection and safety, rough shaping, rail design, fine-tuning, and finish-sanding.
The shaping course requires approximately4 hourstotal depending on the shape you intend to make. Usually we will run this course over1 session(but it may extend into a second for more labor intensive designs)
These Shaping Courses will now be regularly offered at The Surfboard Studio.
The Shaping Courses costs$495per person and includes all the materials, tuition and equipment to shape yourself a surfboard out of a foam blank.
To enroll yourself in one of these courses head over to their BOOKINGSpage.
*On request they can also do this course to suit your schedule (over a morning, afternoon, evening, holiday – you decide) – to do this they will require you to organize & book a group of 4-8 people. Contact The Surfboard Studiofor more details.
