We were supposed to be having springbreak the past few weeks but it’s been anything but, more like winter break.  I have always thought the first couple weeks of March are some of the coldest of the year. After the past snow days we had one real quick warm up but only for a couple [...]

The traditional urethane foam has been around since the 50’s when blanks  switched from balsa wood to foam and gained in popularity with the lighter weight surfboards. It is a closed cell foam that is poured liquid into a heated concrete mold. The liquid expands rapidly filling the mold and after time the mold is [...]

Since this will be my first post in the Shaping Bay I will start where the board starts and that is the foam.