Product Details

• Actors: Jun Jo, Simon Law
• Directors: Ross Williams
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: December 15, 1996
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1930215002
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,509 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

BEN MARCUS, SURFER

SHAPING 101 "Prolific Hawaiin foam carver John Carper provides knowledgeable humorous narration s he goes step by step through the process of turning a rough blank into a refined foil. He starts with a description of the various tools, stresses saftey, then shows that shaping is a combination of exact measurment, educated guesses and experience. Carper's instruction is as sure as his planing skills, the sound and video are clean and the graphics are first class. This is a professional effort, enhanced by hot surfing by Shane Dorian, Adam Replogle, Chris Gallagher, and other JC riders putting his foils to the test. Should you get a copy? Yes, every surfer should see it at least once.

Product Description

Shaping 101 is a 96 minute Telly Award Winning instructional film which teaches how to shape surfboards. World famous surfboard maker John Carper of JC Hawaii uses his 35 years of experience to show the best way to shape. John explains in detail what tools you need and how to use them. There is a complete section on templating and surfboard design theory. All aspects of surfboard shaping are covered including rocker, foil and fin placement. High quality graphics are used to simplfy the instruction. Shaping 101 also includes over 15 minutes of surfing footage of the JC Team headlined by Shane Dorian making Shaping 101 a top notch surf film as well.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only video to have for shaping, literally!, September 13, 2000

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anthony wrughtsman (hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "Shaping 101 with John Carper" [VHS] (VHS Tape)

As my title explains, there is no one else out there who put out a surfboard shaping video on the market except for John Carper. Fortunateley, the video is an excellent resource for learnig how to shape surfboards for the first time. He explains everything step by step from begining to end. His particular attention to detail is evident throughout the entire video as he explains, and demonstrates his shaping techniques and theories surrounding the many designs for different suring enviorments. If I did not know anything about surfing and watched the video, I probably would still enjoy it. There are some clips of surfing footage with the different surfboards JC designed which keeps you glued to the tv. Great music too.