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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