I've often thought I'd like to try shaping boards... until now. You're an artist and a tradesman. Even if I could do it, the stress would kill me. It's a beautiful board. Well done.

I watch shaping videos as much as I watch surfing it self. It’s so relaxing watching someone shape one. I’m from West Michigan we have a growing surf community. My Dads buddy use to shape out of his backyard in our area.

Another banger - I'm loving these vids (and the workmanship is next level). Thanks heaps!!!

best surfboard building video out there! thanks

Sick board, sick color, sick vid!

amazing craftmanship dude - boards are such a work of art & skill !!! yeauuuu !!

Hey Shred, Your work is fantastic! The mid length thruster is exactly what I need.. Will order a blank down and get started.. Thank you for the inspiration...

Beautiful board

Board looks awesome! Those one pass bits look so much faster then having to swap bits out for the two sections of the box.

This is beautiful man , I love your details

love it! terrific footage mate!! board looks awesome!

Lovely looking board

Amazing work! Congrats man!

Absolutely beautiful surf board , love it , awesome work on that board buddy , quality workmanship producing a board to be proud of , 👍.

Nice board, great colour dude, thanks!

Never had an interest in surfing, even though it's one of the coolest things we've come up with as a species. I was always really shocked by the prices of the boards though! Now I get it, great work and cheers from Greece!

Nice man!! Looks great.

Sooo epic mate, learnt so much!

Awesome board mate, keep it up!

This is art 😍

Great work dude! 💪

another killer video thanks

Great editing!

Sick shape mate, looks fast. Cheers for the vid.

wicked board mate! looking to get into shaping after I finish university, appreciate the vids!

love these videos. that third fin is a crime ;)

Very nice board indeed.

Sick shape mate!

This one kept my interest. I usually go brain dead w/boredom but not this one..... and that's saying a lot after doing 37K+ surfboards.

Love it

More power to u bro /////////////dont surf but watch a lot of your vids ///////// your talent is amazing just great to watch you do your craft ////////////// cheers to u

Thanks!

Awesome board and another great video. It looks like you didn’t tape off the rails when hot coating the deck. It makes sense and I haven’t seen it before, but I’m going to try that out. Also, is that a standard pad on that orbital sander. I haven’t been able to find a medium or softer pad. The one I have is pretty firm, it works great on fin boxes but I’d prefer to have on that is a bit softer/more forgiving to sand the flats. But I can see the benefit over using a regular sander/polisher. Anyway, awesome content. I use your technique of setting the fin boxes after laminating with tint as opposed to before the lam. I’ve been very happy with how much better it comes out. Keep the videos coming!

waiting for a new board of my shaper - amped now !!

nice shape!

Great job! Is that just one layer over the fin boxes, 4 or 6 oz? I usually do footballs and have two layers but that’s on a clear lam. I hate these newer Futures boxes with the holes in the flange. Bubble city lol, makes me nuts, especially under two layers. I’ve been using One Shot Lettering enamel for my pin lines, you should check it out. I do it right over the sanded/polished hot coat, looks and feels like resin pins. Super durable and easy to use.

graet job

I don't know who Tom is but I think he is going to catch a ton of sick waves!

Love your videos and your boards. Couple of questions. What foam are you using and what grit sandpapers do you use on the gloss coating?

Beautiful board, great video! Quick one, you placed two 6oz layer on the deck?

very nice, I love it. Is it a single concave to vee ?

Shrednaught, awesome video! As usual my friend! I am in the process of building a similar shaped board but shorter and thinner..more of a step-up/big volume shortboard....I see that you used some single concave action, wondering what your thoughts are on slight vee/roll in the nose to single concave in the. middle to double under back foot? I know it sounds overly complex, but I love concaves but also want that ability to get into critical drops on steep waves...if that makes any sense....

Sick board and I bet it took a while to make that little fin key haha. Question for ya, after sanding your lams what do you clean the board with before hot coating? Just a tape pull and air compressor?

Hey mate I have a strange question, what music is playing at 15 min as it has been stuck in my head for days now? It fits well with the video which because of the music is also stuck in my mind. Love your work,. I dont know how many times ive watched this 🤙

Awesome board man. Do you ever get burn-through's when sanding the hot coat? Curious to see if there's any particular grit you sand with from the start to avoid them. cheers!

Where do you get your foam from for the boards. I loved the colour at the end.

Board looks great! What's that scissor-y tool you use to measure thickness called?

Very nice… yeew

Love the board Love how good you do your work What size is it And where can I find a template like that Thank you

Great board and awesome video. I'm recalling digging your Mirka sander. Which model do you use?

Do you ever put a bit of filler coat resin on the rail laps (deck side) when you do a tint? (For easier sanding). Is the roller method sufficient to lower the cut lap to avoid air bubbles? I only ask, because you do it to the bottom lap.

what router bit are you using for the fin boxes?

Im curious about what kind foam do you used ??

Hey Shred! Love the work you're doin! I only follow 4 shapers and you definitely make that list! Question: Where can I get those shaping racks you use? ....Rich

What grit were you using for sanding the board at the end

Hey great video. Just to recap, u sanded, laminated bottom with a tint, sanded top, laminated top with clear and then hot coated it, sanded bottom and installed fins, then hot coat the bottom, sanded everything, then did a final hot coat for entire board before final clean up? just trying to follow the steps for the board i am shaping at home!

Question: Isn’t there a lot of error in a template thats in so many pieces? Why doesnt it come in a strip? BTW the board looks nice.

Greetings man! Thank you for the excellent video man! It has been some time now that I have followed some of your work as I am actually trying to build my own stuff. I am actuallu at the moment building one very similar to this one, and I have a question in I may. I have seen the installtion of future fins, and some people do it before lamination (in the foam) but here you do it after lamination and then you laminate again with the tail pad. Is there any specific reason why you do it? Thank you!

Love that board, where can i get the template, Thank you

Nice work mate you’ve got talent it would be a great single fin too 🤙

Hey mate what size router bit are you using for your leash plug?

Hey Shred, Quick question / suggestion. I noticed that you're having to piece together multiple pieces of 8X11 paper when you make your templates. They make a plotter/printer that will print out your design using a continuous piece of paper. they're typically used for construction plans, but they're adaptable to just about anything. We used to use them when we were planning combat operations. Anyway, you can get them used for a decent price. They'll connect with whatever Windows/IOS system you're using. Might make life easier. Like I said, just a suggestion.

What was the little black roller for when you used on the edge of the first layer?

You always cut the fin boxes after the first layer of glass? I hate cutting straight on the foam, think I’m gonna start using your tail patch method also, looks clean! You using “football” patches over fin boxes under tail patch layer?

What kind of resin do you use for the leash plug? Thanks!

What marker do you use? Ive used acrylic and alcohol base. Alcohol was a disaster and acrylic started to bleed a little as well..

Beautiful job! just one thing, why the side fins are futures and the middle one has an X where usually is the futures logo? Cus I bought futures fin boxes and some are not original I guess and I don't know if I should use them or not. Anyway, great work mate 🤙🏾

Beautiful board! Do you mind if I ask how much does that board cost in U.S. dollars?

Is that a random orbit sander you're using that's connected to the vacuum line? I thought you weren't supposed to use random orbit during sanding.

What’s the reason behind the first deck layer only going 3/4 of the way up and the v shape cut?

Hey mate, can I ask why the angle with planning? I usually just plane straight but recognise most plane on the angle?

Love watching this. How many hours to shape mate, then glass to finish. If you were doing this for a client.

Nice work! Did you know you can put those movies and much more shaping & board info straight onto the board with Surf Neutral? Scan your unique QR on the board and let the surfer connect with you...

How is putting the pieces of paper together ? I printed them years ago I think 2007 and I didn’t have the patience to put them together I think now I’d be a lot better at it. I followed you on Instagram yeah I’m gonna go print out some templates and see how it works out.

What cloth did you use for laminating?

I want to get started with shaping my own boards. But I don't know what sand paper grit to use when. Could you help?

Beautiful job. But I thought the MOTE was a twin ?

Your videos are awesome. What is the tool called at 19:45?

Just curious how many total hours from start to finish. Classic lines with a classic V.

How many hrs go into making 1 board?

On eps foam is it better to use microplane blade on the surform?

what did you use to trace the rail lines before you glassed 8:02 please tell me

Ok

Hey ,can i paint my surfboard after glassing it with epoxy ? Thank you so much

Hi, Man. Great shape. Can U send all parameters of the board. Thank you.

Beautiful board. You make it look easy. I know it isn't. :(

tape line all by eye balling it??

Can you let us know the dimensions. Wide point position.. Thank you.

I came for the board porn but stayed for the music 🤙😎

Is that a Fender Board….

Dear Shred, very simple but evolved method. Sorry, I am stealing some of your ideas. Sometimes the right tool is key (bent razor blade). You ever come by Hawaii, we have extra room and a shaping/glassing bay in the garage for our personal boards. Aloha.

What’s a M.O.T.E.?