Surfboard Shaping Starter Kit

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Surfboard Shaping Starter Kit

Traditional surfboards are fragile, plus theyโ€™re made of toxic goo โ€” polyurethane foam and polyester resin โ€” that ends up as landfill. This deluxe starter kit has all the tools and materials you need to make a tougher, greener epoxy board using expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam thatโ€™s recyclable. And Greenlightโ€™s lamination technique, using bamboo fabric instead of fiberglass cloth, is easier and safer.

The funky but comprehensive instructional videos show you the entire process โ€” monkey-see, monkey-do โ€” far better than a manual could. Greenlight provides a variety of board and fin templates to download and print, and theyโ€™re generous with email advice on esoterica like fin placement.

You can shape a board in a weekend, but plan on a week or two to glass it. I learned a ton and ended up with the fastest board in my quiver.

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