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Step 15Thin Out the Nose & Tail
At this point the nose and tail are still quite thick. Thin them out by running the planer across the board at the tip and tail. These are deep hogging cuts that remove a lot of material. Shave down the stringer by running the edge of the cutting drum along it. If you have blades in your shaper go very slow when you hit the stringer so you don't splinter it.
Johnny lightens the nose and tail as much as possible to make the board responsive.
The deck at the tail of the board has a slight upward turn like the kicktail of a skateboard.
He fairs the tip and tail curves in with the rest of the deck curve with lengthwise strokes of the planer. He says "That's marketing. You have to do that. People are always sighting down the deck of the board like this. Look at this. Doesn't it look great?" He laughs. (the fairness of the deck curves makes no difference in how the board surfs.)
It does indeed look great. It looks like it's surfing already.
The board is now fully shaped, which concludes the Shaping phase.
The next phase of building the board is Sanding.
Johnny lightens the nose and tail as much as possible to make the board responsive.
The deck at the tail of the board has a slight upward turn like the kicktail of a skateboard.
He fairs the tip and tail curves in with the rest of the deck curve with lengthwise strokes of the planer. He says "That's marketing. You have to do that. People are always sighting down the deck of the board like this. Look at this. Doesn't it look great?" He laughs. (the fairness of the deck curves makes no difference in how the board surfs.)
It does indeed look great. It looks like it's surfing already.
The board is now fully shaped, which concludes the Shaping phase.
The next phase of building the board is Sanding.
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