Shaping Fun

I'm rather excited about tomorrow. Shaping is always something that I've wanted to at least try. Ever since I read about it in a surfer mag, I've always thought that someday I'm going to have to shape my own board. I feel that it's something that every surfer should do sometime in their life. We spend so much of our time, energy, anticipation on the sport of Surfing, but take for granted the art of making the very boards that make possible the joy we receive from the swells. While I certainly don't have very high expectations for my first board, I feel that having created the curves and contours myself will bring me closer and help me appreciate the feel of not only my board, but also any board that I ride in the future. 

Tomorrow, I get to start my first board in Cal Poly's shaping workshop. They have an awesome fully equipped shop. I got a 6'4" blank, and some instruction on the best way to shape my board. It's a two day class I have from nine to six on saturday and twelve to 6 on sunday. I think I'll make a wide fish tail. I think that that'll offer a little more flexibility for error. I'm thinking I'll put a shallow single concave down the center. I'd like to put a quad setup if possible. But maybe a dual fin would have a nice old school style. I'd like to keep it thick in the nose to help with paddling on smaller waves, and tapper it down a little in the tail. Softer edges on the rails would probly work better for this shape. No matter how it turns out, I'm still super excited about it. I'll actually be fulfilling one of my life goals tomorrow. So, basically I'm way stoked about it. 

After that I'm going home, and Amanda will be coming over! It's hard to say what I'm more excited about. She finally got her license, so she will be driving herself over. Unfortunately, my shaping class doesn't get done till six, and she can only stay till nine, so we won't have very much time. I'm going to try and leave my shaping class early if I can. Either way it should be an extremely fun day.