How to shape a surfboard; ROCKER part 5 with Zack Flores

How to shape a surfboard; ROCKER part 5 with Zack Flores
"Unlock the secrets of surfboard shaping in Part 5 of 'How to Shape a Surfboard' with Zack Flores! 🏄‍♂️ Dive deep into the intricacies of achieving the perfect ROCKER for your board, guided by Zack's expertise and passion for surfing. Whether you're a seasoned shaper or a beginner looking to craft your first board, this tutorial is packed with valuable insights. Watch, learn, and elevate your surfboard shaping skills! Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more exclusive surfboard shaping content with Zack Flores."

[@seag6413]

I come back all the time to youtube to refresh shaping shit, this is the ones i come back most, and there are lot of master shapers info on youtube.

[@valerieumphenour3565]

The Jazz you use in your videos are a nice touch.

[@seangerst6561]

Finally someone who talks about shaping, my biggest dream is to shape and glass my own surfboard! I am a talented wood and Metal worker but i dont realy have experiance with foam, so i am realy exited!!🤙🏄😁

[@zack_flores]

That’s awesome! Your wood and metal working skills should translate well into shaping. The biggest difference is going to be how gentle you will need to be. With foam you don’t need to put any weight into your tools, you basically float the planer and only use the weight of the other tools to do the work. Good luck!

[@seangerst6561]

@@zack_flores i am very exited!!🤙😁

[@dudeleboski2692]

4:38 Totally agree

[@sctim123]

thats the 7-ply appelcore idnit. i love that one

[@zack_flores]

Not sure… I just asked the surf supply manager to order a ply stringer😂

[@sctim123]

thats what it is, or at least thats how i order it.@@zack_flores

[@chasewhitmore5121]

Yeah barnyardos, these are sick!

[@zack_flores]

👏

[@Andy_XT]

Some gems in this video! Thank you!

[@zack_flores]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JasonLovering]

thanks for the video. super helpful. i have a question about the thickness of the nose and tail after establishing the rocker and before concave or rails. how thick do you leave them before the next step? thanks.

[@paquito2a]

Thanks again for all the tips ✌🏼

[@zack_flores]

No worries!

[@jansteinhoff3289]

Hi @zach_flores, what technique would you use to reduce rocker in certain areas? Say reduce entry rocker. Or flatten the center of the board. Adding rocker at the tail and nose seems quite straightforward, but just thinking about flattening rocker, I can see many ways it could go wrong 😅. I.e. destroying the overall curve of the rocker.

[@dudeleboski2692]

Zack, for the top nose rocker, have you tried a handheld drum sander?

[@dudeleboski2692]

1:54 Why do you measure the rocker that way? What’s your theory behind your thoughts please Zack?

[@wes1990]

am I the only one who finds these videos super relaxing? ☺

[@zack_flores]

Glad you like them!

[@room310]

Amazing videos!!! I also post shaping videos, so your videos are very helpful. Thank you!

[@zack_flores]

Awesome! Thank you! Happy to help.

[@gregorkeusch8461]

Nice Video! I‘ve got a question. When you blend your noserocker on top of the board, didn‘t you create a kink of the rockerline? Because when you don‘t cut down the center of your blank and only the top part of the nose you will get a buckle, won‘t you? Sry for the not perfect english. Greetings from swizerland

[@zack_flores]

Good question! When you feather the planer you can avoid cutting parts of the blank without creating kinks. Think of it like blending with a pencil. You can make dark marks and light marks that fade to nothing. In the video I am blending the center rocker with the nose rocker. That being said i did make some cuts into the center of the board, but not many. Thanks again!

[@frankzappa576]

At what point during the shaping process do you rub an old potato all over the board? I heard that this was done to help repel water if you get a ding.

[@zack_flores]

Wow! That’s some theory you have there. I’m not sure it that works but i will test that out!

[@bsmbB]

Wouldn't the rocker change when you do the bottom concave? So when you measured the rocker on the original board Wouldn't you have to adjust for the concave to get the rail rocker? I really want to learn to shape boards especially with the prices now $800+ where im at 🤯 when I could make my own for less then $300 maybe even less then $200

[@zack_flores]

If you need exact measurements you would need to compensate for the concave.

[@bsmbB]

@zack_flores that's what I was thinking thanks for the info looking forward to the rest of the series 🤙🏽

[@jonnyzuma6884]

It's gonna cost you more than $300, my friend. Even if you do all the work yourself, including glassing, sanding, fin boxes, etc, you need to buy the blank, the tools, the fiberglass, resin, boxes, etc, and you will not get it wholesale. Then you'll most likely botch the first shape. If it's passable, you'll most def botch the glassing. You're gonna be into it more than $300, my man. Probably closer to what you'd pay in the shop, except your board won't be as good. If you want to shape your own boards, expect to be in it several grand, and 5-10 boards, until you make something worth surfing. If you want the one off experience, go to a shop that lets you shape, while they teach you, and then they'll glass it for you. If you want to make cheap surfboards for yourself, it's not going to be cheap. I know this because I did it. I've made hundreds of boards, now. It took a LOT of money to get to where I am, and surfboards are not NEARLY expensive enough.

[@bsmbB]

@jonnyzuma6884 I have all the tools used aside from the modded planer. blanks are less then 200 and enough glass and resin to do a board comes out to roughly 120. I can even get preshaped blanks from a local shaper for 275 but I'd rather learn. Doesnt matter if I fail 1,2,even 5 times I'll just learn 5 ways not to make a board its a long term thing not short term

[@mrfelipehurtado]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 fuck yeah thanks man

[@zack_flores]

Yeww! Hope its helpful👌

[@Hankrutherfordhill_]

this guy needs to stop being so buff

[@zack_flores]

Too much protein😬