Matt Parker of Album Surf: Asyms, Fishes, and Mid lengths

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On this week’s podcast we have Matt Parker of @albumsurf, the creative shaper behind some of the most innovative alternative surfboards out there including asyms, twins, fishes, and more. @albumsurf has an incredible team of riders including @victorbernard0, @asher_pacey, @margomargs, and @josh_kerr84. Join us as he shares his journey into shaping and the process of creating unique boards for each of these unique surfers.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Alternative Boards
06:18 Understanding Asymmetrical Boards
14:21 Factors to Consider in Board Design
23:09 Choosing the Right Board
30:45 The Journey of Shaping
37:29 Building a Reputation and Shaping for High-Level Surfers
43:49 Shaping for Josh Kerr and Asher Pacey
45:43 Shaping for Margo
47:09 Designing Boards for Female Surfers
49:05 Boards Holding Female Surfers Back
50:03 Creating Boards for Coco Ho
51:23 Designing Boards for Women
53:47 Mistakes in Ordering and Picking Boards
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Surfers:
@victorbernard0
@asher_pacey
@margomargs

[@Gosurfbasis]

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[@MrLee799]

Dude, this is the best and simplest information that I have seen or read on the choice of size and volume and type of a board, it confirmed my theory that I came to over the course of a couple of years. Thanks for that podcast brother

[@Gosurfbasis]

🔥🔥🔥

[@papamarban2185]

I'd like to know more about how each shaper/manufacturer determines their volume. If it's done by computer or actual testing of water displacement. The foam distribution, i.e. foil, rail thickness, concave or flat deck/bottom, beak noses, etc. all play into the overall amount of foam. I wonder how they initially determine the volume of each model? It's never talked about.

[@edawg654]

Agreed. If someone could come up with a foam distribution displacement calculation that would be much more interesting. Although it’s probably difficult to distil into one number. Much like the complexity of the economy being distilled into inflations cpi #. It’s a vector not simple arithmetic. #Bitcoin.

[@graemeeglin8760]

volume is generally just a number that is in the computer, which is literally how big the shape of the board is. get aku shaper or shape 3d they have free versions and mess around with it and you can see for yourself, volume only became a thing once these programs popped up

[@Gosurfbasis]

Yeah I think most of them use 3d modeling for the CNC shapes and that determines the volume

[@dreamlifephotography]

Hey man, just found this channel, really enjoying the interviews, digging your style with it all, look forward to more in the future

[@Gosurfbasis]

🤙🤙🤙

[@joaquinvalles6118]

Sick videos brother ! Devoured your playlist. It would be sick to have Troy Elmore speak a little bit about his craft !

[@Gosurfbasis]

thanks! my friend had one of his boards it looked sweet!

[@jamesk9087]

TLDR is, have a quiver for the right board and the right conditions and the style / feel you are going for. A boogie and swim fins also has its place. Fun in the ocean is fun in the ocean.

[@Gosurfbasis]

for sure agree

[@mikesurf86]

Walking into Album to look at boards is like going to look at puppies, you are always leaving with at least one

[@Gosurfbasis]

hahahaha