please help me to improve!!

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Hello Everyone, I've just finished my third board.I shaped, glassed and glossed but i can't tell if i've done a good job or not.All advices to improve my skills are welcome!

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If your photo skills were improved, I am sure there are many here who might help you to improve.  Looks shiny anyway.

Sickdog

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Looks good from here - how does it ride?

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Nice to see you’re not a slave to pointy noses! I wonder why you chose such a dark color? Wax tends to melt fast on dark colored boards. More prone to delams, too.

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It's hard to check a glass job or finish from photos, but the shape looks great for #3. The foil shots show a nice relationship of deck, bottom, and rail line. You been readin' Barnfield's rail band thread?

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Yeah looks sick but definitly don't leave it in a hot car or in the sun or it'll delam

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It's hard to check a glass job or finish from photos, but the shape looks great for #3. The foil shots show a nice relationship of deck, bottom, and rail line. You been readin' Barnfield's rail band thread?

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I didn't read it..could you please pass me the link?i tried to search it but the search engine didn't show any result.Thanks

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Here ya go: http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1018545

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Thanks!That's exactly what i've done but i followed the scheme on greenlights "knifey rail bands".I still prefer to use a surform to shape the rails because i find it much easier to handle.My planer is very heavy and i want to avoid mistaked as much as possible, until i can get a pro one.

By the way to polish the board i burned out my super cheap sander and i realized that i really need a very powerfull one.What would you suggest to get?

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fishbone,

Very nice!  If it doesn't ride to your liking you might check the toe in on your fins.  They appear to be toed in quite a bit.  Again very nice.

Dave D 

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Thanks everyone! If all of you didn't exist i probably wouldn't make surfboards.Thanks again