gday people. am rearching for dissertation on surfboard design, its history , the technology and people that shaped it. Any reccomendations on literature, books, vids, etc, mags, or anyone out there with knowledge on subject who would be willing to answer a few painless questions??
any help appreciated
cheers, tom
Try Essential Surfing at a surfshop, or library.
For historical reference, IMO, it’s hard to beat Macolm Gault-Williams website. Much of it is free, some articles are for sale. The “Hot Curl” issue alone is a wealth of info on how some very influential early shaper/designers followed a series of design changes towards a more functional result.
http://www.legendarysurfers.com/
Another fine source of information is surfresearch.com. (aka “Pods For Primates”)
http://www.surfresearch.com.au/boards.html
Dave Parmenter has written a complete detailed anaysis of surfboard designs “A Surfboard Anatomy” that may help.
http://www.surfline.com/mag/features/anatomy/index.html
By the way, all of this stuff was found under “Resources” right here on Swaylocks!
Interesting thought. Has anyone ever actually done a doctoral dissertation based on surfing and/or surfboard design? Anyone out there know of one? I would be interested in reading it.
Interesting thought. Has anyone ever actually done a doctoral dissertation based on surfing and/or surfboard design? Anyone out there know of one? I would be interested in reading it.
You could use Google Scholar to find out if there is anything about the exact topics you are looking for.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=surfboard&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=
Thanks. I’ll do some research and share what I find.
Hello all, first post. I’ve been a reader for a while now though. I’m hoping someone might recommend a few books to give me a foundation in surfboard design. I’ve done several searches but not turned up much. I’m hoping it’s appropriate to post this question here rather than creating a new thread. I’m looking at “Essential Surfing” as I hear it’s thorough, however something more specifically aimed at design theory is what I’m after. I see Dave Parmenter’s “A Surfboard Anatomy” has been recommended here as well.
I hope to build surfboards and I assume it would be best to start out learning the basics of design before getting into the nuts and bolts of the construction work. I don’t have the necessary resources at the moment to really get started shaping, but I’m very keen to start learning. I know this is a classic “new guy” question and so I appreciate you guys and gals taking the time to share your thoughts on it.
Oh yeah, my name’s Jason, I live in northern Japan, and there’s a typhoon on the way. Nice to meet you.
Cheers
Hey all, I hope this is not breaking forum ettiquette-repeating a question, but something tells me someone out there may have a decent book to recommend. I’d really appreciate a push in the right direction. Perhaps I’ve posted this question in the wrong forum, thus no response…?
Anyone…?
LeeDD said it before - Essential Surfing by George Orbelian.
Oh yeah… George is the former design editor of Surfer. He started the Design Forum.
A new interactive Essential Surfing website will be online in a few weeks or so. A new edition of the book will come out sometime next year.