The process of designing a surfboard is basically an intuitive process.  For sure there is science behind why surfboards actually work, but the guys that design and shape surfboards aren't scientists... or engineers, at least I don't know any to be.

Wait.... I think Tom Morey may be an engineer, whom I've worked for.

Anyway, as an example, when Blinky got going on his Mega Fish it was an idea he got in his head and tried it out.  At first he messed around with fin placement and changing the rails a little but that's how you do it. Intuitively you get the idea and go after it testing and making changes as you go.

So I've completed the Mega Fish blank Blink gave me and took it for a test drive this past Friday.  I'm not a fish guy... that is I've shape plenty of them but never kept one for myself, until now.  I'll definitely be surfing my new board and working through the particulars. The surf on my first go out was about shoulder high and not real clean but the board worked great. Pretty much as I expected really.

My new years resolution is done.

D.R.