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ABE ***: Hi. Welcome to Expert Village, my name is Abe ***. I'm going to take you through
step by step to shape yourself a complete surfboard. I'm going to go ahead and start
to take my sanding block. This point it's good to use a--I use about a nice rough paper
either somewhere around a 60-grid or a little less at this rough stage. And I'll go ahead
and just run it right over the board. When you're dealing with that concave, you can't
really just turn it to the side and get the middle because the bottom is not there. So
you have to turn the block a little to the side to fit inside this shape of the concave.
Real even amount of pressure, you can count your strokes again but just make sure they're
real flat. If you got a real stubborn line like this, just like I said, don't dig yourself
a hole getting to it. I still got a little bit more of shaping up on this nose that would
end up blend it right off. And if you do have one that is going to be exposed, don't shape
into it. Just shape over it. It's best to keep the rest of the board flat. Like I said,
once you dig a hole, you can't really feel it. I got a series of blocks that I use. A
lot of times in the tighter areas, I'll get a smaller block. Flip it over and basically
do the same thing to the deck. The shadows really tell you where some of the highs and
lows are going to be at.