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BRIAN FIELDS: Hey how's it going, I'm Brian Fields here at the Aussie Island in Wilmington
North Carolina. We're here on behalf of Expert Village. I'm here to talk to you about picking
out a surfboard and what you can do to help take care of it in the meantime. Alright now
we're going to talk about the difference between fiberglass boards versus epoxy boards. Fiberglass
is more of your traditional foam, they're actually hand shaped. Obviously before the
glass is put on a shaper will either start from a total blank piece of foam, hand shaped
into the way he wants it or put it through a machine, have them start that and then somebody
else will come through and finish it behind. A lot of more traditionalists want to stay
with the foam because it still holds the art value. Somebody's hands were put on this board
shaping it exactly how somebody else wanted it from every nook and cranny to the height,
length, thickness things like that. You can custom order any fiberglass board exactly
to the dimensions of you desire so that's one good thing about a fiberglass board. Epoxy
boards, this is a little newer technology. Epoxy boards, they're spit out by a machine;
it's a different material inside, different type of glass. One thing you gain with epoxy
is they're more durable. You can actually bend them. If you're traveling putting them
on the plane they're going to be a little safer as well. Also they'll handle dings a
little better, a little lighter as well. That's one thing many people like isas the lightness
and the floatability of an epoxy. It does feel different though however than a--your
standard fiberglass board.