SHAPER'S TOOLBOX WITH BRET MARUMOTO
SURFORM This is something you’re going to use after you plane the board to clean up the foam and some of the rough spots. When you start fine-tuning your board, this is the first tool you’re going to go to. It’s like a file. It’s really important too when you’re starting to get into the shape on your board because it helps remove a lot of foam really quick, it’s a smaller tool, almost like having a planer but it’s a file. It’s really nice when you want to work the outline of the board, or when you want to do concave and things like that. It’s a must.
SANDING BLOCK
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As you start to get closer to the finish of your board, you’re going to need to have sanding blocks, and you want to have something like 60 grit sandpaper. It’s something that’s going to help take down the rough marks from the planing and surform and start to give you a smoother finish. If you work through your board with this, the next tool is going to be your sanding screen.
SANDING SCREEN This is what you’re going to pull on the rails of the surfboard. It’s actually what they use on dry wall but it works really, really well on surfboard foam.
TAIL TEMPLATES It’s really important to have tail templates, whether it’ a round pin, a squash tail, a swallow tail, etc. you start out with your basic template that has a tail and a nose. I have tons of them from all the magic boards I’ve shaped or my friends have had, it’s something I’m always adding to the collection and I have quite a few.