Surfboard Design: History, Theory, & Practice

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This discovery seminar will start with a spatial history of surfboard design, tracing the origins in solid wood boards of ancient Hawaii through the design and materials innovations that gave rise to the modern surfboard, composed almost entirely of petrochemicals. After a brief review of surfboard hydrodynamics, the practice component will include design, shaping, and lamination with attention to materials, tools, and methods.