Surfboards built in the last four years are seeing there first major change in materials in 20 years.  Everyone from old timers to young talented shapers are accepting and using these new materials to create some amazing surfboards.  There are some very popular (heavily marketed) tech based surfboards in the market today that go good.  The truth is there are tons of less known board makers out there that are light years ahead of them in construction. 
     Supernal Shapes is commited to becoming an innovator in the industry and offering you cutting edge technology mixed with the shapes you love to create a custom high performance board you will enjoy for years.  Check out the design and construction tabs for info on whats new in board construction and design at Supernal Shapes  

The principles of surfboard design are a vast array of theories of surfers interacting with waves. It's a science, but it's not an exact science. There are few, if any, absolutes. There is no lab or test tank. The lab is nature. Surfer, surfboard, waves, and surfing are the variables.
The surfboard design process begins with identifying the desires, needs, or goals of the end user and his environment (the smorgasbord of surfers and the waves they ride); identifying the variables (dimensions, rockers, bottom contours, deck contours, foils, templates, rails, fins, and more) in a specific technology (surfboard shaping and construction); hypothesizing arrangements of these variables; testing the results of these arrangements  and bringing new hypothesis into the process based on these tests and any new ideas that may develop from experiences with existing surfboards, your imagination, and observations.
Correct use of the design process yields a functional and relevant surfboard. A surfboard is functional and relevant when it is designed for and performs for the surfer and the conditions in which it will be surfed.