Got a board
in mind?

A wider nose. A touch more rocker. The same tail you already like. Work out the shape before it hits the shaping bay.

See the studio
Butter-yellow and blush-pink longboards against a sunlit stucco wall.

You know the board you’d change
one thing about. Start there.

Longboard outline study An illustrative top view with a rounded nose, curved rails, stringer, and rounded square tail. Guides mark the length, width, nose, tail, rail, and stringer. This is a diagram, not a measured design. Length Width Nose Tail Rail Stringer
A longboard outline study.

Nose, tail,
and everything between.

Pull up your design and look it over: outline, rocker, rail sections, and a 3D view.

  1. Check the outline

    See where the width sits, how the nose carries it, and where the tail pulls in.

  2. Work the curves

    Move a control point or enter a number. Check the rocker and rail sections as you go.

  3. Put them side by side

    Lay the new outline over the old one. See what moved before you call it done.

A look at the tools ↗

Tell it what
you’d change.

Ask your shaping assistant for an adjustment. Check the drawing and the numbers, then decide if you want to keep it.

Try asking

“Add half an inch of width a foot back from the nose. Leave the rocker and back half alone.”
What to check before you keep it
  • The extra width is where you asked for it.
  • The rocker and back half haven’t moved.
  • The volume change makes sense to you.

The assistant proposes a change. You choose whether to apply it.

Not what you had in mind?

Discard it, be more specific, or work the curve yourself. A proposal stays separate from your saved design until you apply it.

Keep the
old version.

Some changes stick. Some don’t. Save each version, compare them, and go back without losing the work in between.

What happens when I go back?

The older shape is saved as a new version. The versions you made along the way are still there.

Two longboard outlines compared An illustrative top view with a rounded nose, curved rails, stringer, and rounded square tail. A dashed line shows a wider nose, while the back half stays the same. This is a diagram, not a measured design. Length Width Nose Tail Rail Stringer More width up front Same back half
Original outline Wider nose
Illustrated comparison. Same tail, more width up front.