Two different surfboard blanks, two different feels. Here's which one might work for you.

At 2 Mile Surf Shop in Bolinas, Calif., John Moore guided an electric planer along a thick loaf of foam. Wearing shorts, flip-flops and a ventilator mask, he was shrouded in a swirling cloud of ...

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This mentality is why traditional surfboard design has remained so familiar instead of experimenting with new shapes or materials. Varial Surf Technology thinks a bit ...

Here is the good news: Expanded polystyrene (a.k.a. EPS, or the branded name Styrofoam) is recyclable. Here’s the bad news: much of it is not recycled and therefore EPS-based surfboards are made from ...