In this instalment, we look at how fin shape effects water flow and in turn how your board rides.

Singles, twins, Thrusters, Twinzers, quads, and even five fin Claws, each design rides differently and it's all to do with the number of fins.

Torren Martyn's shaper on the inspiration and the ingredients within his long-railed twin fins.

It's hammer time for Luke Short, who's created a nineties-inspired weapon for Noa and co.

Rock and rolling with the volcanic cloth that's about to erupt.

Phil Myers revisits the past so he can keep moving forward.

Made from rock, the latest cloth on the block passes the first test.

Torren Martyn chats about his 'Buried Treasure' twin fin and why he never gets two boards the same.

More than just slick marketing, the success of the Haydenshapes label relies on Hayden Cox' ability to reimagine how a surfboard should be made.

It's cheaper, it's stronger, and it's more environmentally friendly, but will basalt cloth replace fibreglass as our preferred reinforcement for surfboards?