In the latest instalment of Boarding School, Cory Russell flips your board upside down to check the engine room.

Britt Merrick and Malcolm Campbell share a lot of design DNA and their latest collaboration fuses two of their most popular designs - Campbell Brothers Bonzer with Channel Islands Biscuit.

Getting "his local boards wired" ain't enough for gypsy shaper Mike Psillakis. Mike's latest trip is to one of the more obscure corners of the surfing world - South Korea.

Justen 'Jughead' Allport reflects on his early fish experiments and why he's back on 'em again. Includes a vid of Jug in period costume: hair down to his shoulders and a VB shirt.

Till now channel bottoms have been the sole preserve of hand shapers, however a new cutting tool from AKU Shaper may soon see that change.

You turn a board on its side and look at its rocker, but do you also look at its foil? The foil of a board - the distribution of foam along its length - is every bit as important yet it's often overlooked. Let Cory Russel get you up to speed.

In the second instalment of Boarding School, Cory Russell throws a curve ball at the class. That's right - rocker. The arc of a surfboard when seen in profile. What is it? And how does it effect your surfing?

The West Oz board maker puts high tech craft under the feet of two-time XXL Big Wave award winner Sebastian Steutdner.

Outline. It's a surfboard's defining characteristic. The first thing we notice when we lay eyes on a board. But how does the outline affect the way it rides? And hows about a bit o' history for good measure..?

The inventor of the Thruster adds X-Core blanks to his range of small wave boards.