21 Making a Surfboard

Making a Surfboard written by John Lockyer

制作冲浪板约翰·洛克耶著

Like people, surfboards come in all shapes and sizes. Some surfers like long surfboards. When they ride a wave, they can walk along the board and put their toes over the end. Other surfers like short surfboards. When they ride a wave, they can go up the wave and down the wave. They can go inside the wave, too.

和人一样，冲浪板也有各种形状和大小。 有些冲浪者喜欢长冲浪板。 当他们冲浪时，他们可以沿着冲浪板走，把脚趾放在冲浪板的末端。 其他冲浪者喜欢短板。 当他们乘坐波浪时，他们可以在波浪上和波浪下。 它们也可以进入波浪内部。

foam blank Most long and short surfboards are made the same way. First, the shaper cuts the surfboard out of a foam blank. There is a wood stringer through the middle of the blank. The stringer makes the surfboard strong. When a surfer is on a wave, the stringer helps to stop the surfboard from bending and twisting.

大多数长板和短板的制作方法是一样的。 首先，塑形师从泡沫板上切割出冲浪板。 在空白的中间有一根木弦。 这根细绳使冲浪板结实。 当冲浪者在波浪上时，弦有助于阻止冲浪板弯曲和扭曲。

shaping The shaper draws the surfboard on the blank then cuts it out with a saw. The foam is light and very easy to cut. The shaper uses many tools to get the shape they want. The nose can be round or sharp. The tail can be round or sharp, too. When the shaper has the right shape, they rub the foam lightly with sandpaper until it feels smooth and even.

成形工在坯料上画出冲浪板，然后用锯子把它剪下来。 泡沫很轻，很容易切割。 塑形师使用许多工具来得到他们想要的形状。 鼻子可以是圆的也可以是尖的。 尾巴可以是圆的，也可以是尖的。 当塑形师有了合适的形状，他们用砂纸轻轻摩擦泡沫，直到感觉光滑均匀。

Then the shaper makes a hole in the bottom of the surfboard for the leg rope. Then they must draw where the shaper wants to put the fin. Some surfboards have one fin and others can have four. The shaper uses some tape to stick the fin box to the surfboard, so it won't move around.

然后塑形师在冲浪板的底部打一个洞，用来做腿绳。 然后他们必须画出塑造者想要放鱼鳍的地方。 有些冲浪板只有一个鳍，有些则有四个鳍。 塑形师用胶带把鳍盒粘在冲浪板上，这样它就不会移动了。

cloth and resin Next, the shaper puts cloth over the surfboard and around the fin box. Sometimes the cloth has a pattern on it. To make sure the cloth sticks to the surfboard, the shaper lightly brushes it with hot resin. Together, the cloth and hot resin make the foam blank hard and strong. The shaper might brush the surfboard with resin many times before it is finished.

接下来，塑形师把布盖在冲浪板和鳍盒周围。 有时布上有图案。 为了确保布料粘在冲浪板上，塑形师用热树脂轻轻刷一下。 布和热树脂一起使泡沫坯坚硬而坚固。 在冲浪板完成之前，塑形师可能会用树脂多次刷冲浪板。