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It's important as a girl surfer to understand your surfboard, this will inevitably improve your surfing.

• Surfboard Shapes
  Surfboards come in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit different wave types and the ability of the surfer.
  
  
• Surfboard Design
  Understand the design of surfboards, the terminology used in surfboard design and how your surfboard influences your surfing.
  
  
• Surfboard Construction
  There are a few different types of materials used in the production of surfboards; this information on surfboard construction is only related to polyurethane fibreglass surfboards, the most widely used surfboards in the world.
  
  
• Surfboard Fins
  Surfboard fins are either glassed on or have a removable fin system in place so surfers can change fin sizes and designs according to the wave conditions.
  
  
• Surfboard Accessories
  Surfboard accessories are a must for your surfboard. You will need surfboard wax and a surfboard deck grip so you don't slip off your surfboard; leg ropes keep you and your surfboard connected.
  
  
• Surfboards and the Environment
  Leading surfboard companies are now using more environmentally friendly materials and are minimising or recycling waste products.
  
  
• Surfboard History
  The development of surfboards throughout history stems from the first surfers riding wooden planks to modern day shapers using materials such as aluminium, polystyrene, polyurethane, bamboo, hemp and epoxy.