Fourth Interview Questions

Blog 17: Fourth Interview

Content:

Post 20 open-ended questions for approval you want to ask an expert in the field of your senior project.  The focus of your questions should be on your many answers.

Here I hope to be able to interview my uncles local shaper.

1) How do you shape a surfboard that compliments the riders style?

2) What type break do you prefer to surf?

3)What type of ocean floor do you think is best to surf on?
4) What are some of the things that you look for before deciding whether or not to go surfing?
5) What are some of your favorite places to surf at?

      6) What swell direction is best for each of these places? Why?

      7) What type of ocean floor do each of these breaks have and how do they contribute to their style of wave?

      8) Do you prefer on shore or off shore wind at these places? Why?
9) What is your favorite type of swell to surf in? Why?
10) How would you describe the break that you surf the most?
11) What type of tail do you prefer to have on a surfboard and why?
12) How do you decide when and when not to use each of your surfboard baised on the conditions of the surf?
13) How did you get into the shaping business?

14) What part of shaping do you feel is the hardest?

15) How did you get into the art part of surfing?

16) When you first started what part of shaping was the hardest?

17) What do you like better glassed on fins or fin boxes? Why?

18) What do you feel is the difference between glass on fins and fin boxes while surfing?

19) How much rocker do you like in your board? Why?

20) What is your goal as a shaper within your community?

Advisory Meeting #2

Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

Content:

Just like you did for answer 1 and the objectives for Purther's textbook work for answer 2 post:

EQ

How can a surfboard best be shaped to compliment the riders style?

Answer #2 (Write in a complete sentence like a thesis statement)*

A surfboard can best be shaped to compliment the riders style by having a good understanding of the riders oceanography of his home break.

 

3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)

Detail 1: Knowing the typical wind forecast of a desired break is essential for being able to shape a surfboard that meets a riders needs. Surfing in an area with a lot of wind can cause a wave to have little to no shape and be very choppy. So a board that is both wide and has a flatter rocker may be best.

Detail 2: Understanding the geographic layout of the ocean floor that you are surfing in is also essential to help a shaper shape a surfboard that meets the riders needs. For example, most reef breaks are very powerful and hollow so a board that has harder rails and a semi rocker is best.

Detail 3: A shaper that understands the swell direction of a break when its best can help provide a board that can surf a break at its best. Suppose your break is best with a North West swell but it only comes around a couple of times a year with some serious tubes while the rest of the time it has slow rolling waves. You can have your shaper build a board that fits that particular condition so you can surf the break at its best with the right equipment.

The research source (s) to support your details and answer

2 Books

Surfline's California Surf Guide by Sean Collins

Surfing the Manuel Advanced by Jim Kempton

Concluding Sentence

Without the shaper fully understanding the oceanography of his customers desired break, a surfboard cannot be shaped to preform to the best of its abilities.

*Write your answer like you would write a thesis statement.  Please don't give us one or two words or start your sentence with by.    Thanks!

On Friday 2/28 for Advisory #2, you will be presenting what you have from this blog.  The presentation is more like a share-out and should not last longer than 2 minutes. You don't need a visual.   

Extra blog post

This is a picture of me and my uncle's friend bill.

Last Sunday I got to surf with my uncle's surf buddy Bill. The waves were about 3 to 4 foot and fairly consistent. I also met a pro surfer, Josh Kerr and got to triad a few words with him while we surfed. Overall this was a great trip!!

Independent Component 2 Approval

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

Content:

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to ride my new board that I have been shaping and also start shaping my dads board at home.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will provide pictures and video for evidence.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

By surfing on my board I will be able to get a feel for what I like and dislike about it. This will help me to now down what parts of the board I think is most significant when shaping. Also I plan on asking my dad specifics on what he wants to get out of his board and try to shape it accordingly.

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it the independent component 2 log.

Done.

Lesson 2 Reflection

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

I am really proud of both my activity and attitude throughout my presentation. My activity I felt was well thought out and everyone in the room understood it. I made sure that I provided a clear explanation on the material that I researched on the application of hydrodynamics of both the rail and rocker of a surfboard. Before now all I cared about was the length and thickness of my board. I did not understand that things like the fins, rails, and rocker of a board have a much bigger impact than just the boards overall length. Also, for the first time ever I felt as if I were just talking to my friends about my topic rather than feeling like I was being graded on it. I felt super comfortable up there. Everything I have learned from my topic gave me the confidence that I needed.

2. Questions to Consider
       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

              P 

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

I feel I deserve a P at the very least. My answer one was thoroughly explained and my presentation clearly provided a knowledge based off of previous research especially on the concept of Hydrodynamics. I also met and cared out all other requirements.


3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

I felt that my Lesson worked out perfectly and really complimented my answer to my Essential Question. My surfboard props really helped me to explain to my audience about how the rail and rocker of a surfboard worked and how hydrodynamics applied to it.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I should have cited more sources so that my audience knew that what I was talking about and explaining was legit and not something pulled out of thin air.

5. Finding Value
What do you think your answer #2 is going to be? 

In order to shape a surfboard that compliments the riders style you should first understand the Oceanography of the surrounding area of your customer's desired surf break.

Independent Component 1

Title:  Independent Component 1
Label:  Independent Component
Due Date:  Friday 2/7 at 8AM
Content:  

• LITERAL
  (a) I, Garett Soapes, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component: Ryan Lopez my mentor gave me tips on how to shape the rails, tail, and concave of my board so I could try shaping it myself at home. He also gave me pointers on how to build myself a shaping rack in order to do it. Also my father, Uncle Dale, and Bill helped me with surfing and gave a lot of insight to me about how surfing and surfboard design has really changed since they first started.
  (c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours).   Post it next to your mentorship log.
• (d) Explanation of what you completed: A combination of surfing different boards with different types of fins in order to try and understand the different feelings that you get out of a board. I also completed the basic overall shape of my board at my house that I'm doing for my senior project.     
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  

Here is a picture of me in my garage sanding down the rails of my board with a surform. My mentor sent me home with my board and showed me how to make a shaping rack and how to shape the rails and concave of my board. The whole process took about 14 hours.

Here is a picture of my new fins on my neck beard surfboard. I couldn't beleive the difference these bad boys made in my board. My board felt a lot more responsive and faster under my feet compared to my two previous sets of fins. I think the experice that I got out of surfing on these fins helped me to lean towards fins as my next answer to my EQ. Surfing on different types of boards and like this case surfing on different types of fins made up the majority of my independent component one hours.

• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped: This component helped me to understand the foundation of my topic better by getting me to actively participate in the model of my next surfboard that i'm shaping. By surfing as much as I did in my independent component I was able to narrow down my likes and dislikes out of the boards that I already have. For example I like the easy paddle that I can get out of my neck beard surfboard but I also like the turning and drive capabilities of my traditional short board. This allowed for me to attempt to add the features that I liked from the boards that I have riden and try to incorporate them into the board I am shaping with my mentor.

Grading Criteria 

• Log on a digital spreadsheet 
• Evidence of 30 hours of work 
• LIA submitted to blog

Extra blog post 1/28

Two weeks ago I went camping at Carlsbad. The waves were 4 to 6 foot and held up a nice pocket. We had a lot of fun. We arrived Friday night and left Sunday afternoon. But before our departure for home we stopped by the ripcurl store in San Clamente and bought a wetsuit, deck patch, and new fins for my board that I'm shaping. Can't wait till it's finished!!