Shaping Legend Glenn Pang Explains Why Surfboard Volume Doesn't Really Matter

Glenn Pang has been in the surfboard shaping business for a long time. Over forty years, in fact, and in that time he’s figured out quite a few things. Pang, who carves foam for T&C Surf, knows just about every in and out of the surfboard shaping business. There’s an old adage that goes something like this: “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” And Glenn Pang can explain things very simply.

He’s got a series on the T&C Surf YouTube channel where he does just that. In the past, he’s broken down subjects like surfboard construction and what the different kinds of surfboard decks actually do. In this installment, Glenn Pang gets deep into volume and why a lot of customers are putting a little too much weight on it.