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Logan Richards
Mrs. DeBock
English 4
November 11, 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Research Question: How has surfboard shaping become a dying art?
Working Thesis Statement: The way people have shaped surfboards is a dying art because it has
been taken over by machines from other countries over local shapers.
Refined Thesis Statement: The way people have shaped surfboards is a dying art because it has
been taken over by machines from other countries.
Dasey, Daniel. Imported Boards make Splash on Surf Scene. The Sun-Herald. Sydney.
February 4, 2007.
This is the first article entitled Imported Boards make Splash on Surf Scene. The first
sentence in the article really explains what the entire works explains. This sentence says The
cost of surfboards is plummeting, with sales of cheaper Asian-made models on the verge of
outselling those made in Australia, posing a threat to the local industry (Dasey). It goes on to
explain that this may be bad news for shapers, but good for customers. The price difference
between Asian made products and locally made are incomparable with the Asian products $400
dollars less in some cases. Then the article changes its point of view with this one sentence But
Phil King, from surf company BASE Surfboards, said foreign imports could ultimately hurt
consumers; Mr. King said consumers who bought foreign boards were taking business away

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from local shapers and reducing the diversity of the market (Dasey). This article explains that
surfboards are being imported for a machine rather than being made locally by real surfers.
Stolz, Greg. Board Maker Surfs Into the Future. The Courier Mail (Brisbane). March 15, 2004.
This is the second article entitled Board Maker Surfs Into the Future. This article starts
off by explaining a brief history of large wood boards in the ancient Hawaiian Islands. Next, it
states that there is a new shaping machine that completes two surfboards in only two minutes.
This machine shapes a board down to only having ten minutes of sanding and then glassing to be
completed. Also stated that it can shape a board to 100% accuracy to the shapers request (Stolz).
Finally the article compares hand shaping to the machine with this statement: It takes about two
hours to hand-shape a surfboard, whereas the machine can produce two boards in six minutes
(Stolz). This article is relevant to research because it explains that machines are taking over this
mysterious art.
Westthorp, Tanya. Selling Chinese Boards Stirs up Fury and Safety fear Locals Shaping up to
Imports. The Gold Coast Bulletin. December 15, 2011.
This is the third and final article entitled Selling Chinese Boards Stirs up Fury and
Safety Fear Locals Shaping up to imports. This article starts off with the Coolangatta Surf Shop
owner telling a reporter that he is getting threatened by local shapers. Apparently the Coolangatta
Surf Shop owner has been selling Chinese made surf boards, and local handmade shapers are
losing business. These cheaper foreign boards cost $250 compared to the locally made boards for
$600. The rest of the article continues the explanation that local shapers can not compete with
the cheaper China made boards. This is based on the ideal research question because it answers
that machines are taking over the surfing world.

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