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To equip my surf school, Ki Surf School<\/a>, I’ve passed through the hands of many different brands of foam boards of varying quality over the years.<\/p>\n For a long time, surf school beginners were seen as individuals who, because they were in the learning phase, needed a board that was safe (foam, to avoid injury) and buoyant (to facilitate learning), but not necessarily high performance. Now that the use of foam boards is becoming more widespread, and the number of foam board suppliers has multiplied, the quality of these educational boards has greatly improved. To the delight of surf coaches and their students. Nevertheless, there are still a few aberrations on the market in terms of glide optimization and maneuverability. <\/p>\n There’s no doubt about it: for beginners, a foam board offers many advantages. The first, of course, is safety: with a foam board and soft fins, the risk of accidents is virtually nil. As a result, beginners can ride without the constant fear of injuring themselves or another surfer. <\/p>\n And while a foam board can’t match the performance of a high-end resin board, foam boards are now available in very high quality. And the technical disparities between soft and hard boards are tending to disappear. <\/p>\n Like a hard resin board, a high-performance foam board combines lightness and rigidity. You’ll need to find the right compromise here, because feather-light boards are often fragile, like the boards used by pro surfers for ephemeral use during a few competitions. <\/p>\n The strongest foam boards on the market generally have two wooden slats to consolidate the foam core. They are also covered with resin-impregnated fiberglass, just like any other surfboard. The foam covers the whole to provide the safety element. If the foam is the right shape, you’ve got the ideal board for progress. What’s more, some boards are reinforced with denser foam at the ends and sides of the board, where it is most likely to be damaged. 7’oceans<\/a> boards are thus designed to offer optimum glide and safety, but almost all suppliers now offer a range combining resin and foam coating. <\/p>\n Other brands of foam boards also offer the advantage of being able to equip the board, thanks to the FCS system, with higher-performance daggerboards than those usually offered by foam board designers: Catchsurf<\/a>, which to promote itself features professional surfers executing radical tricks with foam boards equipped with rigid daggerboards. It’s true that an excellent surfer would be able to ride any board, so try it out for yourself. <\/p>\n The perfect Foam Board<\/h2>\n