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  VOLUME, DISPLACEMENT and SURFBOARD DESIGN

HOW VOLUME & DISPLACEMENT AFFECT SURFBOARD DESIGN

  DISPLCEMENT is the volume or weight of a fluid displaced by a floating object. In surfboard design, the degree that surfboards and surfers displace water.

STATIC DISPLACEMENT in surfboard design is the degree that a surfboard displaces water based uniquely on the volume of the surfboard combined with the size or volume of the surfer.

DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT in surfboard design is the degree that surfers displace water with their surfboards based on the combined volume of the surfboard, the surfer's size, and the surfer's technique and board management skills.

Ultimately, it is DYNAMIC DISPLACEMENT that determines how much volume and how that volume is configured for any surfboard.


 
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