| Shaping surfboards at the Southampton Solent University |
| Friday, 06 May 2011 10:05 |
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The Maritime & Technology Faculty of Southampton Solent University will teach students how to design and shape a surfboard. The new and original course develops skills in both composite technologies and graphic design.
This part time evening programme offers excellent learning and development from an experienced team of Composite and Marine experts. The transferable skills from this course can be applied to a variety of industry sectors – Marine, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Construction, and Product Design. Students will hand craft a surfboard using resins and composite materials and incorporate their own design features, giving their boards a unique personal quality. The facility to brand boards with company logos is also available. A pilot group have recently completed the programme - they were all delighted with their personally crafted boards and rewarded with additional skills to compliment their current portfolio. They are off to The Gower to test their new boards on the waves of The Peninsula. "This was an excellent opportunity. It was a really interesting course and everyone enjoyed learning new skills", students reported. |










