Tonester:

The first board took me 7 or 8 three hour classes at the school. The second board (the orange one) took me 3(I think) three hour time periods at the surfboard shop of the instructor. The last one (the pink one) only took 2 two to three hour time periods out at his shop.

Tagati:

That shop is actually the shop of the instructor at from the school. He has his own shop and was kind enough to let me use it. It'd be cool to have my own! Maybe if I really get into surfing more after I graduate I can slowly build up my own personal shop. As for the templates, he already had some that were cut out of some fiber board material. It's really just a matter of having several width dimensions along the board (at least three) and fitting a smooth curve to it all.