Business news :Surfing industry on the wave of 3D printing !

3D printing attacks every day to a new sector . After health, jewelery, food processing , aerospace or art ... it's  time for surfing  industry.

Although it is already possible in practice to print 3D a surfboard , the task is long and difficult for the common man ... For Paul Spoliansky , Manager at 3D Systems, the question is not whether if surfboards will be printed a day at home, but rather when will it be possible? "We can create a surfboard from a 3D printer today , but necessary to create such a printer would be too expensive and too large for the general public ," he says . " But aside from that, we see people made fins or boxes for fins. This is no longer theory , people are actually in the process of doing . "

However, available to print 3D fin materials are not strong enough to hold up in surf conditions a little hectic , but Adrian Barnes in Futures Fins , believes it is only a matter of time before these new materials are found. "The only thing missing at the moment is a strong enough material to be able to compare the actual surfing conditions . We are very close and I think in the not too distant future , we can see some very interesting developments , especially when your local shaper begin to customize their models with 3D printing . "

As the advanced 3D printing, we see the potential leaders of the surf industry adapt to market their design board or fin online . The material in the morning we will print for surfing in the afternoon ...

French source 3dnatives.com by Alex