to immerse themselves in grain surf boards. seven days. each person that s in the class builds their own board from start to finish. you can get the satisfaction and build a board with your own two hands that you ll enjoy that much more. all of the boards are made from locally harvested trees. once the students pick from one of grain s 19 designs their education begins. we ll sit down each morning, talk about the big picture of what we re trying to do that week, sketch it out. answer as many questions as we can. most of the time people are working on their own. there s a certain independence required for the glu gluing, sanding and glassing of surfboards but mike and brad are never far. we re always milling around. we try to leave people to work on their own and figure things out. we don t want to be standing there telling them how to do