AkuShaper is the world's premier surfboard shaping software

Surfboard Design Software

Nearly half a million boards are produced each year on AkuShaper's integrated hardware and software surfboard shaping package.

Get Started Using AkuShaper’s Industry Leading Surfboard Shaping Software

Free Demo

Try out all the design and visualization features.

You can also save your work while in Demo Mode and then unlock your saved designs after signing up.

Backyarder Plan

The basic plan that lets you design and save surfboards.

$12.95
per month
Save $30 with yearly plan.
    • Open, edit, and save boards

    • Print Order Cards to send to friends/customers

    • Look things over in the 3-D shaping bay™

    • Get CNC cuts from your local factory

    • Spot Check

    • Adjust colors of the Bay

    • Import/Export outlines, rails, and rockers for duplicating boards

    • Sliding Dimensions

    • Horizontal Line Guide

    • Open multiple boards

    • Export Shape3d format

    • Dimensions Adjustment Tool

    • Continuous Rail Tool

    • Tail Rocker & Nose Rocker Auto Adjusting

    • Add Control Points

    • Zoom Box

    • Undo/Redo

    • ft, cm, mm, ft/cm, ft/mm measurements

    • Show Rocker Upside Down

    • Nose right tool

    • Point Movement Size adjustments

    • Offline Activation

    • Keyboard Shortcuts

    • Slice real time display (continuous)

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Up and Comer Plan

Powerful design, automation, and organization features.

$29.95
per month
Save $36 with yearly plan.
    • Automated scaling / rocker adjustments tools to manage your growing collection of designs

    • Print outlines, rockers and slices

    • Import boards from Shape3d (.s3dx) and DSD (.srf)

    • Visualize rail lines for better feedback on the smoothness of your rail curves

    • Expanded View stretches the outline/rocker to fill the screen for finer editing

    • Straight line vs. Over the Curve adjusting

    • Full size PDF Export Printing (Single sheet outline printing)

    • Rail Thickness Marks

    • Fin Marking Tools

    • Ghost Board Overlay

    • Ghost Board Dimensions

    • Tokoro Rail Thickness

    • Guide Points Plotter

    • Draggable Board in Blank (Fit your designs with blank files)

    • Biolos Foot Marks

    • Image Board Function

    • Image Rails and Rockers

    • Board Manager

    • Slice Area Profile

    • Rail Tuck & Apex Display (editing ability in Heavyweight plan)

    • Volume Sections

    • Blank Differentials

    • Center of Mass Tool

    • Show Mass Area Line

    • Show Center of Mass

    • Hollow Board Plan Export

Heavyweight Plan

All the tools a professional shaper requires.

$49.50
per month
Save $30 with yearly plan.
    • Includes all Backyarder and Up & Comer features**

    • Export your 3D designs in OBJ, STL, IGES, and DXF file formats

    • Secure your designs with BRX™, our password protected file format

    • Preview cutting paths within AkuShaper software

    • Contour Highlight 3D view gives more insight into concaves and bottom contours

    • Automatically fit the board's curve to guidepoints

    • Rail Curve Refiner: Edit tuck and apex curves in Outline and Profile views

Dive In to AkuShaper Software and Machinery

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Blank Library

A "blank" is the foam core that surfboards are created from. It is an integral part of the creation process, as it is the starting material of any surfboard. There are many variations to accommodate a wide range of designs and dimensions.

Tutorials

Browse through our video tutorials that cover everything from the most basic to advanced software features. We also post videos accompanying every new software release to explain the newest functionality!

CNC Locator

The AkuShaper CNC software is designed specifically for cutting surfboard blanks. Trusted by the top surfboard manufacturers around the world, AkuShaper CNC plans are built for ease of use and to help machine operators master the cutting process.

Machine Sale

AkuShaper is the only CNC machine made exclusively for shaping surfboards with premium-quality components fabricated in-house: no outsourcing, no piecemeal combinations.

Chosen by the World’s Top Surfboard Shapers

Why Choose Us

Wade Tokoro
Hawaii

“AkuShaper allows us to be on the cutting edge of surfboard design and to provide surfers with the best possible equipment”

Rex Marechal
Australia

“By far my favorite design software. From modifications of existing designs, organic creation of new models, ease of use, and excellent rendering make it our choice for all of our crafts.”

Matt Biolos
California

“It’s hard to imagine making a board these days without AkuShaper behind us. It takes hours to do what used to take days”

Johnny Cabianca
Spain

“AkuShaper is the most solid and precise machine for surfboards on the market. Even being in Europe, we have really good technical support.”

Make your board your way

We’ll be with you every step of the way.