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We recently had Bert in-store and fired him up with a few beers.
Bert Burger (the man behind the parabolic rail and Firewire) is larger than life with an amazing story of survival through the ups and downs of the surfboard industry since the 70's.
So here it is - the first part of Bert talking about how it all started and an in-depth talk on board design.
Grab a beer as we did, sit back and hear from the brilliant mind of an intelligent and creative man possessed with a life-long desire improve his boards and the experience for all those who use ride them.
Part one of the series covers his history and how outline, contour and rocker affect a boards performance.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! 
Thanks AA I got to about the 4 min mark will watch later,I love that sort of presentaion just talking about how it was and is.
Thanks guys, yes it is worthy of a sit down and a beverage at the end of the day. He is at Surf FX tonight if you can get along Mac.
I enjoyed that...I'd like to hear Bert talking about a shortboard which appears to have a medium rocker from the side with a late kick in the nose. But the majority of the rocker scooped out enough to make the board have very little rocker through the middle. So you might in effect have a great turning circle when up on rail & also have great speed & easy paddling...I know plenty of people are doing this, I'd just like to hear him talking about it
Looking forward to part 2 AA. Can you get to talk more about the construction please 
Mac - that 3 stage rocker section was tailor made for you !
The old three stage rocker,what came first the chicken or the egg
That clip at the end was a very good example of the flatter tail rocker I would have liked to have seen more.
Why cant you ride your mct nose rider this weekend oh forecast guru?
Hang on you got a what?
Here ya go boys. Stoked your enjoying it! Part 2 with more to come!
Just one other observation from that first video was the size of his hands - huge!! Must paddle like a demon
Cheers for the share, the part about rail shape & thickness was the most interesting part for me here 
Most excellent clips. I like how he's pointing out the importance of surface area vs straight up volume of foam.
Stoked you guys are enjoying them too. How's his encyclopaedic brain for board and numbers
recalling the dimensions of his boards going back 20 years or more!
This session was one the most interesting of all to me.
CRUNCHY vs POLYWAFFLE
Another interesting vid, cheers for the share...I did always think stringers were about strength, not flex...enjoyed/enjoying this series
That just made me realise how little I know about the intricacies of surfboard design, switched on or what
Yeah they need to wheel out Bert more often. He's a walking, talking encyclopaedia.
On the Flex note, you can feel the flex in his SUP's but it is way more subtle due to the thickness of the board.
On a Mal it is a whole different ball game. I rode his JR 9'2 Pro today in some decent waves down our way and wow - there is life in there!
I have always loved my epoxy Mal's for their swing weight but nothing compares with a light board which also gives back
It felt like carving a snowboard.
so enjoyed that. never thought about fin systems and flex before,yet it makes so much sense. really the whole flex thing made sense after watching that vid...to think I always thought stringers were there for strength
