oh forgot, the rounded front and rears of the Starboards allow them to build in the required volume but also to keep rail thickness as thin and surfboardy as possible. The starby's have got the thinest rails of of any production board. And.. how about the lengths of their boards... 6'6" impossible, 7'4"pod, 7'11" etc. Try getting enough volume on a pointy board at 6'6" , the only way would be to increase the thickness to 5" but then the rails would look like Serena Williams thighs.....