About MyBoards.Org
An open reference for how a board rides — the shape, not the brand.
Every board is a shape, and the shape is the truth. Length, width, wheelbase, concave, kick, rocker, camber — the geometry is what actually decides how a board rides under your feet. The graphic on top is the bait; the shape is the meal. MyBoards.Org is the open record of that geometry, for every board worth knowing — skate, surf, and snow.
Shape, not brand. Function, not fashion.
Brands talk up their own boards. Forums trade anecdotes. Nobody answers the question every rider actually has — what rides like the board I loved? — by the thing that decides it: the shape. So here, every board carries its genome — its shape-DNA: each ride metric, with a plain-English line on what it does under your feet. You can see why a board rides the way it does, and find others that ride like it — by geometry, not by the name on the nose.
It’s not IP. It’s wisdom.
The shape that makes a board ride well is not a trade secret. It is knowledge, earned by riders over decades, and it belongs to riders. So everything here is open: the board data is public domain (CC0), and the engine that rebuilds the shapes is open-source (MIT). Take it, remix it, train on it, build something better with it — and give it back. The whole point is the wisdom getting back into the hands of the people of the boards.
What is inside
- 400+ boards across skate, surf, and snow — each with its genome (shape + setup, every metric explained).
- Find boards by shape — “what rides like this?” answered by real geometry, not by brand.
- Each board rebuilt procedurally in 3D from real, sourced dimensions.
- Download any board’s genome — openly licensed, yours to keep.
- Build a quiver of the boards you ride, and share a link to it.
How the family tree clusters
Boards are grouped by their genome into a family tree — nearer branches ride more alike. The clustering is honest about what it can and cannot see, and that differs by sport:
- Skate reads cleanest. The per-board genome — length, width, wheelbase, kicks, concave — is rich enough that the four families (popsicle, old-school, cruiser, longboard) fall out of the data on their own.
- Surf clusters by size and foam. The families overlap in length, so longboards and guns share the big-board end while shortboards and fish share the small — they mingle more than skate does.
- Snow clusters on the ride genome — flex, taper, stance setback, effective edge, not just length and waist. Directional powder boards (taper plus a set-back stance) branch away from centered park twins, and stiff freeride splits from soft jib. Boards without published specs stay near the hub on size alone.
Sports sit side by side rather than interleaved: a skateboard measured in inches and a surfboard in feet do not share a scale, so each clusters on its own. Explore the whole tree on the home wheel — tap a sport to zoom into its families.
It is an early beta
This is a work in progress. Shapes get sharper, sourced dimensions keep rolling in, boards get added, and things occasionally break. If you spot something wrong — a board with the wrong specs, a missing classic, a bug — please tell me. That feedback is what makes the reference truer.
Who builds this
MyBoards.Org is built by Pete Bartsch — a product designer by trade (design systems and AI-native workflows, for the likes of John Deere and FourKites) and a rider at heart. It is a nights-and-weekends labor of love for the board community, not a startup looking to monetize you. See more of his work at petebartsch.com.
A note on brands and artwork
MyBoards.Org is an independent, fan-made archive. The graphics are the recognition — the nostalgia that gets you in the door — but the substance here is the shape underneath. Board names, brands, and graphics belong to their respective owners; nothing here implies affiliation or endorsement. Boards are reconstructed as original 3D interpretations from their geometry; original deck artwork is never reproduced. See the Terms for details.