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If you could scan a board to that degree of accuracy (less than human hair accuracy), then a board shape can basically be totally mapped with a scanner (except for centre of gravity).

It makes possible a global database of every board ever made with rider opinions. Running queries across the shapes could open up an entire new way of designing boards - as a user you could pick attributes from different boards or pick up a shape that you liked and tweak it.

Then supposing materials science allows the printer to make a board that is strong and light enough.... this might not be so far fetched in ten years time- the guys in 2011 video below are making a wrench out of composites here. It looks like 3d printers could drive composite technology quite a long way.... or maybe they'd just shape blanks. Either way, 3d printers run on really small production runs (like windsurfing boards) so the manufacturers could start using them.

Has anyone 3d printed a board?