Slater Designs Volcanic Great White Twin Surfboard

The Great White concept was an idea Kelly had. Over dinner one evening, he showed me a photo of a great white shark and asked if I could incorporate the curves of an apex predator into a board design. A bit taken aback I listened to his idea of turning this into a performance twin ...The Great White concept was an idea Kelly had.

Over dinner one evening, he showed me a photo of a great white shark and asked if I could incorporate the curves of an apex predator into a board design. A bit taken aback I listened to his idea of turning this into a performance twin. With the photo next to me I worked on the outline taking the shark's curves and flow and balancing it visually with some dimensions I had in mind.

I decided to use my most performance shortboard rocker that's evolved over 20+ years. outline, rocker, bottom contours in balance. It's a fast paddling shortboard with 2 fins! Should be ridden about 2 inches shorter than your everyday "go to" board.

It fits in the pocket, drives through barrels and makes hyper speed on rail. Low drag without a rear fin or minimizing it with a smaller rear fin is another gear. Not a huge transition from a normal shortboard to this twin.

- DIMS5'6" X 18.75 X 2.375 // 26.3L5'7" X 19.0625 X 2.4375 // 27.5L5'8" X 19.375 X 2.5 // 29L5'9" X 19.625 X 2.5625 // 30.5L5'10" X 19 15/16 X 2.625 // 32L5'11" X 20 3/16 X 2.6875 // 34L6'0" X 20.5 X 2.8125 // 36LFIN SETUP 3 Fins - BOTTOM CONTOURS Single to Double - RAIL Medium/Low - Volcanic Technology - Volcanic Tech is made from Basalt Fibers Extruded from Volcanic Rocks that are crushed, melted and extruded into woven fibers that make up the cloth. The manufacture of basalt fiber requires the melting of the crushed and washed basalt rock at about 1,500 °C (2,730 °F). The molten rock is then extruded through small nozzles to produce continuous filaments of basalt fiber.

Those filaments are then chopped into long stem fibers and woven into lamination cloth fiber. The cloth has similar characteristics to carbon as it relates to strength and weight however because the fibers are derived from Organic Raw materials, when combined with Bio Resins it serves as better degradable ECO alternative than using traditional carbon fiber cloth. - Basalt fiber is a relative newcomer to fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) and structural composites.

It has a similar chemical composition as glass fiber but has better strength characteristics, and unlike most glass fibers is highly resistant to alkaline, acidic and salt attack making it a good candidate for surfboard manufacturing. - Compared to carbon and aramid fiber, it has the features of wider application temperature range -452° F to 1,200° F (-269° C to +650° C), higher oxidation resistance, higher radiation resistance, higher compression strength, and higher shear strength. - The cloth can withstand high temperatures unlike carbon fiber and as a result is heavily used the Aerospace industry in the creation of rockets and and jet engines.

The elasticity characteristics of this fiber is higher than that of traditional Carbon fiber allowing the board to have more flex for a natural feel under foot. - Whilst stocks last and for a limited time only receive a FREE set of fins with every Great White Twin board purchase!!!