Heritage Pin Tail Surfboard
This design is an exact copy of a pin tail shaped by Rory Russell back in the day. Murray has spent a lot of man hours getting it right! Having said that customisation is always encouraged, particularly if this board is to be surfed.
Traditional pigmented laminates, pin lines and finish coat polishes are all standard with the Heritage range.
Wave Type: 5' - 10'
Rocker: Full Rocker
Rail: Low Pinched
Tail Shape: Pin Tail
Dimensions: 8'0" - 14'0"
MODERN LAMINATING TECHNIQUES
As a point of difference and, more importantly, for superior strength and durability, the new Lightning Bolt surfboard range boasts a very different direction with laminating to the norm, which is already proving to tick all the boxes for what is required in today's need for the correct strength-to-weight ratios.
First and foremost, all boards will be laminated with the latest superior epoxy resins that have a lot more nose to tail flexibility than the more brittle polyesters. Indeed, epoxy resins are mostly used on polystyrene foam since polyesters resin dissolve polystyrene or EPS which is the common name for it these days.
Not many people know that epoxy resins are quite at home with polyurethane foam as they are with polystyrene and we have found that, for reasons still unexplained, our polyurethane blanks are coming up a whisper lighter than those glassed in polyester.
The ability to absorb shock much better than the brittle polyesters is proving to be a game changer with this combination.
The shock factor is the well know culprit for boards snapping. Another technique exclusive to the new Lightning Bolt range is the diagonal weave process.
With all laminates laid diagonally the snap line that is usually directly rail to rail has to negotiate double weave rather than breaking in between the east west strands and only across the north south strands in a standard layup.
This whole combination of diagonal weaves and more flexible epoxy resins not only breathes life into the feel of the Bolts, but also adds to their life span.
Another feature we have stumbled upon is the noticeable difference in weight between the Pu and Epoxy laminates. We are still working on a theory for this, but it certainly exists.
All boards will have inegra toe patches in order to structure up the rail edges in that last critical 12 inches of the tail.
All boards will use future fin boxes exclusively, simply because they are the strongest when it comes to fin base roll under pressure and there should be no shortage of this pressure if these boards are surfed in the type of waves they are meant for.
Again out of respect for the early Bolts the new stock models will be just as colourful and trimmed with a traditional pin line.
Surfboard Price Guide
3 future fin boxes, air freight within Australia, and GST.
Board Size
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PU – Polyester with Polish
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PU – Epoxy Sanded Finish
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PU – Polyester with Polish
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PU – Epoxy Sanded Finish
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