Carbon Fiber Boards Are Showing Up In Surf Shops
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If you have taken a walk through a surf shop lately it is hard to miss the new carbon boards that are popping up everywhere.
Carbon fiber surfboards allows for the same kind construction as hand crafted foam core surfboard. The main elements of the carbon fiber board include carbon fiber of varying orientations or directions, specialized high density foam, and epoxy resins. The carbon fiber boards are hollow. These boards are some of the lightest and strongest boards ever designed and produced. These fiber boards have a unique feature of allowing the deck and the bottom to flex independently which acts as a suspension system to launch the surfer from one turn into the next with remarkable control and momentum.
Carbon fiber is starting to be used because it has a number of characteristics that make it well suited for the construction of a surfboard its lightweight, its high tensile and load bearing strength based on orientation of fiber, remarkable reflex memory, extremely low flex fatigue over time, carbon fiber is non flammable and stable in the environment.
Because these boards are hollow, pressure is very important part of these boards maintenance. With proper maintenance these board should out last any conventual’s surfboards. Check with your surf shop for the maintenance for these boards. Surf On!