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Tomo MPH
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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 higher temperatures than that of carbon fiber and as a result is heavily used the Aerospace industry in the creation of rockets 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.
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.
Because the tail is so wide I feel like the Keel set up is much better. It allows for tighter turns. Also feels faster with only two fins. I say keel fin set up is better!
Beautiful!
Aesthetically I don't like the FCS boxes in twins, Futures looks much better.
Anyways El Tomo Twin with a round nose would be cool.
That's not for smaller humans?
I bet Froto has a sick backhand snap!
i'll stop now haha
You'll probably like the looks of FCS boxes better than Futures when the box is still intact. Lots of rolled boxes using twins with Futures and people trying to stabilize the boxes with dowels.
It's a bummer since there are so many more twin options with Futures. I've heard denser foams (Varial, XTR) eliminate the potential issue with Futures and twin fins.
