"This surfboard is inspired by a great white shark, literally, I took the silhouette of a great white shark from below and from above as many times as I could and put it into a computer and outlined it. "The board," Kelly continues, "has a lot more rocker than a traditional twin fin. I don't really like flat waves," says the American honestly. "But as soon as there's a gap in the wave, it's amazing, it just lights up.
This was in 2020, more or less. It was a few months later, at the 2020 Pipe Masters at the end of the year, that Slater entered the water with that black twin fin that everyone was quickly speculating about, a 5'6" that he made it to the semi-finals.
Although it was originally designed to surf as a twin fin, a third central box has been added for use with a stabiliser.
This gives it extra versatility, as it gives you the option to increase the drive and grip, if needed, by adding this small rear keel.
The best fins for the Great White Twin, and the ones it has been tested with, are the Endorfins KS TWIN +2.
The new Firewire technology, I-Bolic, and the basalt fibre lamination, Volcanic, have been used to manufacture them.
I-Bolic is Kelly Slater's new board technology that makes his boards "last forever", as he states in the video introducing them.
"Instead of using the standard core made of wood, the I-Bolic uses a double T-profile and high-density foam on the edges. In addition, we have a deck that basically doesn't allow it to dent under pressure. These boards last forever. I never dent the decks on these I-Bolics," says Slater.
5'6" X 18 3/4" X 2 3/8" X 26.30L
5'7" X 19 1/16" X 2 7/16" X 27.50L
5'8" X 19 3/8" X 2 1/2" X 29.00L
5'9" X 19 5/8" X 2 9/16" X 30.50L
5'10" X 19 15/16" X 2 5/8" X 32.00L
5'11" X 20 3/16" X 2 11/16" X 34.00L
6'0" X 20 1/2" X 2 13/16" X 36.00L
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