Carbon Construction for Maximum Response

Pro Team Series represents the highest-end carbon construction in the V3 Atmo lineup. It benefits from the same uncompromising standards of design, tooling, precision, quality control, and validation as the rest of the range, while taking performance a step further with a carbon construction that is even stiffer, more precise, and more responsive than the Team Series.

The objective is simple: transmit rider input more directly, eliminate unwanted flex, preserve the stabilizer's profile under load, and deliver an even cleaner feeling beneath your feet. The result is a foil that is more predictable, more reactive, stronger, and ultimately more efficient, fully enhancing the DNA of each shape.

HM 3K Texalium Purple Clear Prepreg Carbon

Pro Team Series stabilizers feature a High Modulus (HM) 3K Texalium Purple Clear prepreg carbon construction. TORAY M40J High Modulus carbon provides exceptional stiffness and precision, while Intermediate Modulus fibers contribute toughness, mechanical resilience, and long-term durability.

This carefully engineered combination produces an extremely responsive stabilizer capable of transmitting rider input instantly while maintaining the strength required to withstand the repeated loads encountered during pumping, carving, powerful turns, acceleration, landings, and aggressive riding.

The outer 3K carbon weave incorporates a purple Texalium filament directly into the fabric itself. Developed specifically within our manufacturing platform, this exclusive material gives the Pro Team Series its unmistakable visual identity without relying on paint that would conceal the carbon fiber and add unnecessary weight.

Prepreg Technology and Fiber Volume Control

All fibers used in V3 Atmo foils are processed as prepreg, meaning they are pre-impregnated with resin before layup. We do not use dry fabrics wetted inside the mold, as that process cannot achieve the level of precision we require for high-performance foils.

Prepreg technology allows precise control of the fiber-to-resin ratio, directly determining weight, laminate density, stiffness, shear strength, torsional rigidity, final thickness, mechanical consistency, and curing quality.

In any composite structure, performance depends primarily on the fiber volume fraction, the actual proportion of structural fibers relative to the resin. The fibers carry the loads, while the resin binds them together, transfers stresses between fibers, and stabilizes the structure without adding unnecessary weight.

Too much resin makes the stabilizer heavier and reduces its mechanical efficiency. Too little resin creates dry areas, weak bonding, and structural defects. The objective is therefore not to "add resin for strength," but to apply precisely the right amount of resin around fibers that are correctly oriented.

GONG pushes this level of control even further by manufacturing our own prepregs within our production facility. We select the dry fibers, impregnate them with the resin best suited to the intended mechanical program, precisely control the resin content, integrate the purple Texalium filament directly into the 3K carbon weave, store the prepregs under refrigerated conditions, then CNC-cut and lay them up according to our proprietary laminate schedules.

This capability is exceptionally rare within the foil industry because it requires genuine composite manufacturing infrastructure, controlled storage procedures, strict processing windows, and production volumes large enough to justify the investment. Rather than relying on off-the-shelf materials, we engineer the material itself according to each stabilizer, its intended application, the expected loads, and the desired riding feel.

Engineered Layup Schedules

The fibers are never laid up by intuition, habit, or simple experience. Every layup schedule is engineered using proprietary software based on the actual mechanical loads encountered in use: bending, torsion, compression, loads around the connection, pumping forces, carving loads, landings, impacts, and repeated fatigue cycles.

Fiber orientations and distributions are optimized for each area of the stabilizer. Unidirectional (UD) fibers carry the primary load paths, 0/90° plies stabilize the structure, ±45° and triaxial reinforcements control torsion, while localized reinforcements strengthen the connection interface and other highly stressed areas.

This engineering approach places material only where it contributes to performance. Areas responsible for transmitting rider input are stiffened, critical sections are reinforced, controlled compliance is maintained where it improves comfort and forgiveness, and unnecessary weight is eliminated.

Each ply is CNC-cut to guarantee perfect geometry, fiber orientation, and positioning. This manufacturing precision minimizes variability, unwanted thickness build-up, air entrapment, dry spots, excess resin, and performance differences between individual stabilizers.

Steel Molds and Absolute Repeatability

V3 Atmo Pro Team Series stabilizers are produced in ultra-high-precision steel molds. This is an uncommon industrial choice in the foil industry because steel molds are significantly more expensive than aluminum tooling. The material itself costs more, machining takes considerably longer, and manufacturing requires a much higher level of expertise.

The benefit is decisive: steel maintains its dimensional accuracy over time. Whereas aluminum molds gradually wear, lose sharpness, deform, or drift outside their original tolerances, steel molds consistently produce identical parts from the very first unit to the last.

For GONG, this repeatability is essential. Every stabilizer must feature the same profile, trailing edge, connection geometry, and on-water behavior regardless of when it was manufactured.

Our molds are machined in-house on 5-axis CNC equipment, ensuring complete control over quality while protecting the confidentiality of our designs. This level of precision is critical to accurately reproduce hydrodynamic profiles, thickness distributions, transitions, connection geometries, and trailing edges.

On a foil, even a few tenths of a millimeter can influence glide, stall behavior, noise, ventilation, and stability. Tooling precision is therefore a genuine performance factor, not merely an aesthetic consideration.

Heated Presses and Controlled Cure Cycles

The laminates are molded under very high pressure in heated presses. Temperature, pressure, cure duration, and cooling cycles are all precisely calibrated to maximize the composite's mechanical properties.

The objective is to produce a dense, homogeneous, fully cured laminate that remains dimensionally stable and retains its mechanical performance over time.

Cooling is equally important. A composite component should not simply leave the mold with the correct shape, it must preserve its dimensions, stiffness, and alignment after demolding. Controlled cooling cycles contribute to this stability while minimizing internal stresses that could otherwise distort the part or affect its performance.

3K Texalium Purple Clear Carbon Finish

The 3K Texalium Purple Clear finish is the visual signature of the Pro Team Series. It showcases the stabilizer's carbon construction with a highly technical, striking, and instantly recognizable appearance.

Our new production facility allows us to manufacture our own prepregs. We therefore developed a dedicated 3K carbon prepreg in which a purple Texalium filament is woven directly into the carbon fabric itself. The color is not applied as paint, it is an integral part of the composite material.

The result is unique: a vivid metallic purple-pink finish with iridescent reflections that change depending on the viewing angle and lighting conditions. Under direct sunlight, low-angle light, or different orientations, the stabilizer reveals constantly changing depth, reflections, and color intensity.

This finish is considerably more demanding than a painted surface because it hides nothing. The layup quality, fiber orientation, weave consistency, Texalium integration, surface finish, and final clear coat must all be executed to an exceptionally high standard.

Following molding, every component undergoes an extremely precise finishing process in dedicated facilities specifically designed to transform raw composite parts into flawless finished products.

Trailing edges and surface finishes are refined to perfection and carefully inspected to meet the V3 Atmo standard. This stage is critical: a clean, thin, perfectly uniform trailing edge reduces parasitic drag, noise, vibration, and efficiency losses.

With a visible 3K Texalium Purple Clear finish, the standard is even higher. Every aspect of the laminate remains visible, leaving no room for imperfections. The carbon weave, Texalium filament, surface uniformity, and clear finish must work together to produce a component that is simultaneously beautiful, technically refined, and high performing.

The Purple Clear finish therefore contributes both to the distinctive identity of the Pro Team Series and to its overall level of quality. It demands an even more rigorous manufacturing process, highlights the carbon architecture, and perfectly complements the most performance-oriented shapes in the V3 Atmo lineup.

V3 SuperLock Connection

The connection interfaces are manufactured and inspected to equally demanding standards. The self-tightening V3 SuperLock system requires extremely tight tolerances to function perfectly. The stabilizer must fit precisely, lock securely under load, remain completely rigid while riding, and still disassemble easily after the session.

This level of mechanical precision has a direct influence on the rider's feel underfoot.

Digital Design and Team Validation

Every stabilizer is designed in 3D, numerically optimized, and validated under real riding conditions. Hydrodynamic and structural simulations optimize profiles, load paths, flex characteristics, torsional behavior, and stress concentrations long before the first prototype is manufactured.

Prototypes are then extensively tested on the water by the GONG Team to validate real-world performance, including takeoff, glide, stability, forgiveness, carving, pumping, and top speed.

Mechanical Testing and Proactive Quality Control

GONG also employs proprietary mechanical testing equipment developed specifically for the unique demands of foiling. These test benches continuously monitor production quality by measuring stiffness, strength, connection durability, bending, torsional rigidity, and manufacturing consistency.

Foils are subjected to enormous and repeated loads. Quality cannot rely solely on visual inspection, a final quality check, or warranty analysis. Our approach is proactive from the very beginning of the manufacturing process.

Industrial Standards at the Highest Level

This manufacturing approach is built upon exceptionally demanding industrial standards. The teams, engineering methods, and manufacturing partners behind the V3 Atmo range come from industries where precision and reliability are non-negotiable, including aerospace, aviation, high-performance sailing, and the development of cutting-edge racing foils.

The result is a foil range manufactured to an exceptionally high standard, one that is truly rare, especially at this price point.

The GONG Paradox

The Pro Team Series embodies a uniquely GONG paradox: a remarkably accessible retail price considering its level of technology, combined with world-class engineering, tooling, quality control, and manufacturing.

These savings do not come from lowering our standards. They come from our production volumes, the size of the global GONG rider community, our direct-to-rider business model, our industrial choices, our vertically integrated expertise, and the intelligent optimization of materials and finishing processes.

V3 Atmo Pro Team Series stabilizers combine highly refined performance shapes with a High Modulus / Intermediate Modulus 3K Texalium Purple Clear prepreg carbon construction, exceptional stiffness, outstanding structural strength, engineered layup schedules, ultra-high-precision steel molds, tightly controlled manufacturing, and the V3 SuperLock mechanical interface.

It is the accumulation of these often invisible details that gives Pro Team Series stabilizers their distinctive character: stable flight, controlled stiffness, immediate response, silent glide, exceptional precision, outstanding durability, perfect repeatability, and instant confidence beneath your feet.

Pro Team Series DNA

The Pro Team Series delivers the additional stiffness, precision, and efficiency needed to fully unlock the potential of the most performance-oriented shapes in the V3 Atmo range. With an identical shape, the Pro Team carbon construction provides sharper response, greater liveliness, and higher overall performance underfoot.

It is the ultimate technology for riders seeking the highest level of performance in the GONG lineup, with greater precision, smoother glide, a more direct connection to their foil, and an absolutely unique 3K Texalium Purple Clear carbon finish.