GONG FACTORY MALO SURF 5’5 ALU EPS

INTRODUCTION

A Unique high performance board, Made in France, exceptionally well finished Board.

L’Ours proposes a New Shape for the Alu to modernize this Board and make it even more efficient in its core program: the everyday waves.

If you can only have one Shortboard, it’s the Alu one!

Unless you are staying in front of Pipeline, chances are your usual conditions will be waves that require a lot of boost and relaunch. This is the definition of the Alu.

We still keep front third thin but with a little thickness, about a few millimeters, through the center for rowing comfort.

The tail is revisited with some park style sauce added! We have a wide diamond tail that propels the Alu into Mach II at the first impulse.

This strong presence of the rear foot is skillfully balanced by a set of Wingers just behind the release point of the lateral ones to loosen up the tail at the end of the turns. The hull work is also designed for water release and make it easier to get on the rail.

Its ultra-modern look invites you to blast 360 pops and airs in all directions! The Quad is no longer trend, and yet it is the fetish Fin set-up of the Alu that you’ll find in these two rear Quad Laterals a clear and precise support grip to push your moves to their fullest, even in soft waves.

A rocker and rails that scream competition, a more intelligent volume distribution, and a clearly maximized surface between the supports; this is what makes the Alu the Essential Board in your 2020 quiver.

 

SHAPE
  • Rocker: relatively tense for acceleration, close to 99% of a competitive rocker.
  • Rails: clearly identified Comp, hard and sharp at the tail and round at the nose.
  • Volume: in the standards for crazy performance.
  • Outline: wide and with lift, thin nose.
  • Tail: Diamond Tail with Wingers for the best acceleration / agility combo.
  • Nose: thin pointed nose to reduce inertia and facilitate radical moves.
  • Deck: flat for control.
  • Bottom: double concave and concave at the tail for maximum grip despite the wide tail.
  • Fins: Trifin or Quad.
Technology EPS Surf
  • High Quality Materials : EPS Blanks, Epoxy resin, Glass Fiber. Material chosen for its adequacy with the demands of our technical specifications.
  • Board 100% Epoxy resin over Polystyren stringered Foam Blank 28kg/m³ (wood stringer 3mm).
  • Deck details : 2 layers of Fiber Glass 6oz + 4oz.
  • Bottom details : 1 Fiber Glass 6oz layer, plus 1 patch of Fiber Glass 4oz wrapping the tail and the Fin Boxes.
  • Numerically controlled Preshape, modeled after traditional templates, 100% Hand Finished.
  • Mate finished for a better glide, less sensitive to scratching and a competative look.
  • This technology is easily repairable in case of damage and presents an excellent ratio solidity/reactivity/weight with all its technical qualities of its shape up front.
  • It’s THE lastest in modern technology sought after by the most technical surfers for the best performances.
  • 100% hand shaped, glassed and finished in our shaping rooms here in La Baule, France.