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Slater Designs Helium Gamma surfboard (high performance dims) 5ft 11 FCS II - White

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The Slater Designs Gamma has been Kelly's go-to utility shortboard in 2017.
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Features

  • Name The Slater Designs Helium Gamma surfboard 5ft 11"
  • Ability Intermediate/Advanced
  • Volume 28.1 litres
  • Conditions Anything from waist high to well overhead waves
  • Construction Helium Technology EPS Foam/Parabolic Balsa and Paulownia wood rails/High Density Aerospace Composite Deck Skins
  • Dimensions 5ft 11 x 18.875 x 2.437
  • Fin system FCS II Five Fin
  • Fins included No

Description

The Slater Designs Gamma in Helium technology has been Kelly's go-to utility shortboard in 2017.

Over the last year Kelly has collaborated with several top shapers and experimented with different shapes and templates, but it has been his own creation which has stolen his attention.

Kelly's interest in CAD design has given him the opportunity to experiment and mess around with variables, test riding numerous prototypes until he arrived at the awesome Gamma, an all-round performance shortboard that he'll no doubt be riding throughout his 2017 campaign.

The Gamma has a very speedy template with a single concave running to a slight vee behind the trailing fin. The vee behind the back fin eases rail to rail work and the rocker and rail shape would be classed as "medium" in the world of high performance shortboards. The outline has a clearly defined "hip" which reduces the turning radius and allows the Gamma to be ridden in shorter, wider dims as well as regular HPSB dims.

The Slater Designs Gamma will perform in surf from thigh-high to well overhead.

Firewire’s Helium tech is all about making an already amazing set of construction options even better. Its lighter, seems strong, no signs of any pressure marks at all, and very fast. High Density Aerospace Composite Deck Skins and a new Paulownia/Balsa mix on the rails gives a faster flex response. Having surfed the tech in a couple of different models it does feel light but the speed through a stiffer feel and responsiveness is exceptional, Helium is here to stay.

Boardshop is stoked to be a key partner for Firewire and Slater Design surfboards across Europe and beyond, we've been with them since the very start. The surfboards are more durable than other surfboard manufacturing processes, and for 90% of surfers they will improve your surfing. Firewire is pushing the limits of applying new technology and innovation to surfboard design and always has an eye on the environmental impact of what they do, they truly are different to the other board companies out there. A big chunk of the boards in both the Slater and Firewire ranges are perfectly suited to the waves that 90% of us surf on a regular basis, so if you haven't already, give them a try.

We're happy to consider trading in your old board against a new Slater Designs surfboard, so If you have any questions about this we'd be delighted to answer them and advise on any potential board choices or enquiries you might have, just drop us an email to info@boardshop.co.uk or call us on 0044 (0) 1243 674250. And don't forget we offer interest free finance on all new premium surfboards!

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Chris
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Great Board
I'm 6' and 90kg (200lbs) and this board is quite simply brilliant. I am doing pocket turns that were impossible on my other boards. At first this board feels too loose, skatey and maybe even twitchy . I wanted a board that would be good from shoulder high to double over head+ and after my first few surfs I was thinking that it would be good for only head - maybe head+half max. However, if you give the board time it will repay in bucket loads. This board needs to be surfed off the back foot for sure and there is plenty of speed and I'm surfing it as a thruster so it would be lightning as a quad! I think it is best suited to intermediate / advanced to get the most out of it and if you give it time it will repay. For me, it's a vehicle for taking my surfing to a better level.

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