Duotone GRIP 3 & GRIP 4 in DLAB Construction out now!

What exactly do we mean by custom-made construction? Well, it’s exactly that! These boards are made using the techniques and materials, that are currently exclusive to custom boards. There are 3 key differences to our normal production boards:

1. Unlike in normal production board manufacturing where the foam core is made in a mould, the foam core of the D/LAB boards is CNC-milled. This ensures maximum precision and weight-saving.
2. Then you have the lay-up where in normal production board manufacturing, a single-shot vacuum bag attaches the top and bottom PVC shields directly, whereas with D/LAB we do one side at a time, providing the key to our industry-leading strength to weight ratio.
3. Next, instead of using standard 3mm PVC elements for the entire board we use thicker and thinner PVC plates according to the stress areas which makes the board lighter yet stronger.
4. Finally, instead of using a similar layup on all boards we use a DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC FLEX CONSTRUCTION for all our D/LAB boards since demands on the different disciplines (wave, freestyle, freeride, racing) and conditions vary quite a lot.

As wave boards require a certain “give” as they are very short and might become too stiff thus uncontrollable using a full carbon layup, the GRIP D/LAB boards come with a higher Innegra + S-glass content. These high-tech composites have a much higher tensile strength avoiding breakages after high landings, yet to still achieve an outstanding “spring-back” characteristics which makes the board more reactive we use unidirectional Carbon reinforcements in longitudinal direction.