Santa Cruz Graphite Loaded Deck - 1989
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Santa Cruz Graphite Loaded Deck - 1989
Hi Guys
Does anyone know about the construction of these boards- ie what does 'graphite loaded' actually mean?
Many thanks...
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Does anyone know about the construction of these boards- ie what does 'graphite loaded' actually mean?
Many thanks...
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Hi
I own a Santa Cruz "H-Bomb" graphite loaded deck. It has green layers between the plys.
I believe it is some sort of carbon layer.
It was bought well before 1989, late seventies I think. I remember it was very expensive.
I bought it in England back then, at Surrey Skateboards.
I think carbon is some kind of graphite. Maybe someone can explain it.
I own a Santa Cruz "H-Bomb" graphite loaded deck. It has green layers between the plys.
I believe it is some sort of carbon layer.
It was bought well before 1989, late seventies I think. I remember it was very expensive.
I bought it in England back then, at Surrey Skateboards.
I think carbon is some kind of graphite. Maybe someone can explain it.
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"Graphite loaded" was simply Santa Cruz's way of describing the inclusion of the new and radical carbon graphite fiber. When the boards were introduced in 1978 about the only thing then using CG was F-16 fighter planes, skis and tennis rackets. (I exaggerate . . . but not much.)
Unlike the FiberFlex Bowtuff, the Santa Cruz boards were maple/glass laminates BUT also had glas in between each layer of maple. (FFs were glas/maple/maple/maple/glas, SCs were glas/maple/glas/maple/glas/maple/glas.)
Whether or not each layer also had CG reinforcement I do not know. What I do know is that on the top and bottom of the board is a three-inch wide strip of CG cloth under the resin.
Having ridden FibreFlexes for three years and Turner SummerSkis for one when I got my H-Bomb in '79, I could immediately feel the difference. FFs were "squishy" and felt very soft. Turner's were snappy and flexed very accuratly and returned to shape immediately coming out of a turn. The H-Bomb was a compromise between the two: the flex was not as precise as the SummerSki (a little squishy but not much,) but the return was much more dynamic than the FibreFlex.
The lineal descendant of the Santa Cruz boards are the Roe PS Series. They feel exacltly the same way as my H-Bomb did 30 years ago. The only difference is Gareth offered them in various thicknesses and thus varying flexes. The FibreFlexes and Santa Cruz boards were one-size-fits-all. That meant my 160-pound teenage frame didn't really flex the board quite as much as Henry Hester's 225 pounds.
Unlike the FiberFlex Bowtuff, the Santa Cruz boards were maple/glass laminates BUT also had glas in between each layer of maple. (FFs were glas/maple/maple/maple/glas, SCs were glas/maple/glas/maple/glas/maple/glas.)
Whether or not each layer also had CG reinforcement I do not know. What I do know is that on the top and bottom of the board is a three-inch wide strip of CG cloth under the resin.
Having ridden FibreFlexes for three years and Turner SummerSkis for one when I got my H-Bomb in '79, I could immediately feel the difference. FFs were "squishy" and felt very soft. Turner's were snappy and flexed very accuratly and returned to shape immediately coming out of a turn. The H-Bomb was a compromise between the two: the flex was not as precise as the SummerSki (a little squishy but not much,) but the return was much more dynamic than the FibreFlex.
The lineal descendant of the Santa Cruz boards are the Roe PS Series. They feel exacltly the same way as my H-Bomb did 30 years ago. The only difference is Gareth offered them in various thicknesses and thus varying flexes. The FibreFlexes and Santa Cruz boards were one-size-fits-all. That meant my 160-pound teenage frame didn't really flex the board quite as much as Henry Hester's 225 pounds.
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