This True Ames PHD Volan Single Fin is fuller than normal leading edge, combined with the slender tipped, but full-based template targets smooth rail turns while harnessing maximum power. Usually powering a "hull" type shape or mid-length surfboard, this fin excels in combination with thin rails and vee to flat bottom. It has been noted that this design: feels good at low speed, has heaps of power with the stiffer flex, has proper hold in all phases of a turn, and has a perfectly balanced feel.
Fin designed by Kirk Putnam and Brian Hilbers...the PHD (as seen in the True Ames featured short film "Meridiem Odyssey").
Product Info
This True Ames PHD Volan Single Fin is fuller than normal leading edge, combined with the slender tipped, but full-based template targets smooth rail turns while harnessing maximum power. Usually powering a "hull" type shape or mid-length surfboard, this fin excels in combination with thin rails and vee to flat bottom. It has been noted that this design: feels good at low speed, has heaps of power with the stiffer flex, has proper hold in all phases of a turn, and has a perfectly balanced feel.
Fin designed by Kirk Putnam and Brian Hilbers...the PHD (as seen in the True Ames featured short film "Meridiem Odyssey").
Product Details
- Fin Type: Single Fin
- Size: 9.0", 9.5", 10.0"
- Fins in Set: One
- Fin Configuration: Single
- Construction: Volan
Product Construction
Volan
Handmade by the True Ames team in Santa Barbara, CA, the appeal of the fins True Ames offer with Volan Fiberglass Construction goes much deeper than their distinctive coke-bottle-green color and raw finish. The True Ames Volan fins are cut from the highest quality fiberglass and perfectly aligned for optimal flex characteristics. These limited supply fins flex from the body of the fin thereby producing increased speed and projection off the bottom and through turns. The True Ames Volan fins are fine tuned with a precision foil as well as proper flex. Fins made with Volan fiberglass and properly aligned for optimal weave orientation have very high performance flex characteristics – with the flex coming more from the body of the fin rather than just at the tip.
Additional Info
The PHD Volan is the collective brainchild of Kirk Putnam & Brian Hilbers. For years, this duo had been collaboratively tinkering with historical surfboard designs in a quest to design the perfect shape. This fin was designed along the way to accompany boards of the displacement hull variety; it excels in combination with thin rails and vee to flat bottoms.
- Special foil design: full leading edge and narrow tip assist in power generation and smooth rail turns
- Pairs well with “hull” shapes, mid-lengths, and medium to big-sized boards
- Volan fiberglass construction generates high-performance flex
This fin's fuller-than-normal leading edge, combined with its slender tip and full-base, translates into smooth rail turns and the ability to harness maximum power. From a design standpoint, its thick leading edge provides the structural integrity needed to support its narrow tip. Crafting this fin out of Volan–with it's strong structural integrity–enables us to create this special foil design. It would be far too flexy made of any other material, but with Volan it retains a stiff and powerful flex.
PHD reviews note that this fin: feels good at low speed, has heaps of power with the stiffer flex, has proper hold in all phases of a turn, and overall has a perfectly balanced feel. It makes for an epic ride on down-the-line type waves. Check out the PHD Volan featured in our short film "Meridiem Odyssey".
Warranty
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Returns
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