1/5/08 - Nomad Introduces 'Engineered Flex Core™'

Nomad Bodyboards is proud to announce the introduction of the new ‘Engineered Flex Core™’ to its 2008/2009 range.

In the past Bodyboard manufacturers have been forced to source existing materials manufactured by other industries for purposes other than bodyboard cores. This has forced the industry to be a slave to material manufacturers making materials of varying quality not purposely made for the quality of product they want produced. This is about to change.

Nomad is one of a few companies on the leading edge of a new core composition technology that will open the door to new world of 'ENGINEERED FLEX' conditions and purpose built Bodyboard materials.

In 2008, Nomad introduces ‘Engineered Flex Core™’, a breakthrough in Bodyboard core technology. The EFC is the first core material specifically developed and constructed as a core for bodyboards. The result is a durable, lightweight, one-piece core with superior memory, flex, recoil and projection properties.

The way in which the core is manufactured gives us the capability to engineer or finely tune a core precisely to the flexibility we want it to have. Each board’s core is individually manufactured inside a specially designed mold. This process allows us to introduce unique and varied stringer systems during the actual manufacturing process of the core, and assists us to effectively engineer the flex of the core to specific requirements, such as weight and height, but also surf conditions and water temperatures.

This differs from Polypro and PE cores that are manufactured in long sheets that must be then be cut to size. This process limits the manipulation of the cores flex properties to stringers that can be introduced after the manufacturing process by drilling holes into the core.

The EFC has allowed us to develop unique stringers that, if not for this breakthrough in manufacturing technology, could not be manufactured into the board in any other way. Instead, the EFC allows stringers to be encased inside the core during its manufacture.

This includes the Type A configuration, using Nomads variable flex stringer system that consists of a Centrifuge stringer that is a tabular [flat] fiberglass compound and nearly impossible to snap. Extra stiffness is added by adding a pair of semi-rigid tabular stabilizing stringers. This is the ultimate set-up for cool water surfing or any rider requiring superior flex.

The Type O configuration uses a traditional tubular Carbon Fiber Stringer encased in the core, allowing rigidity in cool water and providing Flex in warm water conditions.

Nomad will release the new Engineered Flex Core™ models, along with the entire 08/09 range, in June. Models to include the core are the Chris James EFC – Type A Crescent, The Glen Thurston EFC – Type A Crescent, the FSD Ultimate EFC – Type A, and the FSD Ultimate EFC – Type O. We look forward to introducing this amazing technology to Bodyboarders worldwide.