The Protech Tinder-D8 never lets you down, whether you swipe right, left or even up! Designed by Marcie O’Neill, the Protech Tinder-D8 is your perfect match if you’re looking for a high-performance, allround shortboard that’s great in all conditions.
Wave type: All conditions
Ideal Waves: 1-6ft
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Shape
The Protech Tinder-D8, with a rounded square tail and quad- or thruster fin set-up, a single concave from the mid-section through to a double out the fins, combined with a flatter rocker, gets you down the line fast, keeps you in the pocket and enhances your maneuvers.
Construction/Lay-up
Protech performance custom lamination provides the sweet spot between custom shaping and high-end manufactured boards. This layup combines a 36g secure cell EPS core, laminated with a full 6 + 4oz deck and 6 + 4oz fin patch, carbon fiber-reinforced tail patches to distribute power to the fins, with a UV-stable resin tint and satin rub finish.
Colours
NSP’s tint lamination process gives each board a unique, artistic and custom-like finish. Go check them out at your local shop – it’s a visually appealing look.
Fins:
The Protech Tinder-D8 has 3 FTU boxes (all compatible with Futures® Fins) and comes out of the box with 3 MFC-designed fins.
3X MFC-designed thrusters
| Length | Width | Thickness | Volume | Weight +/- 5% | 5'10" | 19 ⁵/⁸" | 2 ³/⁸" | 29.9 Liters | 2.29 Kg | 6'0" | 20 ¹/²" | 2 ⁷/¹⁶" | 33.3 Liters | 2.48 Kg | 6'2" | 20 ³/⁴" | 2 ⁹/¹⁶" | 36.7 Liters | 2.75 Kg | 6'4" | 21" | 2 ¹¹/¹⁶" | 38.3 Liters | 2.84 Kg | 6'6" | 21 ³/⁸" | 2 ¹³/¹⁶" | 42.2 Liters | 3.06 Kg |
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| White Tint | Green Tint | Papaya Tint |
• Custom laminated finish
• Secure cell EPS Core
• 6 + 4 oz deck
• 6 + 4 oz + 4 oz patch bottom
• Carbon-reinforced tail patch for exceptional flex control
• Exceptional value
• UV-stable resin
• Available in NSP’s FTU (compatible with Futures® Fins) on all models.
| Bag Name | Dimensions | Designed for | 6'6" Board Sock | 6'6 x stretchy | 5'10" up to 6'6" | Surf day bag 4mm 6'0" | 193 x 62 cm | 5'10" and 6'0" | Surf day bag 4mm 7'0" | 219 x 67 cm | 6'2", 6'4" and 6'6" | Surf travel bag 8mm 6'0" | 193 x 62 cm | 5'10" and 6'0" | Surf travel bag 8mm 7'0" | 219 x 67 cm | 6'2", 6'4" and 6'6" |
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