PHD Volan Fin — Mid-Length

The PHD Volan is the collective brainchild of Kirk Putnam & Brian Hilbers.

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Fin SystemSingle / Longboard Box

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Designer: Kirk Putnam and Brian Hilbers

The Fin

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.

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. Volan–with its strong structural integrity–is what makes this special foil design possible. 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. The PHD Volan is featured in the short film " Meridiem Odyssey ".

True Ames builds its Volan fins around flex as much as outline. Made by True Ames in Santa Barbara, CA. The Volan panels are laid up and templated so the weave runs the right way, and the flex comes from the body of the fin rather than just the tip. That gives speed and projection off the bottom and through turns.

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