Hey guys
I'm giving you some feedback plus cut and past from prevoius post.
Goya and Quatro are two separated products managed from one company Quatro International working in collaboration with Maui Fin Company.
Goya boards are designed by Francisco, they follow his stile (ex: the wave line boards are exactly the replica of what he uses)
Quatro boards are designed by Keith and follow his style plus some team riders inputs like Kauli.
Design is done with 3D modeler software and passed to a CNC machine. This is happen for the production boards and custom.
Following other topics from the past :
As for Quatro the Goya line was shaped by a CNC machine (the only two brands on the market), making the boards equal from right to left and cleaning up all curves down to .01 mm(While you are riding the boards just look down at the tail and you will see how clear the water comes out), also being able to give us an accurate volume reading while testing and developing the line. We use the best materials available (Carbon/Kevlar, DoubleSandwich top and bottom, Dual density pads, latest MFC fins and footstraps) and all the patches had been put together to unify the strength and minimized the extra fillings between them, after all that we also skim off about a pound with the light sanded paint job so we were able to ad an extra buckle patch of cloth(160g) along the rails between the heel of the front strap and the front of the mast track, making this boards stronger and even lighter than before. Basically there is no compromise at all in this boards, they are exactly what its being riding on tour and on the hands of the most demanding riders.
“I'm not quite clear on the process of the board being shaped by a CNC machine. Is this the manufacturing process for every blank or just the one used for the mould ??.Every prototype was shaped by a cnc machine and so were the plugs where the molds were made from. All of the numbers come from Francisco’s templates but the hands on shaping were done by Keith Teboul.
Where are the Goya boards made? Cobra, Thailand.
Cobra Thailand, or do they have their own construction along with Quattro.”Goya boards have a different construction to the Quatro’s (you can feel it on the weight). Although the constructions are a very similar some details are different.
Shapes are completely different between the two, so they should never be confused. If you try both lines you will know right away… but you can just tell by looking at them.
You can also have for both Quatro and Goya the same models but custom made builted in the Quatro factory in Maui.Difference are: the Goya 77FW production is 6.5 Kg with footstraps and fin (we weight it on a electronic scale) the same model custom made is around two kilos lighter. I will have one here next week.
If you want more info let me know
See you out there....
Ciao
Alberto
