Firewire Surfboards

We at 4surfers.nl are proud being offical Firewire dealer.

All the boards on the site http://ww.4surfers.nl are in stock.




The Boards

FIREWIRE Surfboards represents the Future of Shape in surfboard design.

In a market that has been slow to accept change, Firewire have pushed the boundaries of surfboard design with FUTURE SHAPES TECHNOLOGY and will continue to foster innovation and bring ideas to surfboard design that increase performance, board durability and sustainable manufacturing.
Firewire surfboards offer the original PARABOLIC balsa wood rails, EPS foam core and advanced composites, creating long lasting and rapid flex memory, catapulting the board in and out of turns.
The award winning construction techniques represents the culmination of over 10 years of intensive R&D into alternative surfboard construction. Firewire Surfboards will make you surf better!



The Designers

Firewires boards are designed by Nev Hyman and Dan Mann.
Nev Hyman is a master craftsman with over 30 years of shaping experience. He is passionate about progressive surfboard design and has distilled surfboards down to their essential ingredients.
Dan Mann, a former pro longboarder, cut his teeth as a ghost shaper for a number of name brands in California and was an early proponent of alternative materials in surfboard construction, making him a natural fit for Firewire.
FUTURE SHAPES TECHNOLOGY is the result of their collective expertise.


The Technology

FIREWIRE Surfboards’ FUTURE SHAPES TECHNOLOGY features controlled flex memory with rapid rebound. The PARABOLIC balsa wood rails flex at the start of a turn storing energy and rebound through the turn, releasing built up energy in the form of speed. The spring back of the PARABOLIC rails to the original rocker triggers rapid acceleration, like an arrow shot from a bow. Combined with the composite materials used in our sandwich construction, PARABOLIC balsa rails reduce material fatigue and ensure that FIREWIRE Surfboards maintain their long lasting “twang-like” sensation.
The Materials

FIREWIRE Surfboards maintain the ‘lively’ feeling that polyurethane boards start out with but lose relatively quickly. Due to the unique formulation of hi-tech epoxy resins, advanced composites and the outer skin of hi-density foam, our surfboards are up to 20% lighter than traditional PU boards and the performance characteristics last 5-10 times longer. Furthermore, our PARABOLIC balsa rails combined with the composite materials used in sandwich construction reduces premature denting and material fatigue.



The Environment


Firewire Surfboards use epoxy resin and EPS foam, materials that are exponentially less
harmful than traditional surfboard materials. Over a 5-year lifespan, including the construction process, a traditional PU surfboard releases 50 times more Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) than a Firewire surfboard. In recognition of this, Firewire Surfboards won the coveted EuroSIMA Environmental Product of the Year Award in 2005.

Ultimately our goal is to develop 100% sustainable manufacturing, designing and building a product that can be recycled indefinitely by reusing old boards to make future Firewire Surfboards - instead of grinding the boards up for a different, lesser product. Granted, we are a long way from that lofty goal, but it is a standard they have set for themselves
Springers

Layered into the dual density core of the STEP UP guns, SPRINGERS are like a suspension system, providing the optimal amount of flex and drive needed to control the higher speed and heavier torque in larger waves. Like the leaf springs and shock absorbers of a speeding car, SPRINGERS work in tandem with the PARABOLIC Balsa Rails to maintain smooth control through hi-speed turns.