Firewire FST Hell Razor

The Firewire Hell Razor is the ultimate high performance Hybrid replacing your normal short board (should be riden approx 1" shorter). The Hell Razor can trace it's DNA back to the Hellfire which in turn came from the legendary Spitfire, so it still has all the high performance characteristics of those models. Firewire have flattened the double concaves slightly compared to the Hellfire, and the overall foil has been even more refined, with a slightly narrower nose and tail, but with plenty of width to make sure you don't get bogged down on those flatter sections. We all know it's virtually impossible to design and build single board that can handle and perform on every type of wave between waist and head high, the Hell Razor comes 'razor' close. Put it through its paces and raise hell!

The rapid response flex memory in the Future Shapes Technology used in these boards yields great speed through the turns whilst the parabolic rail configuration guarantees 100% return memory for years.

Firewire surfboards feature some very distinct construction traits that set them aside form other boards currently available:

1) parabolic balsa rails
2) dual density EPS and advanced composite core

The parabolic balsa 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. The construction materials, a unique formulation of hi-tech epoxy resins and advanced composites mean that these boards maintain the lively feel you get with brand new polyurethane boards, but are up to 20% lighter and will last 5+ times longer.

This manufacturing process has won environmental awards and has created a range of lightweight and durable custom boards that are quickly being recognised for their awesome performance, just ask Taj Burrow!

What this all means for surfers is a step forward in the age old trade off of performance versus durability that has traditionally limited polyurethane boards. The nature of the core technology in these boards allows them to rebound in and out of turns with little loss of speed. The secret to improved surfing is maintaining and using this speed to go higher, bigger, longer or whatever does it for you!

Firewire also won the SURFBOARD OF THE YEAR award at the recent SIMA awards - that's basically the surf industry deciding who has done the best job, and is an extremely prestigious award.

Thanks to 10 years of research and the expertise of shapers Nev Hyman and Dan Mann the future of surfing is changing, these guys are calling this Future Shapes Technology, we like it!