Firewire FST Fishtail

The Firewire Fishtail takes its cue from some of the most innovative design thinking of the past and combining it with Future Shapes Technology, the Fishtail series is a true hybrid with one design foot in the past and the other foot firmly planted in the future of surfboard materials. Old is new and speed rules!The Fishtail 6ft 2 is an awesome summer weapon when its up to head-high. Lightning fast with enough volume and width to get you over those sluggish sections and the perfect tight-turning tool for staying right in the pocket. The Fishtail should have been called the crowd-pleaser, you'll get more than your fair share of waves, you'll be in earlier and travelling faster even when the conditions are less than perfect. 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!

Us lot here at Boardshop have had a couple of these babies on demo and we love them, Definitely the weapon of choice for the south coast and the smaller weaker days during summer. We got on with them so well that we are aiming to be Europe's no 1 stockist. We are not alone! Sam Lamiroy has recently joined the team and is awaiting his custom shapes for a fresh assault on the forthcoming swells.

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!