FU Wax

FU Wax is wax for surfboards, perhaps the most hyped wax of current times, which is weird because the Fu surfboard wax project started in Brazil in the 1960s! The lack of availability lead to the foundation of The FU Wax Group, which consisted of the Mansur brothers and two of their employees.

They spent each day creating 3-5 unique bars which would be quality-tested at day’s end. The Mansur brothers used a 0-10 scale to grade their daily creations, and for nearly two decades of this daily labour, their bars rarely surpassed a three. After 20 years of failed wax research and with no other form of employment, Fuad Mansur had blown through his father’s inheritance on the childhood fantasy of creating a perfect surf wax. Then, with Fu Wax on the brink of bankruptcy, there was an accident in the lab. A raw material melted before its expected tipping point, leading to a premature liquification that would severely alter their wax solution.

This accident, by some infinitesimal chance, produced a paraffin that was ideal for surfboards. After a successful test run in Brazil, the Mansur brothers decided to put this solution through the ultimate test, to surf in the frigid waters of Patagonia. They travelled 1,600 miles with just three 80-gram bars of the new, accidental solution. On his first wave, Fuad felt a sense of grip and security he’d never experienced before. Entranced by the sensation, he surfed until well past dark, eventually collapsing with hypothermia and being hospitalized for two days. During his time in the infirmary, Fuad developed a slogan for his new creation: Tack Taken Seriously. Now endorsed by pro surfers around the world it’s time for us mere mortals to benefit from this truly great wax, all the Boardshop team are using it and it is brilliant!