Firewire V4 Surfboard
Firewire's product development is centered around three things: The exclusive use of epoxy resins and EPS foam cores, developing lighter and stronger surfboards through sandwich construction, and optimizing flex to maximize performance.
Firewire V4 Surfboard
The V4: Modern Planing Hull (MPH)
The Modern Planing Hull represents a major change in the approach to high performance surfboard design and the V4 model is the product of precise mathematical formulas and geometry. Incorporating Tomo's Modern Planing Hull (MPH), the V4 was born through Daniel's ongoing quest to gain more speed and stability in the modern short board without compromising responsiveness and directional control. The V4 maintains a considerably narrow, forward of center wide-point and straightened rail line to emphasize the classic 'Tomo post-modern Hydrofoil curve', and includes a 5/4/3 fin option.
In a variation of the Vanguard's hull, the V-4’s bottom contours feature a double barrel concave through the center of the tail for lift and speed and small side bite channels were added off the rail for precise bite and control during turns.
The V4's clean outline, bottom contours and foil will provide excellent speed and lift in small surf yet will have incredible hold and control when the surf is overhead.
Firewire FST
FST relies primarily on the
PARABOLIC Balsa Rail to control flex while the high density aerospace composite vacuumed to both top and bottom decks provides significant impact strength, and is stronger than the traditional PU surfboard. The
Parabolic Balsa Rail features 12mm balsa built from 3 x 4mm strips, which as mentioned not only control flex and add strength, but also act as a buffer against rail dings. Furthermore, the long-term flex memory supplied by the balsa rails ensures boards maintain their lively feel for longer. With a retail price point slightly above premium polyurethane surfboards,
FST offers an extremely high performance, durable surfboard.
Firewire LFT
Firewire’s product development is focused on three things: The exclusive use of epoxy resins and epoxy resin and EPS foam cores, achieving lighter and stronger surfboards through sandwich construction, and optimizing flex to enhance performance. Though LINEAR FLEX TECHNOLOGY (LFT) may appear to be a simple construction employing familiar design philosophies found in traditionally built surfboards, nothing could be further from the truth.
LFT incorporates Firewire’s new SPRINGER HD, a 0.75� (18 mm) wide aerospace composite that runs down the centerline of the board, representing the next generation in our SPRINGER technology. Unlike the original balsa SPRINGER build which only added stiffness under the front foot, the SPRINGER HD runs the entire length of the board and plays a pivotal role in optimizing flex from nose to tail.
Inserting a high-density material down the center of the board does create engineering hurdles. For example, deck compression over the SPRINGER HD would be less than the surrounding EPS core. Over time, the deck would develop a raised area adjacent to the SPRINGER HD, akin to the ‘ridging' effect on a PU surfboard as the surrounding foam collapses on either side of the stringer.
FireWire addressed this issue in two ways. Firstly, the SPRINGER HD stops approximately 10mm below the top deck, ensuring that the surrounding EPS compression will not lead to ‘ridging’. Utilizing our proven sandwich construction methodology, we also added an extremely durable material to the top deck of the board. This ‘deck-skin’ now serves as an additional buffer against the ridging effect while simultaneously working in tandem with the SPRINGER HD to optimize the overall flex pattern of the LFT build. The end result is a durable surfboard with lively flex patterns that will maintain its hi-performance characteristics over time.
Firewire V4 - Stats at a Glance:
Length
|
Width
|
Thickness
|
Tail
|
Volume |
| 5' 6" |
18" |
2 1/8" |
Double - Diamond
|
23.4 |
| 5' 8" |
18 1/4" |
2 1/4" |
Double - Diamond
|
25.8 |
| 5' 10" |
18 3/4" |
2 3/8" |
Double - Diamond
|
28.8
|
| 6' |
19"
|
2 1/2"
|
Double - Diamond
|
31.5
|
6' 2"
|
19 1/2"
|
2 5/8"
|
Double - Diamond
|
34.8
|
6' 4"
|
20"
|
2 3/4"
|
Double - Diamond
|
38.4 |
6' 6"
|
20 1/2"
|
2 7/8"
|
Double - Diamond
|
42.2
|
Firewire V4 Surfboard - available in: FST and Linear Flex Technology
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