![]() ![]() Late in 2015 some huge news broke - 11 times WSL Champion and all-round legend, Kelly Slater pitched-in and bought a majority share in Firewire! Kelly has long been a supporter of environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and Firewire’s commitment to using sustainable materials is likely to have been a big influence in his decision. 10 years on, this is still THE most common feedback we get! At boardshop we try and keep the classic shapes in stock all the time, including the Dominator, Baked Potato, Spitfire, Addvance, EVO and Vader. The most frequent comment being that the surfboard was actually making them surf better. This new board feel can drop off with a well surfed PU board, but remains for the extended lifespan of a Firewire.Īlmost as soon as the first Firewire surfboards left our warehouse we started getting some pretty frenzied feedback from our customers here in the UK and abroad. The easiest way to explain the sensation when riding a Firewire is that it has all the pop and return you get from a brand-new PU surfboard with amplified acceleration from your bottom turn propelling you into your next manoeuvre. Using an EPS Core and Parabolic Balsa rails Firewire completely broke with tradition, they ditched the central stringer and succeeded in constructing a lightweight, durable surfboard with a feel akin to a PU Fibreglass surfboard without any of the corky and dead feel of your average epoxy surfboard. It was almost 10 years ago when the very first Firewire surfboards arrived at Boardshop and we knew immediately that this progressive and innovative brand was a game changer in the world of surfing and surfboard construction. Stocking CJ's beautiful Thunderbolt Longboards is a real coup for all the team at Boardshop and riding them is proving to be a total game changer for many of us who'd never considered longboarding until we saw these boards in the flesh and had the chance to get them wet.Offset your old stick against a brand new board! These boards are 100% hand layups and finished to the very highest standard, and it's worth remembering that the board you buy from us is exactly the same as CJ is riding in all those mouth watering video's! The Fused Cell EPS Foam Blank is wrapped in a Core Shield PVC Shell which affords flexible protection to the EPS core. Thunderbolt Red uses a 6 + 4oz fibreglass deck lamination with 6 + 2oz on the bottom. Thunderbolt Red uses a Fused Cell EPS Foam Blank which incorporates a Carbon Fibre Multi-Component Flex Control System which replaces a traditional wooden stringer which along with the Xeon Fibreglass lamination delivers a familiar flex which will remain for the extended lifespan of these durable boards. The Colapintail longboard is constructed using 'Thunderbolt Red' a 100% hand layup Xeon Fibreglass Lamination which delivers a competition weight and flex surfboard. In fact the only time I ride wooden stringers is when I'm doing R&D with Eden Saul or Ryan Engle or Wayne Rich or Ian Chisholm or others". ![]() When CJ was asked what the downside of Thunderbolt Technology was he answered."There is no downside or I wouldn't be riding them 90% of the time. I think my dad had his own dreams of professional surfing that were forcefully passed down to me". "My father had surfed nearly his whole life learning ocean safety and wave riding from my grandfather at their summer home on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach during the early 50s. "I've surfed this board at many different reef breaks in Southern California but mostly catered it to the wave style of San Onofre, where the waves are long and soft" - Corey ColapintoĬJ is a 3rd generation San Franciscan growing up in the Bay Area and following his father and grandfather into a lifetime of surfing. This mid-length was the starting point for the Colapintail longboard, and is a more versatile board in conditions where a longboard is not the best option. The pintail along with the down rails allow the Colapintail to execute very smooth and critical turns while the single fin assists trim and stability. The CJ Nelson Colapintail Mid Length bridges the gap between classic logging and high-performance longboarding.Ĭory Colapinto had been working on this shape for a few years with input from CJ and Ryan Engle. Offset your old stick against a brand new board! ![]()
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