Photo: Firewire
The endless treadmill of new board designs is always running. Major manufacturers seem to constantly have a new release, often some minor variation on a tried and true model. Today is no different, as Firewire just announced their latest surfboard model: The Spaceship.
The board is a collaboration between Firewire investor Kelly Slater and shaper Mike Woo. The pair were last seen together for the creation of Firewire’s Great White Twin. While the Great White Twin was a fish shape, The Spaceship is a return to traditional shortboard design. The baord features Firewire’s I-Bolic 2.0 technology, a construction system that uses an I-beam core structure and high-density foam rails, as well as a carbon strip inlay along the bottom deck.
“This board was developed in Bali, Indonesia over the course of a few months, surfing day in and day out with Mike Woo” said Slater in a press release. “In the type of waves you’re getting barrelled and doing long carves. People might remember a clip of me from Australia — probably my most replayed clip ever — that barrel-to-cutback combination at Kirra. I think that wave more than any exemplifies what this board does well: barrels and carves.”
To go along with the release of The Spaceship, Slater and Endorfins launched a new fin set designed for it.
