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Firewire Surfboards: The sustainable performance surfboard
Behind the famous Firewire Surfboards stands: The Australian shaper Nev Hyman! What makes him so special? He deserves the title of the most famous manufacturer of epoxy surfboards in the world. Nev founded Odyssey Surfboards in Perth around 1975 and after some travel and 6 years later changed his name to Nev Surfboards. Since then, Hyman began designing blanks for some of the best surfers in the world. By 1998 Hyman and his crew were shaping up to 5000 surfboards a year before Hyman started computer shaping in 1989. Because computer shaping was not universally accepted at the time, Hyman went in search of the "Holy Grail" of machine-formed surfboards. Around 2004, Hyman met Bert Berger and became acquainted with his high-tech handcrafted surfboard. When the first surfboards appeared in the line-up in 2006, nothing stood in the way of the success of the boards, which were completely created using CAD/CAM software.
The Firewire Surfboards philosophy
Although the production of sustainable surfboards is almost impossible, Firewire tries to impact the environment as little as possible. And the company achieves this, for example, with the production of EPS foam blocks, which are made from EPS foam dust waste. So the surfboard waste does not end up in the landfill, but as paving stones on the surf ranch. As such, their commitment to sustainability extends beyond the materials they source and the boards they make. But it starts with a simple goal: They want to make sure that the best-performing surfboards also leave the smallest possible ecological footprint.
