Firewire Surfboards, Llc

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Initially all Firewires were built in Australia and San Diego. However, due to the labor intensive and complex nature of our construction, it soon become apparent that we would not be able to build our boards in these locations and still offer them at reasonable retail prices. Like most high tech sports equipment, we had to move our production to Asia. But that's where our company has not followed the traditional path of out-sourcing production to third party Asian manufacturers.

FireWire's lead shaper Nev Hyman brings nearly 40 years of experience to the brand and is recognized as one of the worlds best shaper's. With two FireWire riders currently ranked in the ASP top 10 surfers in the world, FireWire has turned the traditional surfboard world upside down as these riders validate the vision of what surfboard design can become.

The ECOBOARD Project, a program created by nonprofit Sustainable Surf, is an important environmental initiative focused on the adoption of dramatically more sustainable (and less toxic) materials by the surfboard manufacturing industry. Sustainable Surf is dedicated to shifting the global surfing culture toward more ocean-friendly living, and helping surfboard builders transition to more ocean-friendly materials and business practices, with the ultimate objective of lowering negative environmental impacts on the world’s oceans and coastlines.

TIMBERTEK represents a significant step forward towards the holy grail of any product designed and manufactured in today's environmentally conscious world. While by no means sustainably built, Firewire's TIMBERTEK has by far one of the least toxic and smallest carbon footprints of any commercially available surfboard today.

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