Firewire Partners with Daniel Thompson of Tomo Surfboards

[megsy]

FW - Fan, I was wearing a short arm 2mm steamer as the southerly wind was blowing & just making things a little cooler above the water, but you're absolutely right, the water temp was still balmy.

My only question is...why the steamer Megsy...why? It was like Mentawais in the water yesterday..well over 20 degrees C....you must have been cooking in that suit?? lol.

[megsy]

Hey slowman, yeah you got out too quickly, it would've been good to have a bit of a chat. Goanna, says you're down there quite a bit so I'm sure we'll bump into each other at some other time.
Look, 502 was harder to paddle than my other boards but in saying that, it's a high performance board so you'd have to expect that wouldn't you. The conditions weren't ideal & I probably would've used my 502 SP out there instead but I'd like to see how it feels in more favourable conditions. I think the paddling of the board would be the same but the performance of the board when up & riding would be better. As Stu Kennedy suggested, maybe go a bit thicker in the 502 to address the paddling issue?

Ha ha, I met Megsy today, though very briefly, he and Goanna were both in steamers! Though a lot were due to the lower air temperature but the water is still beautiful.

Megsy, I'm also interested in how you found the low volume, though it sounds like it wasn't a problem. I was going to wait around for when you and Goanna got out to bombard you with questions, but you guys were obviously enjoying the mechanical perfection too much!

[megsy]

FW - Fan, slowman was not referring to Maroubra yesterday, he was referring to a beach break we were surfing down the south coast. I'm absolutely sure that Maroubra was as you say "1-2 foot crap" yesterday hahaha.

Mechanical Perfection...at Maroubra ??surely you must jest ?? I just looked at the cam and I call that 1-2 foot crap...maybe I am picky though lol.

[Slowman]

Fan, yes I was jesting about the mechanical perfection bit, it was solid 4-5' but a bit messy, but still worth a surf. Cleaned up nicely today!

Megsy, I'd been out for nearly a couple of hours already by the time you and Goanna came out so I'd had my fill, I hung around chatting but ultimately home duties and a flatpack were awaiting my attention. I'm going to find out soon enough, Raz tells me it won't be long, unless you go custom or direct to Tomo I didn't think there was an option to get one made thicker - still if anyone's on the money it would have to be Stu, just a question of how.

[H.S.O.]

What other models will be available?

[Slowman]

The V4.