Been riding them since around 2005 i think maybe earlier???. i kinda lost track.. i know i have a first gen alternator. so whenever firewire made that first gen thats what i've been riding.. seems like ages since i first saw the boards and was sold on them immediately. still remember my first session on it as well.. first turn i was like what the f@ck was that! so stoked!!
5'11 160-165
long island ny
5'4 sweet potato
5'6 potatonator
5'10 unibrow
6'1 razor
all fst
2-3 years since I first bought my Alternator I guess, but at that time I rode it less than some other boards I have. I've been riding the Firewires predominantly over the last 12 months or so.
47yoa, 177cm, 90kg, Intermediate+
Dom 6'4" with K3 fins
Unibrow 6'4" with KR JP5 fins
Quadrafive 6'6" with KR JP5 Carbon Tune
Remember the first generation, too flex. Remember that episode of FIRST HAND where they shipped with no boardbag or anything and they came intact. On the same episode Nev putting the board upside down on the floor and bouncing on it... nothing, nada niente!!
165cms 89Kgs dry...working on that at the moment...but not working!!! :)
Potato 5'2" /Vanguard 5'6"/Potatonator 5'8"/ Spitfire 5'8" / Quadraflex 6'0" / Flexflight 9'0"
Fins: Elevons, Solus, Controlllers, Jordy,AM2,
I have been on mine for 4 years. I got a quadraflex in 2008 and then a Dominator in 2010. The Dom still looks new and the Quadraflex is yellow but it still surfs great.
Remember my first session on my 6'2 Dom, coming from riding a 6'8 which i considered short, I thought this could be a big mistake, the only mistake was I should have done this years ago! - Now ride a 5'10 Dom - I rule!!!!
THE NEW FLEET
BAKED POTATO WRF 5'9
SUB SCORCHER FST 6'2
ALTERNATOR FST 6'6
36 YR - 5'10 & 90KG
PREVIOUS FW BOARDS
5'10 SWEET POTATO,
5'10 POTATONATOR,
6'0 FST SPITFIRE,
5'10 & 6'02 DOM -
5'04 SWEET POTATO -
6'04 FLEXFIRE
ever since Nev stopped shaping me "Nev's"...and a few of those over the years had new ideas/tech mixed in too...
INSTAGRAM .... corepersonaltraining
6ft..90ish kg..35+ years surfing
WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD,*WHERE'S MY VANGUARD.... ETC
IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED,
IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT,
IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE,
IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE
SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb
and countless others (mostly nev's)
youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant
Only about 2 months! I bought my first FW, a 6'0 dom and still had to wait a month to surf it. Surgeon gave me the go ahead 9th December last year been on them since then.
Jesus is coming, look busy!
Moving forward or just spinning faster? 6'0 90kg
5'8 RF Vanguard 32.2L FCS R2 quad
6'0 FST Dominator 34.8L FCS PC SF4 quad + stabiliser
6'0 FST Spitfire 34.9L FCS PC R2 quad + stabiliser
6'2 FST Jacknife 33.3L FCS PC quad front/rear TC Redlines/TC Aqualines
6'2 FST Hellfire 33.7L FCS PC R2 quad + stabiliser (x 2, yes 1 here, 1 there!)
6'4 FST Alternator 34.?L FCS PG7
6'5 FST Hellrazor 33.5L FCS R2 quad + stabiliser
6'7 FST Hellrazor 36.5L FCS R2 thruster
12 months, 2 boards and looking at a third :)
6 months.....sold all my PU boards and change over to Firewire and Future fins....best move i reckon.
I never liked firewire boards before I actually tried them out for myself rather than listen to shapers that bag them to pieces (probably because they can't sell them).......I love the boards, the technology and can't go back to a PU board now.
I think i have become a Firewire Junkie as i will have 5 Firewire's once my Hellrazor and Potatonator arrive :)
68Kgs l 5'9 l 47Yrs Young
5'6 FST Potatonator
5'11 FST LSD Chubby Chedda
6'0 FST Mini Driver
5'6 WRF Vanguard - Ordered
great stuff guys!! really stoked to have all of you on board.
No matter what happens in the future with board technology, I think everyone who has had the open-mindedness to experiment with our boards, or any of the new epoxy boards to hit the market in the last few years, should proudly consider themselves part of the first wave of new tech adopters. In 10 years, the market will widen even further and it will all be because people were willing to try new stuff. stoked!!!
6'0 - 175lbs - 29yrs - SoCal -
503 TG Baked Potato - 506 RF Potatonator - 506 WRF Vanguard - 510 FST Unibrow - 600 FST Michel Bourez - 600 FST Alternator - 602 FST Alternator Round - 603 FST Artillery
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