Helium tech, Future Shapes Tech (FST), Liner Flex Tech (LFT), and TimberTek are the four most innovative surfboard constructions offered.

Helium is the culmination of three years of research and testing. And it’s what many fans of Firewire have been requesting for years – the absolute best elements of FST and LFT combined into a single surfboard technology. Each Helium shape is cut from the lightest foam blank just .8 pounds, combined with a brand-new rail crafted for Helium, using both Paulownia wood from  Timbertek boards and balsa wood from FST boards. It’s all wrapped in a brand new deckskin material introduced for the first time.

The same expanded lifespan beyond traditional materials that many expect from FST, in addition to the gentle compression beneath your feet that you’ll recognize from LFT. The moment many surfers will fall in love with Helium will be the first time they pump rail to rail down the line as they generate speed, because of how quickly this technology responds to input from the person surfing it.

FST relies primarily on the Parabolic Balsa Rail to control flex while the high density aerospace composite vacuumed to both the top and bottom decks provides significant impact strength, and is stronger than a traditional PU surfboard.

The Parabolic Balsa Rail features a band of 12mm thick balsa wood, constructed from 3 x 4mm strips, which not only control flex and add strength, but also act as a buffer against rail dings. Furthermore, the long-term flex memory created by the balsa rails ensures that FST boards maintain their lively feel indefinitely.

The aerospace deck skin works in conjunction with the Parabolic Balsa Rail to optimize the flex pattern, while also creating tremendous compression strength that minimizes denting and dings throughout the lifespan of the board.

LFT incorporates Firewire’s SPRINGER HD, a 0.75” (18 mm) wide aerospace composite that runs down the centerline of the board the SPRINGER HD runs the entire length of the board and plays a pivotal role in optimizing flex from nose to tail.

LTF’s deckskin serves as an additional buffer against the ridging effect that center stringers create over time, while simultaneously working in tandem with the SPRINGER HD to optimize the overall flex pattern of the LFT technology.

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. The combination of a lightweight EPS core, sustainably-grown Paulownia wood deck skins, Firewire’s proprietary parabolic rail construction, and an Entropy bio-resin hot coat yield an extremely lightweight, durable surfboard with ALL of the high performance flex characteristics of Firewire’s existing technologies.

Even more impressive, the physical properties of the raw materials involved have allowed them to reduce exterior lamination significantly, furthering the reduction of the board’s carbon footprint. Paulownia wood is extremely fast growing; up to 20 feet in one year when young. Some species of plantation Paulownia can be harvested for saw timber in as little as five years. Once the trees are harvested, they regenerate from their existing root systems, earning the name of the “Phoenix tree.”