I bought my very first surfboard a couple weeks ago! It’s an 8’2″ longboard (like the long one above, but not painted), sustainably made by Firewire Surfboards. I discovered these boards on a trip to Costa Rica last month, where I was able to test it out for an entire week at the place I was staying. From the very first day I took it out, I was in love. Not only is the board beautiful and durable (covered in bamboo), but it felt so much more balanced and easy to pop-up on than any board I’d ever ridden. Their Timbertek boards also are some of the least toxic and have the smallest carbon footprints of any commercially available surfboard today.
The model I got is the Submoon, which is described on the company website here:
The SUBMOON is the ultimate FUNshape. Designer Nev Hyman explains: “We combined a contemporary rocker and concaves and even thickness distribution with a quirky FUNshape outline that encourages a more vertical shortboard approach to the traditional longboard style of surfing. The outline has generous curve between your feet, which encourages the board to get on rail and TURN! The narrower moon tail provides bite, drive and direction, and the snub nose carries area forward for a bit of tip hang-cheater five FUN.
So far, I’ve only been able to take it out a couple times (Long Beach, NY), but it felt great. Hopefully I’ll have more news to report soon and pics of me actually riding my beauty.
