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A Firewire Surfboard Designed for Kiting.

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Created by tightlines > 9 months ago, 23 Sep 2009
Charl dv
WA, 2485 posts
25 Sep 2009 11:20PM
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oh rowdy u sly dog you... even when you make a nice post you get thumbed

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
26 Sep 2009 8:44AM
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They must not know who Tobes is.

tobes
NSW, 1000 posts
26 Sep 2009 12:34PM
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Or they just don't like you. Can't imagine why.

And yes, I know I'm not Tobes, even though I am Tobes. Identity crisis! Sorry for pinching your name on here Matt.

I have got a 6'1" Firewire Flexfire though. Goes good.

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
26 Sep 2009 3:03PM
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Why would they hate me when my posts are so serial and informative.... come on guyssssss, immm serial.
Why wont anyone listen to me.

theDoctor
NSW, 5785 posts
26 Sep 2009 5:38PM
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paul.j said...


Firewire boards: I have a very good friend who fixes boards for a living and he recons he would never buy one and he should know for how many he has had to
fix. Various reasons mainly delam but heaps of breakages. I don't ride them so only taking his word on it and from the one he has shown me

Jacko


kind of like the rubbish Stand up paddle boards naish put out....BUT, didn't you have a go at any and everyone who happened to point out how crap they are BY defending the ridiculous cheapness of the chinese pop out construction, even resorting to name calling...?
... but then again you sell naish crap pots don't you.....
....exactly how do you spell HYPOCRITE...?

marty72
QLD, 298 posts
26 Sep 2009 7:15PM
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theDoctor said...

paul.j said...


Firewire boards: I have a very good friend who fixes boards for a living and he recons he would never buy one and he should know for how many he has had to
fix. Various reasons mainly delam but heaps of breakages. I don't ride them so only taking his word on it and from the one he has shown me

Jacko


kind of like the rubbish Stand up paddle boards naish put out....BUT, didn't you have a go at any and everyone who happened to point out how crap they are BY defending the ridiculous cheapness of the chinese pop out construction, even resorting to name calling...?
... but then again you sell naish crap pots don't you.....
....exactly how do you spell HYPOCRITE...?


Ha,ha,ha... good one Doc. I also got a mate who recons Jacko snapped a few of those North boards. Just remember "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones"

paul.j
QLD, 3367 posts
26 Sep 2009 8:22PM
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HA ha funny when you ride as hard as me you go through a boards.
Hey marty are you still TS?

I have also broken 8 normal surf boards in 6 months or 1 North board in one year and no damage this year on my Naish golbal at all so what stones am i throwing. If you read my comments like you should then i'm only saying what a good mate of mine has said who i trust about the boards. Have you gone and checked out my comments with your loacal board repairer or are you just going of what your sponoed mates are saying. Sure you might be upset since you just paid for one of the boards and no one like to think they brought some thing that is not up to scratch. You two guys sound like a coulpe of Kooks who strugle with your kiting i have seen you kite and if you are going to talk it up at least be able to do it.

Naish SUPS are leading the way IMO i'm sure you will dissagree and say GSI are the best but then agian you would wouldn't you..


so doc you cant sell naish or something and just jealous aa. With how many Naish SUPS i have sold and not one compliant on board construction i'm not sure what crap you are talking about. Funny how you guys take it so personal and make false statements about me, keeps me amused though.

I don't use the kiting forum much any more manly because of guys like you who go of half bake on a personal agenda.

Why are you using a fake user name Doc i know how you are and should just post under your real name?


Jacko










webmaster
23 posts
26 Sep 2009 7:00PM
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paul.j said...

HA ha funny when you ride as hard as me you go through a boards.



paul jackson makes me hard

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
26 Sep 2009 7:26PM
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Hahaha, don't worry bout it Jacko, there's alot of kooks around here who got zero idea .
Wheres the red thumbs bitches?

p.s. you just read this and it was a waste of time, you shouldn't keep reading because I'm only going to tell you your wasting your time again... damn that sucks doesn't it.

angie pangi
QLD, 1782 posts
26 Sep 2009 9:58PM
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Thanks webmaster glad i could be of assistance i'm good just ask

Ha i know rowdy i look at the thumbs like the graph arrows ,if they are all red just hit the turn arrows around button red becomes green some times you just have to take the good with the bad. I'm sure i'll get over it.

Ha i must have a few of you guys talking about me, funny as for me since this stuff in the real world means bugger all but i'm sure some one will take it to heart and get all upset.

Now what was this topic about again? i for got

Opps posted under angies name

Paul1
QLD, 1011 posts
26 Sep 2009 10:00PM
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Is this thread gonna ever get back to being about the new firewire kiteboards???? Everytime I click on it, I think hopefully there might be something interesting for evereyone to read, instead its just a total bitchfest, come on girls start your own thread on who has the smallest cock or something.

webmaster
23 posts
26 Sep 2009 8:00PM
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felix being a flash austin impersonator i think and gettin coin for it

angie pangi
QLD, 1782 posts
26 Sep 2009 10:05PM
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Sorry Paul i feel like a dirty little troll.

I have had my say i'll go back to my corner and behave. Anyway How good was the wind today, i was up on the sunny coast doing some work and it was honking bring on summer

This is Jacko

Paul1
QLD, 1011 posts
26 Sep 2009 10:10PM
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Yeah mate, had a half decent kite at Miami, wind was a bit short lived though. Hopefully this is the start of things to come.

marty72
QLD, 298 posts
28 Sep 2009 5:56PM
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Jacko, what does TS mean? As to the rest of your comments, I normally try not to get involved in "discussions" with people of limited intelligence so I wont bother replying.

Getting back to the topic; the way I see it at the moment if you want to ride a surfboard style board kiting you have the following options:
-A standard PU surfboard; these work great however they tend to fall apart very quickly especially if riding with straps, you can get a kite specific reinforced one but they tend to be heavy.
-A tufflite/epoxy style surfboard; again these work well are very light and much stronger than PU boards but do tend to be a bit stiff and skip around a bit.
-A production type epoxy/laminate construction surf/kiteboard; these are stronger but many guys find them very stiff.

With these options I think its great to see what Firewire are trying to do, ie. bring out a board that is strong yet fairly light with a good amount of flex. Its also good to see an inovative surfboard company doing this, whether they succed or not its a step in the right direction that can only benefit the sport.

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
28 Sep 2009 6:01PM
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TS means 'totally sh1t'. ^^^
Sorry.

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
28 Sep 2009 6:26PM
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paul.j said...

HA ha funny when you ride as hard as me you go through a boards.
Hey marty are you still TS?

I have also broken 8 normal surf boards in 6 months



The main shortcoming with kite surfboards is that they snap fairly easy if you really charge the waves hard. ^^
I solved this problem years ago (when I polesurfed) with the use of rail-stringers glued into the bottoms of my custom wavesailing boards.
Rail-stringers are a cheap engineered solution that act as edge beams creating increased tensile strength.

marty72
QLD, 298 posts
28 Sep 2009 8:52PM
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waveslave said...

The main shortcoming with kite surfboards is that they snap fairly easy if you really charge the waves hard. ^^
I solved this problem years ago (when I polesurfed) with the use of rail-stringers glued into the bottoms of my custom wavesailing boards.
Rail-stringers are a cheap engineered solution that act as edge beams creating increased tensile strength.



Thx Waveslave. Can you give us some more info on this, any pics?

Charl dv
WA, 2485 posts
28 Sep 2009 6:57PM
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im loving how every post thats not absolutely kissing felix's ring hole / the company he hit up for boards gets absolutely owned even when they have something genuine to say, although its not offering the same opinion as every one that is infact licking the ring

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
28 Sep 2009 7:23PM
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marty72 said...

waveslave said...

The main shortcoming with kite surfboards is that they snap fairly easy if you really charge the waves hard. ^^
I solved this problem years ago (when I polesurfed) with the use of rail-stringers glued into the bottoms of my custom wavesailing boards.
Rail-stringers are a cheap engineered solution that act as edge beams creating increased tensile strength.



Thx Waveslave. Can you give us some more info on this, any pics?


A rail-stringer is a long strip of thin-ish timber ply that can be installed after the board has been built.
Using a router and working from the bottom of the board, grind out a trench that's about 50mm offset from the edge of the rail.
The trench runs the length of the board concentric to the curve from nose to tail or thereabouts...
but does not go thru the deck of the board.
Pour resin into the trench and float in the prepared strip of timber ply.
Any sections of timber ply that stand proud of the bottom of the board can be sanded smooth later.

sir ROWDY
WA, 5366 posts
28 Sep 2009 7:47PM
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Paul1 said...

Is this thread gonna ever get back to being about the new firewire kiteboards???? Everytime I click on it, I think hopefully there might be something interesting for evereyone to read, instead its just a total bitchfest, come on girls start your own thread on who has the smallest cock or something.


While this is being disscussed on an internet forum i would have to say, no, it wont.

p.s Why would we need to start a thread to discuss that? everyone knows it's me, poor little fella is barely bigger than my pinky toe.

Paul1
QLD, 1011 posts
1 Oct 2009 7:37PM
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So, has anyone tried one of these puppys yet?

gkram
QLD, 119 posts
1 Oct 2009 9:41PM
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I've only ridden the regular firewires for kiting & by the sounds of it, the shapes are not going to be that different to the flexifire or taj model...I'm hoping they have demo board available from the Currumbin factory when I'm back on the Goldy at Christmas, but some how I doubt it.

Paul1
QLD, 1011 posts
2 Oct 2009 12:37PM
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I ride my 6'2 Taj a bit with my kite, but it is way too corky really. The 5'11 will be the go I reckon.



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