The 11x world champ may be expanding his empire.
Surf rumors are very good and I have one that might change your next board purchase. 11x world champ R. Kelly Slater is said to be sniffing around Firewire and not just to ride but to buy. Like, the whole company or at least part of it.
Our hero has always been very prog when it comes to his hardware. He was an early adopter of removable fin systems, rode his boards very undersized in very oversized surf and once carved a chunnel in the bottom of his Merrick to make it a hydroplane racing boat.
Firewire has been around for a while now and recently introduced a new, greener surfboard technology called TimberTek which includes…
“…The combination of a lightweight EPS core, sustainably-grown wood deck skins, Firewire’s proprietary parabolic rail construction, and anEntropy 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 us to reduce exterior lamination significantly, furthering the reduction of the board’s carbon footprint.”
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A greener surfboard would definitely match Kelly’s elan. I once rode Taj Burrow’s Firewire in Bondi but that was, like, lots of years ago and I only remember thinking I was pretty cool for riding Taj Burrow’s surfboard (thanks Sam McIntosh). But that was long ago and now Taj rides for Matt Biolos.
If Kelly buys Firewire will you buy one too?
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With this news I’m now just waiting for Kelly to turn Outerknown into an eco-terrorist group, then, buoyed by the success of other terrorist groups (IS), his deep sense of purpose, strong social conscience and slavishly loyal followers, capture large swathes of the Pacific and declare the captured territory as the Federated states of the Outerknown. He’ll begin as a benevolent ruler before morphing into a crazed despot with a penchant for cannibalism (It’s in his eyes). Gradually Outerknown will collapse and he’ll lurk about in the darkest depths of Papua New Guinea eating missionaries and trying to manufacture crude clothes made of twigs. That, or he’ll return his old job as the Silver Surfer.
Time to replace my CI’s with Firewires!!
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