Snapped my 9'0 Firewire yesterday so I'm now looking for replacement board in 9'0 range.

Have taken demo of Taylor Jensen 9'0 pro model and it looks a bit more refined than my old one.

Want to stay around 9'0 x 22 7/8 x 2 5/8 rounded / pin tail. Already have a 10x24 log.

I'm 6'5 & 100kg

Open to all ideas

Anything but a FireWire would be good

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swalkington said...
Anything but a FireWire would be good

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chrispychru said...

swalkington said...
Anything but a FireWire would be good

Clearwater with my fin set up.. Nothing comes close

Thickness, why not pump it up to 3 or 2"7/8 for your size?

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chrispychru said...

Clearwater with my fin set up.. Nothing comes close

Mac will disagree with this I reckon

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Ted the Kiwi said...

chrispychru said...

Clearwater with my fin set up.. Nothing comes close

Mac will disagree with this I reckon

Quietly SDR's are good tho

I've never seen a firewire longboard that does it for me,just not a fan.

Don't listen to them Daz maaaaaaaate .... go GODDARD go sweet go very farking classily

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chrispychru said...

chrispychru said...

swalkington said...
Anything but a FireWire would be good

Clearwater with my fin set up.. Nothing comes close

mine leave you'res for dead Chrispy cruncher

FireWire Longboards... Are there 2 models / 2 sizes / 2 templates, both wood grain laminate... Or are there more boards to choose from?

Lets see... Let me mull over a custom McTavish, custom tints, model options, and size options...
At least once you decide on buying a FireWire Longboard, it should be easy to work out which board of the 2 will suit you better. Actually, 4 boards.

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asea said...

chrispychru said...

chrispychru said...

swalkington said...
Anything but a FireWire would be good

Clearwater with my fin set up.. Nothing comes close

mine leave you'res for dead Chrispy cruncher

Confirmed this man is pissed

and beer-fined

Sorry i was going to reply to this but i stuffed up i thought it was
"idears of a replplacement HIP

Goddard, Clearwater/SDR, McTavish are forum favorites.

I have a 9'6" SDR with a Rubin Roxburogh (sp) centre and Rusty foiled quad rears for sides, 195cm and 110kg. Goes great guns.

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cRAZY Canuk said...
Goddard, Clearwater/SDR, McTavish are forum favorites.

I have a 9'6" SDR with a Rubin Roxburogh (sp) centre and Rusty foiled quad rears for sides, 195cm and 110kg. Goes great guns.

crazy what size Rubin centre fin are you using

In all seriousness I reckon go an SDR. He is local to you and really is a performance longboard specialist. Mac might correct me on this, but I reckon mctavish are more into more traditional longboards.
I only wish SDR was still shaping in WA!!

I have honestly never heard a bad thing about SDR boards and everyone seems to think he is a top guy! All his boards look amazing and he did the beer garden board.

Get amongst it!

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swalkington said...
In all seriousness I reckon go an SDR. He is local to you and really is a performance longboard specialist. Mac might correct me on this, but I reckon mctavish are more into more traditional longboards.
I only wish SDR was still shaping in WA!!

Yep you stand corrected on the mct comment

I agree with everything else.

Cheers boys food for thought, currently riding 9'0 23x 3 with 77ltrs, the TJ Pro Model is slightly narrower / thinner and approx 60 ltrs. Heavier glass job on these now so I'm interested how it goes. The squash tail with tapered rails along with the nose rocker agrees with my surfing which is 95% done on backhand on the points.

Options going through the head:

* similar shape to Firewire with triple stringer & heavier glass job as it is the second board I've snapped in 18 months.

*My brother turned up yesterday with a 7'10 Rolled vee bottom - very nice looking board & making me think something slightly bigger.

vouchsurf.blogspot.com/

Essentially quiver as follows:

10'6 C4 sup - flat water only

10ft Alley Slider - great for headhigh points

9'0 - head high plus Alley / beachies

Custom bodyboard - used for Snapper / Kirra / Burleigh when its cooking (old habits die hard!!)

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Dazzler75 said...


Essentially quiver as follows:


10ft Alley Slider - great for headhigh points

9'0 - head high plus Alley / beachies

Custom bodyboard - used for Snapper / Kirra / Burleigh when its cooking (old habits die hard!!)

any pics mate

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62mac said...

Dazzler75 said...


Essentially quiver as follows:


10ft Alley Slider - great for headhigh points

9'0 - head high plus Alley / beachies

Custom bodyboard - used for Snapper / Kirra / Burleigh when its cooking (old habits die hard!!)

any pics mate

+1 Dazzler would love to see some pics of your boards especially of the custom bodyboard cheers boof

Oh I love my SDR 10 foot hybrid HP single fin nose riding, trimming, crowd pleasing, lightly glassed log go and see him if you havent been there already its good for a chat