What's New

By combining the two most popular templates and using a new ultra-light 3D foam core, FCS has created the lightest fin in the range. Filipe's signature fin delivers exceptional drive and control off the bottom without hampering speed off the top as well as release through the lip that's so synonymous with his fast, aerial style of surfing.

Presenting the next evolution of Tomo's highly engineered Modern Planing Hulls for Slater Designs.

May the Year of the Earth Dog bring you good health, epic surf & memorable moments with your loved ones!

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3x World Longboard Champion, Taylor Jensen makes history at the inaugural James Bros Longboard Classic.

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"It’s nice and light and has a little bit of nose rocker. But those channels definitely have something interesting going on there. This could be a really good air board." - Chippa Wilson.

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"I was super excited when I picked up the Gamma... it had a whole lot of spark and I was hyped. It had all the right ingredients and was a great all-rounder that was super fun to ride." - Chippa Wilson

“This doesn’t feel real at the moment I’m totally tripping out on this. It has been an absolute rollercoaster of a week with losing in the quarterfinals then watching everyone fall out, then realizing I still have a chance was mind-blowing." - Taylor Jensen

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“We’re excited about the release of the 2018 calendar, which includes some important changes designed to ensure we continue to champion the best surfing across the world and with a view to delivering long-term investment for the sport, Indonesia is universally-regarded as home to world-class waves and is a location where the League is exploring long-term opportunities for the sport. Keramas is a fantastic venue and we are stoked to go there in 2018.” – Sophie Goldschmidt, WSL CEO.

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"It feels amazing, it feels really amazing. I got runner up in 2015 and I felt that little taste of the victory." – Filipe Toledo

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"It feels like I've been in a car accident... I was just glad I didn't get knocked that first day because everyone knew the second day was just going to be flawless" – Ryan 'Hippo' Hipwood

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“Before I wasn’t but now I’m definitely thinking about the title. He (John John Florence) has an advantage with more points but you know anything can happen. I want to surf Pipe so bad, I love that wave and I got some good results there in the past, and nothing’s impossible!” – Gabriel Medina

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The Slater Designs Helium Gamma features The Springer tech, previously only available on team boards. Here's a video that explains what this technology is all about and how it affects the board.

"It feels so good to win an event, this is a really special place for me, I love coming here, I'm so, so stoked. It's been a great event this year, we've had really good waves. I'm not even thinking about the World Title or the rankings, I just wanted a win. I promised to myself I had to win one event this year, and it feels so good now I've done it." - Gabriel Medina

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"It's kind of like putting years and years of design into a board that just feels good under my feet right away" - Kelly Slater on the Helium Gamma.

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Filipe Toledo was born with surfing in his blood. He grew up in a middle-class neighborhood in Ubatuba, Brazil, where his father Ricardo, a 3x national surfing champion in Brazil, was a local legend. Filipe was also prodded along by his older brother, Matheus, an early adopter of the acrobatic approach and friend and rival to Brazilian powerhouses like Miguel Pupo, Gabriel Medina and Jadson Andre.

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A few high-end, early adopter surfers have a secret wax they don’t want you to know about...

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"Finally! This is a really special moment, an incredible feeling! In all my heats, all the sets were super slow. I tried to keep busy, that was my strategy, keep busy and surf all my waves, and it worked. It feels amazing to be the only surfer to win two events so far." - Filipe Toledo

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In 2016 Team Firewire won the SURFAID Cup Malibu, but an even bigger win was achieved with the help of people who contributed nearly $15,000 to SURFAID...

"My philosophy with a lot of my designs is that at ground level, every board should work well in crappy conditions. The SKX also works well in the conditions I designed it for, which is more of an unruly ocean where a planning hull, a wide tail, might be too much lift and speed. With the SKX, the channel out the squash tail will give a little more control in those situations." – Daniel Thomson.

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“It is so special to win. I am ecstatic and I have nothing left in me. I am just so happy and relieved to finally win an event again...” - Julian Wilson

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Surfing stars arrive in paradies for the 2017 Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy

Photo: Maya Gabeira (BRA) getting acquainted with her new single fin in the lead up to the event | © WSL / Sean Scott

A rare glimpse into the psyche of the sport of surfing's most enduring competitor and innovator can be appreciated by anyone, surfer or not...

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“I’m always making slight foot adjustments and it’s important to do this without feeling restricted, but when it’s time to push hard through a turn or launch off the lip, I want to feel really locked in..." - Filipe Toledo

Built in 1603 during the Safavid Empire, the Sheikh Lotf-ollāh Mosque is a masterpiece of Persian architecture and one of the many fine examples of islamic art...

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"... perhaps more importantly, he (Kelly Slater) is surfing an Ecoboard, as certified by Sustainable Surf... there's a lot of myths out there as to what an Ecoboard is, and what it's capable of doing..." – Mark Price, CEO, Firewire Surfboards

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Here's our way of saying thank you to all the dads around the world...

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"I think the difference has been his (Wilko's) rail work. He's always been good in the barrel, and his backhand is lethal, but this year he's really been focusing on the forehand turns, and it's really paying off." – Martin Potter

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The SBIA annual awards, which celebrate the high achievers of Australia’s multi-million dollar surf industry, attracted 200 retailers and brand representatives from across the country to the Crowne Plaza in Coogee, Sydney...

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(n.): a past, present and future of chasing waves & making friends...

Few people have spent as much time on the road with Kelly (Slater) as friend and acclaimed surf photographer Todd Glaser. Todd has seen it all; from last minute strike missions to remote parts of the Pacific to fan frenzies in Tokyo & World Title wins. Here's his behind the scenes look into stop one of the 2017 WSL Tour: Snapper Rocks.

Keramas continues to produce the goods as the Komune Bali Pro presented by The Mad Hueys ran through rounds four and five, leaving just eight worthy Quarterfinalists to fight it out on Final’s day.

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The Komune Bali Pro pres. by The Mad Hueys got underway in clean and pristine waves at this world renowned high-performance wave...

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The Krui Pro will be the first ever WSL event to run in South Sumatra and will feature stellar fields of International surfers taking on Indonesia’s best.

The good folks at Hurley just dropped an edit featuring a surfer who needs no introduction... and an interesting new board that he has designed in collaboration with Firewire Surfboards.

Reigning WSL Champion John John Florence (HAW) claimed victory today at the second stop of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro, after defeating Kolohe Andino (USA) in the Final.