Firewire Glassing

General Discussion
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Guys, just interested in knowing if anyone has any experiences with
firewire boards having weak glassing or de-laminating problems.
Firewire advertise that they are stronger then a reg PU board. But my
experience thus far is they dent easily. Should i have significant
depressions on the top deck from the very first surf, should the tail
area which i have a tail pad on have sunken in to the shape of my back
foot?

I read other peoples reviews and some say the durability is great and have no significant deck depressions from 6 to 12 months. I know there not industructable and like any board will snap, just interested in hearing other peoples thoughts on the durability of the glassing. any info would be great guys. Thanks!!!
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well i cant say much because i havent seen one since they were made from corecell.

the corecell ones looked pretty good to me

i heard the skins are now made of warvel polyurethane which would do the things you say happen

i believe personally from the amount of bad reports that the owners took a good thing

and turned it into a peice of shit

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Go to the SurferMagazine discussion forum, design section and ask the same question.  Mark Price the director of marketing monitors that forum.  You’ll probably get a quick response.  I’d ask for a replacement.

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deizel,

I just got a 6'-2 Taj in for repair.  The owner's back foot went thru the deck under the track pad and then buckled it the next day.  The F/W only lasted 2 months.  The kid had to go back to his 2 year old poly.  I can take some pics of the damage if you are interested.  They only used the Warvel p/u foam for a short while.  This one appears to use corecell.  I have pieces of one that was made with the Warvel foam.

regards,

Dave_D 

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Hi silly

i did send it back, they first tried to get out of it, It took 3 weeks to get the initial response. I had to send a letter and few pics of me surfing, some older boards and my current PU board to show that the dents where nothing i had experienced in my 24 years of surfing. Just got the call to say they will replace it. So i am glad they did the right thing by me. Just bummed to be told I’ll have to wait as they have no 6’4 Taj’s in Oz until mid sept. The board i had was an older Taj model which has the springer visible on deck. I see the newer models are different and less prone to defects. Anyone tried the newer Taj model? i didn’t have a problem with the performance of the board i’ve riden it in 4-6 and it when good in two foot slop too.

Thanks

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hi Dave_D

is the 6-2 taj for repair the newer model or an older model with the springer visible on deck? It be good to know as i haven’t decided i which model board i will get them to replace for my defective Taj.

Thanks!!!

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firewire.com has a forum...

lot's of good info and quick responses.

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yeah corecell should be ok but not always. if the glass under is to light or they spackle/paint it to make it white there will be issues. corecell is an okay material but it has nothing on wood for compression strength. both in point load and snaping

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deizel,

The springer is visible on this one.

dd