While the Firewire Surfboards boldly set off across the ocean to the state of California, the person who made it possible prefers to hide his name and identity.
Nev Hyman was born in Australia with a natural gift for surfing. Today, he continues to work on new ideas in creating water sports equipment.
He is considered one of the world’s best surfboard developers in the world.
The life story of the person is the evolution of the formation of the company at the same time.
In 1975, he became the founder of the Odyssey Surfboards, but soon renamed the enterprise. Six years after the discovery, it bore the name Nev Surfboards.
Then he began a long and fruitful cooperation with famous people in our sport. He designed his best and most expensive projects.
It prompted him to start research in his field and find out how to create the perfect equipment. In search of solutions, he conducted many experiments and tested dozens of forms for surfboards.
In the late 80s, he began working on the study of modern technology and computer design. He tried to extend innovation to his production, which later bore fruit.
He was looking for the best option, introducing the latest techniques and programs in its evolution. As a result, he came to the search for solutions at the production level. It was to create surfboards by using mechanized devices.
At the end of the last century, he again changed the name of the corporation to Nev Future Shapes.
Now from the name you can understand the main focus of production – he decided to explore and create new types of surfboards the world had not seen before.
Naturally, it led to new discoveries and the introduction of many auxiliary structures in the equipment.
Thus, the main goal of evolution was the manufacture of a futuristic design for equipment in order to get maximum performance from it.
If you use a green board, then you can be called a thoughtful citizen who cares about the environment.
The fact is that the production process of such a surfboard eliminates a large percentage of harmful emissions poison the environment.
So, environmentally friendly materials are a new trend in the surfing industry after evolution.
Many surfers use certain things in their sport only because of this environmental factor.
A wooden surfboard is one such thing. Such a board rides no worse than other boards and performs all the functions necessary for a surfer, and many athletes ride only on such surfboards.
To make our habits environmentally friendly, we need to take some new measures in production.
We will have to do the production of surfing accessories with the lowest carbon concentration. It is also necessary to produce these products through the use of environmental energy, which is self-renewing.
In our industry, only products made from natural materials that have been grown in environmentally friendly conditions should be used.
We must minimize the amount of our waste and garbage in order to stop polluting the environment in a secondary way.
We should improve the process of evolution and processing of secondary raw materials in order to eliminate waste in the most useful way. There are many small steps must be taken to achieve a big goal.
And surfers should think about it, because using surfboards and equipment made from environmentally friendly materials is more environmentally friendly and this will not bring any damage to your wallet, but to the ride quality and nature.
But the very first step in becoming on the path of saving the planet is for us to realize the scale of the problem. We should first find out where and how our harmful footprint for the environment is created, and then look for solutions and apply them practically.
At the moment, about 400 thousand surfboards are made from fairly toxic material, the boards fail, deteriorate, ultimately affecting the environment, and are practically not suitable to reuse.
Three outwardly identical surfboards were created, the first of the standard components, which include a base of polyurethane foam, polyester resins and fiberglass.
The second consists of an environmentally friendly foam base after processing algae, epoxy and fiberglass.
The third consists of recycled polystyrene foam, biological resins, and fiberglass based on silicon dioxide.
All three surfboards are absolutely identical, which is the first argument to the use of environmental materials.
Then there were tests of all surfboards on the waves, we felt a little difference only at the very beginning of skating, but after a couple of hours it was gone and we rode as usual, it seems that all three boards are of standard production, which means that you can not use it in production toxic materials.
From the point of view of the surfers themselves, it does not matter what the surfboard consists of if it does not affect the level of skating for the worse, and for nature, the manufacture of boards using non-toxic materials will always be good, whatever one may say.
Perhaps right now the manufacturing technology will change which lasts about five decades, the technologies do not stand still, surfing should also move forward.
And even if surfers are very attentive to the global pollution of the oceans with their surfing accessories, then the emissions are still quite large.
The bottom line is that all these efforts may not bring results because of the materials that are used in production, because often these are refined products, including.
So we see a solution to this problem in the recycling of old materials that are no longer usable. So you can reduce the amount of harmful emissions into the atmosphere, because it will not be necessary to create new materials, but only recycle old ones.
Here the question remains open of how much these items made from recycled materials will be suitable and of high quality in use.
Another solution is the use of organically pure materials, like a wooden surfboard. Such materials are processed faster in the natural environment and do not bring much harm to nature in the evolution process.
Many shapers are already dealing with this issue and are increasingly expanding their range of environmentally friendly materials. The revolutionary movement in evolution of surfing will help preserve our ecology and the planet for many years to come.
The company’s production was based on the use of environmentally friendly raw materials with the use of gentle techniques to emissions into the environment.
Thus, the product turned out to be more attractive not only in marketing terms, but also in water use.
Such boards after evolution turned out to be more flexible, which seemed to stand under the body movements of the one who rides on it. They became much lighter than all their predecessors and at the same time did not lose their strength.
Parabolizes with epoxy resin were also used in the design, which helped to achieve high results not only in production, but also in management to athletes.
After some time, the company attracted the attention of many investors who also liked the final product and the process of its creation. But the name did not fit them and therefore the name was changed again, now to the final one.
The new name was also launched with the new budget of the company, as well as with the expansion of the entire company under a big celebration. Now since 2005 they have been available at the Firewire Surfboards.
In those days, this discovery seemed too bold to many surfers. Many considered this an extraordinary innovation in the industry and were skeptical.
They considered their equipment to be part of a culture that should celebrate individuality and did not accept mass production not under a special order with manual evolution.
They wanted each of their equipment to be as tailored as possible from famous masters.
The factory release of such things terrified them at first, and then into unbridled laughter. But to all the years of his work, the creator of the entire system of the production has proved that his quality can be trusted.
Of course, evolution took years and a lot of cooperation with famous people, but now the factory production of surfboards has reached a new level of evolution.
And this Australian company played a big role in that. Now many can afford the equipment with the necessary characteristics that are customized to individual characteristics.
Many people work there who will advise the client and advise which surfboard to choose.
One of the main selection criteria is also quality that meets high production standards at a relatively low price. When for a personal whiteboard you can give quite large amounts.
Today it is very rare to meet a person who goes to order a personal surfboard and wait to its manufacture. Most likely, the average static surfer will go to a store or to a production factory to choose a ready-made one in accordance with his needs.
The company has proved the quality of its service by time and work with the stars of our sport, who have won victories more than once, using their inventions.
Initially, the creator only wanted to develop new projects to ordinary athletes who loved to ride in the sea.
An obstacle in evolution was the initial position in the manufacture of non-standard options, which can only be tested by people who have gained some experience in this.
Nevertheless, the company constantly received a tangible increase in users. At the end of the tenth years of evolution, manufacturers decided to create a new line to those who adhere to the old school when choosing a board.
At the moment, this company is one of the largest in its market segment due to its evolution.
In California, she has a huge warehouse, but at the same time almost all the equipment is produced at a factory in Thailand.
They are one of the few who have led the rest of the manufacturers in surfing solutions.
They were one of the first to include computer technologies in their production for the design and automation of the process.
They opened a spacious road to new searches and evolution in the field of equipment design.
They came to the correct conclusion that one should move away from traditions, although this decision was not very warmly received. But after a while, the international community recognized that technological evolution and advance should not bypass the industry of sports surfing, as well as creating things for them.
This company survived the tough struggle for its place in the sun and gained significant recognition.
Today it occupies a dominant position in the market to manufacturers of surf equipment and creates the best-selling models for both professionals and beginners.
