Firewire Groove Helium surfboard

The Firewire Groove Helium surfboard is the high-performance favorite of Rob Machado. A design that mixes Rob's characteristic hybrid DNA with a much more performance-oriented approach, creating the most radical and responsive shortboard he has developed to date. 🔥 Concept and sensations: The Groove represents Rob Machado's return to high-performance surfing:

• Powerful and vertical bottom turns
• Quick and precise maneuvers in the pocket
• Great control in powerful waves
• A fast, reactive, and lively feeling underfoot

Although it maintains part of the ease and speed typical of his hybrids, this board is clearly focused on more aggressive and technical surfing. 🌊 Type of waves:

• Ideal from waist to overhead
• Designed for waves with push and power
• Also works in softer conditions, although it is not intended as a groveler

⚙️ Technical features:

• More pronounced rocker:
  • Tail rocker to stay tight in the pocket
  • Elevated nose rocker for landings and vertical turns without catching the tip
• Hybrid-performance outline: width and volume at the front for easy paddling, combined with a narrower tail for maximum response
• Pulled-in squash tail: control and release in critical maneuvers
• Refined foil: less thickness for a more precise and sensitive feeling
• Board designed to control the speed generated by powerful waves

🔧 Fin configuration:

• Compatible with Thruster and Quad
• Recommended with:
  • Machado Groove Fin Set for maximum performance
  • Machado 2 + 1 to add flow in small waves

🧪 Design philosophy: The Groove combines:

• The performance and radicality of the 90s performance shapes
• With the speed, buoyancy, and fun of Rob Machado's modern designs

The Firewire Groove is perfect for surfers looking for a fast, reactive, and modern board, capable of offering more vertical and progressive surfing without losing the ease and flow characteristic of Rob Machado's designs.