Fiberglass Lamination  Classic Feel with Enhanced Response Hand-Crafted Thunderbolt Silver is a surfboard construction that gives you the most classic riding feel. The laminate uses 6oz + 6oz fiberglass on the deck and 6oz + 4oz fiberglass on the bottom, making it heavier than other constructions. This increases the feeling of glide and cruise, and enables traditional riding. Of course, it has the performance and flex of Thunderbolt, so delicate board control such as quick pivot turn and setup in the wave pocket is easy. You can enjoy old school log riding such as hang five and hang ten on small wave, and trimming with curl. CHECK OUT SURFBOARDS MADE IN THUNDERBOLT SILVER TECHNOLOGY

Helium Hydroshort  California’s Timmy Reyes has been a free surfing fixture for two decades. From his young days as an up-and-coming grom to his current legend status as a feral explorer of frigid barrels, Timmy has been shaping surf culture since he was an adolescent, and his edits continue to get us pumped up to drive a bit farther, pull on some rubber, and have an adventure. As it turns out, Timmy Reyes is influential in the surfboard design realm as well. Timmy got on one of Kelly Slater’s Hydroshorts (made by Tomo) a few years back, built in Firewire’s LFT construction. He connected with the board right off the bat, and ended up having Tomo make him one in Helium construction aswell. Timmy took both down to Baja with him to shoot an edit called Love Letter in Mexico, and had the chance to ride both boards in pumping waves—the perfect way to compare the two construction styles. While both construction styles have their benefits, Timmy felt like the Heliumconstruction just brought the Hydroshort alive—it made it feel livelier and moreresponsive, particularly good waves. The spot he was surfing has strong, consistent offshore winds, which are normally difficult to surf...