Et oui, pour le moment, les pros de l'élite mondiale WCT surfent encore et toujours sur des planches PU de conception... heuu... assez ancienne...

tous? non, un certain TAJ BURROW surfe (et on le paye surement très cher pour ça...) des planches firewire de conception plus moderne.... il sait les exploiter à 100%, et en plus, il pète moins de planches qu'auparavant... alors si ça peut aider la planète..

le concept:


un pain en EPS, glassage expoxy, avec pour renfort, un raille parabolique en balsa.. plus un bout de rail balsa central, avec un longeron en pain haute densite au centre




"Taj was the first ASP World Tour surfer to win an event riding what many are considering the next generation of surfboard technology. Namely: a sandwich construction board, or, composite, that features an expanded polystyrene core (EPS) surrounded by a higher density outer layer foam"

http://www.surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/armsracetajfirewire/

un commentaire intéressant sur ces planches

"i had both surftech and firewire boards before, surftech tend to be more heavier and much more buoyant... firewire tend to have the buoyancy of normal fiberglass boards and felt more refined compare to surftech boards... firewire's 2008 boards are much lighter than the 2007 boards, about half the weight of 2007, but a bit more fragile though...

never had problems with my firewire board, and I like it over my surftech board because it's more closely resemble fiberglass boards compare to surtech..."

http://www.surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13562