Slater Designs Spaceship Ibolic Surfboard

The session seen around the world, Kelly's new rounded pintail ridden on the Gold Coast in March 2024.

The DNA of a Bali-tube-shooter, the Woo Pin represents decades of R&D by Mike Woo. Having previously shaped the Great White Twin for Kelly inspired by the outline of a Great White Shark, Mike and Kelly set out to craft a more conventional outline designed for hold in tubes, turns on rail, and hold in round wave faces from Canggu to Coolangatta.

Unveiled in March 2024 during Kelly's memorable sessions at Kirra, this is Kelly's favourite shape for good waves, especially reef passes, point breaks, and perfect beach breaks.

WAVE TYPE
The Spaceship works well in waves chest-high or larger, it's a step up for the bigger days.
Designer: Mike Woo

About this board:

Construction: Ibolic (Read More about Ibolic below)
Fin Boxes: Futures x 5 (Fins not included)
Tail shape: Round Tail
Dimensions/Litres: See size graph above

About Ibolic Technology:

Firewire has spent the past year innovating newer, better construction processes for its wide range of boards—which is pretty impressive, since it already led the industry in futuristic tech. The latest option is the Ibolic Construction, which replaces the LFT construction.

Ibolic was designed around the fact that many of Firewire’s more futuristic shapes had pretty complex bottom contours, particularly the vee quad concave bottom used on many of Tomo’s boards. This “performance hull” contour is quite involved and is difficult to glass with a bottom skin, which was the typical process used for the LFT boards.

To address this, Firewire developed the Ibolic construction, which features parabolic high-density foam rails and a foam I-beam down the middle to create the central spine that provides the foundation for a pronounced vee.

This results in a build that is 35 percent stronger than LFT and more strength in the rails (which results in a lively flex, similar to the Helium build), but without sacrificing the LFT’s feel and performance that so many surfers have come to love. The Ibolic still uses a single skin on the deck, providing a strong, durable platform from which to do your best surfing.

About Slater Designs:

“I’m not sure if the perfect board really exists, but I’m enjoying the freedom to collaborate with some of surfing’s most innovative shapers and designers.

It is a quest to create something different in a slightly different way that appeals to where I want to go on a wave. Discovering a new feeling under my feet, drawing a new line, or taking a completely different track on a wave is something I never stop dreaming about.

Now being able share and grow that idea with others is what keeps surfing fun for me.”

-Kelly Slater

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