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5'4" Firewire Machado Surfboards "Groove" in Helium Tech - Lightly-Use - $580 (San Clemente)
944 Calle Amanecer, Suite H
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WIDTH: 19"
THICKNESS: 2 3/16"
VOLUME: 25.8L
FIN SYSTEM: FUTURES
FIN SETUP: 5 FIN
FINS INCLUDED: NO
TYPE: EPOXY
CONDITION: This lightly-used "Groove" model by Machado Surfboards is in excellent, near-new condition!! Tip to tail and rail to rail, this Groove looks, feels, and smells like a freshie. Save wads of $$$ compared to new! Check it out for yourself!! Ready to wax and ride!!!
FROM FIREWIRE/MACHADO SURFBOARDS:
Meet the highest-performance board Rob Machado's ever designed.
This shape still has the hybrid DNA Rob's known for, but it's the closest thing to a high-performance shortboard Rob's ever created. The Groove's rocker and tail template bring this shape back into the world of being able to come square off the bottom and go square off the lip, what everyone calls 'high-performance surfing.' Rob added in more rocker than his typical shapes, with a tail rocker that puts you tight in the pocket and elevated nose rocker to help you come down tight off the lip without catching your nose. As Rob explains, "all surfboards have a balance of speed and control, and the Groove is all about controlling the speed a good wave gives you. It's the most responsive, high-performance board I've ever designed."
Rob continues, "I feel like my designs are slowly moving in the direction of being more and more performance driven. After stopping the tour, I went as far away from high-performance as I could. I wanted to feel what all these different designs had to offer out there in the world. Twins, single fins, bonzers…and beyond.
The Groove is an exploration back into the world of a high-performance thruster but with an outline twist, giving you some width and thickness up front for extra paddle-ability but giving you a nice pulled in squash tail for high-performance shred-ability.
I designed it for waves with a bit of push and power. Probably waist-high to overhead. But it goes great in weak waves too, I just wouldn’t go as far as calling it a groveler.
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