Test 2015 Waveboards: RRD Firewave Ltd.

Moderate waves and the Firewave is in its element: it planes superbly and conveys a successful mixture of free riding feeling and control, even in bad chop.

Test 2015: RRD Firewave Ltd.

You can make a lot out of small waves with the RRD, it hits short hooks over the back foot and looks lively, quite radical and wonderfully easy to ride. When it's clean, you can also chase the board down bigger wave slopes, but at some point the shape - with its round outline and ample width - reaches its limits and then, under the feet of radical surfers, seems noticeably limited in terms of manoeuvrability and variability.

PLUS Easy, suitable for small wavesMINUS Radicalism in big waves

Prices2099*/1749** EuroInfoPryde Group GmbH, Tel.: 089/6650490, www.robertoriccidesigns.com

Photo: Stephan Gölnitz Finns on the RRD Firewave Ltd.: MFC TF 1 x 20 cm + 2 x 8 cm/US-Box + Minituttle/G10-CNC

surf measurement:Weight: 6,7 kgLength: 232,6 cmWidth: 60,2 cmFinnsMFC TF 1 x 20 cm + 2 x 8 cm/US-Box + Minituttle/G10-CNC

The tail shapes give an indication of the area of use: narrow and with thin edges like the RRD Firewave (left) should allow the board to hit fast hooks, while Naish (right) has a more moderate design.

Photo: Stephan Gölnitz The tail shapes give an indication of the area of use: narrow and with thin edges like the RRD Firewave (left) should allow the board to hit fast hooks, while Naish (right) has a more moderate design.

Photo: Stephan Gölnitz At RRD, the Hardcore Wave (5, left) is thicker and narrower than the Firewave.

Test 2015: RRD Firewave Ltd.

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