6'3" Firewire Too Fish

6’3” FireWire Machado Too Fish 22 5/8” 2 7/8” 46.2L. Helium Contruction, Futures twin fin.

Almost perfect shape, too many boards and need to move this one.

From FireWire

Who - Beginner to experienced surfers will enjoy this forgiving and versatile board. A beginner to intermediate surfer could probably buy it a bit bigger to make the sweet spot a little bigger. Around 2-4 Liters more then their everyday shortboard.

When - Can be ridden in average to great conditions. Ideally knee to head high waves.

What - An evolution of Rob's popular "Go Fish' model from 2017, updated with lessons he learned from the Seaside, this all new Too Fish model is built in Firewire Surfboards Helium Technology for light and lively response underfoot with significant durability improvements above other surfboard building methods given the use of aerospace deck skins on the top and bottom of the board, as well as a rail comprised of paulownia and balsa wood for controlled flex and rebound in turns..

It is extremely fast and is very trustworthy in steep surf. It likes the pocket a lot more and has much more bite in it than a Seaside. It also paddles a little better than the Seaside. In sizing up (2-4L above your ‘normal’), it may be the best board in our offering. The sweet spot is bigger and less critical, you can surf forward on it easily, it generates great speed down the line, but with great control and the rail still engages well. It was found to be more trustworthy in steeper sections that the Seaside and is an ideal board (rivaling/ even beating out the Sweet Potato, SUN and SAB) for a board with glide that has more performance.

Go Fish - It’s a lot quicker in the pocket compared to the Go Fish. Doesn’t hold a rail quite as well as the Go Fish, but definitely much more maneuverable in the pocket. Seaside – Rides VERY different to the Seaside. The rails bury into the water further and allow a tighter turn. It’s also easier to change direction back to the open face after a little down carve or cut back. The Too Fish pivots more like a shortboard. The seaside pivots more like an 80’s shortboard. A little more above the water and you need to wash the speed a bit for it to roll to the rail. Especially in the pocket.

From Rob Machado

This is my attempt at taking a traditional fish outline and giving it a high performance feel. Something purely for going fast and having fun, but also something you can crank a turn on with control.

I'm considering the Too Fish a new and improved version of my previous Go Fish, my popular fish model from several years back.

This time around I modified dimensions to create more volume per length and I took a very similar approach to the bottom contours of the Seaside - a single concave running through the middle that feeds off the tail, with hull panels that roll off the bottom of the rails into the concave, with a vee bottom in the trailing hull created by the points of the swallow tail.

The Too Fish has heaps of lift and glide straight out of the gates but once you engage a rail, it turns as well as any twin fin shape I've ridden previously, and it transitions rail to rail as smooth as you can imagine.