REMINDER: THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. has no obligation to monitor the Forums. However, THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. reserves the right to review any materials submitted to or posted on the Forums, and remove, delete, redact or otherwise modify such materials, in its sole discretion and for any reason whatsoever, at any time and from time to time, without notice or further obligation to you. THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. has no obligation to display or post any materials provided by you. THE ARENA PLATFORM, INC. reserves the right to disclose, at any time and from time to time, any information or materials that we deem necessary or appropriate to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, contract obligation, legal or dispute process or government request. Click on the following hyperlinks to further read the applicable Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Firewire cancels FCS
- Thread starter Hazrus
- Start date
I admire your commitment to the bit.
He could sell ice to eskimos
And with all that, they still can't manage to adhere their fin boxes to the blanks...
Yeah, I've ridden that template quite a bit but it's honestly not my favorite. I much prefer the EA control quads and now the Padillac quads. For mid-size guns (7-footers) I like to mix and match because sometimes you want a bigger front fin for drive and sometimes you want something smaller like the EA quads.
Either way, I don't want to be messing with grub screws in FCS2 fin boxes and I don't really ever want FCS2 fin boxes for that matter in guns because Futures is just that much better for anything step up and beyond.
That seems like a bad business decision to me, but wtf do I know about building surfboards?!
Bummer though, because if I ever do buy something from them, almost all of my fins are Fcs.
Bummer though, because if I ever do buy something from them, almost all of my fins are Fcs.
Here and there I think. I have the wood-looking controller quad fins and they have flat rears. I guess I just really like the GL side bites as quad rears in the local dogshit.
EA glass Quads. I dig this set.
Yep. Blew my fin box because of that reason. Repair guy made a similar comment.
Fk fin boxes. Glassons only for me from now on
“We’re a surfboard brand that is building what could become one of the major fin companies in the world, because we have Kelly at the helm and with Rob soon to be added,” he said.
This is a great decision for FW.
It will reduce costs on their side.
Their target market DGAF about fins.
Might be too complex but I'm curious if FW has some sort of machine that can route the boxes.
It will reduce costs on their side.
Their target market DGAF about fins.
Might be too complex but I'm curious if FW has some sort of machine that can route the boxes.
I'm not sure exactly what FW's manufacturing process is but in a mass production setting where you are computer cutting many boards of the same model either FCS or Futures could easily be set up as a stage of the cutting system to eliminate a separate human process.
Last edited:
it’s all in the acceptable tolerances and what the consumer can see.
I smell bottom skins and boxes hidden from view in their future.
FCS announced removing screw holes at one point so without FCS2 license, no bueno for 50% of board sales.
Cost of landing a container, inflation, and interest rates can have a huge impact on their biz model, more than domestic production.
Mark, Kelly and Forrest drive the customer base
Google is close to sentient so some lines of fin box code isn't that big of a deal. Although they probably pay only USD 50 cents to 2 bucks/ board to route by hand. Doesn't seem much until you multiply that by 50 K boards per year and possibly reach greater accuracy at the same time.
Last edited: