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Country: United States 

 

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Description: High Performance Eco-Friendly Surfboards.

 

Founded: 2016

 

Category: surfing

 
Goods category: Surfboards
 

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Raw Sessions: El Salvador with Deivid Silva | Slater Designs Press play above to watch a raw session at Punta Mango with Deivid Silva. Around the 2025 World Championship Tour stop in El Salvador, the El Salvadorian government brought some of the WSL CT surfers to various local waves by military helicopter. Deivid was riding some of his custom FRKs designed by Dan Mann for competition, filmed by Gabriel Vieira (@gabrielvieira9_). ABOUT THE FRK The FRK, originally RFK which stood for 'Rocker for Kelly,' is the shape Dan Mann designed when asked to shape Kelly Slater a board for the first time. Featuring traditional shortboard outline with medium entry and exit rocker, medium to low performance rails, and a double concave running through the back half of the board, resulting in the perfect craft for high-performance surfing. Best paired with Kelly's KS1 fin template. For wave type, like the majority of traditional shortboard shapes, the FRK is designed for high-performance surfing in critical waves, in up to 6' surf. It loves anything punchy or bowly with some power. Recommended in 2-6' surf, skewing towards average to epic conditions. Dan Mann on the backstory behind the shape, "I knew immediately what I wanted to make him. I saw it all in my head immediately, from the bottom contour to the tail template. The way the volume would distribute through the width, the whole shape. It might actually be the most intuitive design I’ve ever done, probably because I’ve spent so many years both watching Kelly surf, and shaping boards. As crazy as it sounds I was certain it would work for him. The odd thing was, after sending him the board in 2015, I never heard from Kelly about how the board went, and I sort of just moved on to other stuff. Then one afternoon in 2017 I got this stream of text messages one day about how Kelly was blowing up at Trestles on my board. It totally caught me off guard. Just text messages and phone calls flying in from everyone. I sorted through everyone’s messages and learned that Kelly’s good friend from Florida who was in town at the time had grabbed the board from Kelly’s shed where it had sat un-surfed for two years. He surfed it and then told Kelly that Kelly would love it based on having known Kelly his whole life, and having a good idea about what boards he likes and doesn’t like, based on all the times the two of them had swapped boards before." Shop FRK in USA: https://bit.ly/4jOSx3r Shop FRK in ANZ: https://bit.ly/3RX5Gvc Shop FRK in EU: https://bit.ly/4k92ngu Shop FRK in UK: https://bit.ly/3EPUnlH Follow us on Instagram: / @slaterdesigns / @kellyslater / @dan__mann / @dvdsilva

15/05/2025   |   video icon

FRK Swallow with Jackson Dorian | Slater Designs Watch the next generation Hawaiian Jackson Dorian ride the all-new FRK Swallow in I-Bolic Technology designed by Dan Mann & Kelly Slater in San Clemente during summer of 2024. Jackson's riding a stock 5'6" model in this video. The FRK Swallow is the newest addition to the FRK quiver, designed for average conditions. This shape was crafted to unlock performance in waves 5' and under, Dan Mann designed the FRK Swallow to be more versatile in its performance characteristics than any other FRK shape that came before it. Shop the FRK Swallow in USA: https://bit.ly/47wKWBs Shop the FRK Swallow in ANZ: https://bit.ly/4dcjWIw Shop the FRK Swallow in EU: https://bit.ly/3XynYoJ In addition to the new swallow tail design, Dan placed an emphasis on better distributing the volume directly between the surfer's stance and worked with Kelly to amplify the effect of the outline in the back third of the board against all-new rocker curves - both down the shape's centerline and on its rails. By specifically perfecting the curve at the board's center when compared with the curve at the rails, the FRK Swallow excels at creating speed in flat, sticky sections, without sacrificing on-rail performance. Amongst the Slater Designs team, the unanimous feedback has been that the FRK Swallow feels better during downcarves and in fin releases than any other Slater Designs shape. Designed to be surfed 2" shorter than the FRK and 1" shorter than the FRK+. Recommended to pair with our Endorfins KS1 Fin Set for best performance. Follow us on Instagram: / @slaterdesigns / @dan__mann / @kellyslater / @jackson_dorian

31/10/2024   |   video icon

FRK Swallow with Sebastian Williams | Slater Designs Watch Firewire Surfboards & Slater Designs Team Rider Sebastian Williams ride the all-new FRK Swallow in I-Bolic Technology designed by Dan Mann & Kelly Slater at Surf Ranch in Lemoore in August 2024. Sebastian's riding a stock 5'9" model in this video. The FRK Swallow is the newest addition to the FRK quiver, designed for average conditions. This shape was crafted to unlock performance in waves 5' and under, Dan Mann designed the FRK Swallow to be more versatile in its performance characteristics than any other FRK shape that came before it. Shop the FRK Swallow in USA: https://bit.ly/47wKWBs Shop the FRK Swallow in ANZ: https://bit.ly/4dcjWIw Shop the FRK Swallow in EU: https://bit.ly/3XynYoJ In addition to the new swallow tail design, Dan placed an emphasis on better distributing the volume directly between the surfer's stance and worked with Kelly to amplify the effect of the outline in the back third of the board against all-new rocker curves - both down the shape's centerline and on its rails. By specifically perfecting the curve at the board's center when compared with the curve at the rails, the FRK Swallow excels at creating speed in flat, sticky sections, without sacrificing on-rail performance. Amongst the Slater Designs team, the unanimous feedback has been that the FRK Swallow feels better during downcarves and in fin releases than any other Slater Designs shape. Designed to be surfed 2" shorter than the FRK and 1" shorter than the FRK+. Recommended to pair with our Endorfins KS1 Fin Set for best performance. Follow us on Instagram: / @slaterdesigns / @dan__mann / @kellyslater / @sebastianwilliams1 / @taylorjensentj / @kevin_schulz / @firewiresurfboards

19/10/2024   |   video icon
 
 

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