

World famous kiteboarding competitions, summer concert series and surf movie premiers are just some of the events that fill our Cape Hatteras event schedule.These carefully chosen destinations are our top-picks for your next kite or surf adventure. REAL Pros have traveled all over the globe following wind, waves, and good times.Not many destinations in the world can match this. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets, both over the water. Our employees come from diverse backgrounds and bring a high level of professionalism and drive to the REAL team. Join our team and live in one of the best locations for wind and surf in the world.Soon enough the majority of boards are going to be in epoxy construction (environmental issues etc) so embrace it now, everyone should own a Hypto in their surfing lifetime. In real surfing terms you get a board that feels ultra responsive, like a brand new PU board for the first few surfs before it inevitably starts to feel softer under your feet. The FutureFlex construction is interesting, a stringer-less parabolic carbon fibre frame, shaped out of high density EPS foam and built from custom designed materials exclusive to the Hayden Shapes brand. The wind has to be pretty stiff though so it’s certainly not a deal breaker. The only time we’ve ever struggled with the Hypto is in stiff offshores, that wider forward point does seem to get affected by wind getting under it when you’re paddling into the wave especially if you’ve oversized the board. It's great to have a selection of boards in your quiver, but having one board that you can ride in all conditions, is surely the Holy Grail. Narrow in the tail and with a forward wide point it resembled something from the seventies but spruced up with the carbon Fibre Flex rails and a regular three-fin setup.

If you regularly surf onshore waist to chest high slop but would like a board that'll handle those rare, classic days and trips to indo as well, the Hypto Krypto is the board for you. Five years ago, the shaper Hayden Cox presented his team-rider Craig Anderson with a surfboard of a surprising hue. The burning question is how come he’s produced a board like this when Al Merrick, Biolos, JS etc haven’t? Don’t have an answer to that but it’s a good question eh?Īfter some extremely arduous product testing it's been easy to see why the HK is currently one of the most sought after and fastest selling boards worldwide. Suited to the elite level surfer to the everyday surfer, it is often referred to as the ‘one board quiver’ for its versatility across all types of surf conditions – from small 1-3 ft beach breaks, to barrels of up to 8ft.” There it is neatly summed up in one line. To steal a line form Hayden’s own website “The Hypto Krypto is a balance of tradition and modern performance.

A balance of tradition and modern performance There are guys riding a Hypto in waist high slop and other guys charging on Hyptos in Indo and beyond, both are stoked and are getting what they want out of the board. The key thing with this surfboard is that Hayden has produced a board that works for a huge range of surfers in terms of ability and conditions. Firewire ambassador’s Michel Bourez, Taj Burrow and long boarder Taylor Jensen collaborate with Nev and the Firewire team on board development, further defining their durable and. Offset your old stick against a brand new board! Today Nev and Dan Mann at Firewire Surfboards utilize a computer aided shaping program they call the AKU shaper to define and develop their high performance shapes.
