FIREWIRE HYDRONAUT

The Hydronaut is Tomo’s first step-up dedicated to powerful waves.
We’re anxious to finally release this shape for the first time after years

of refinement by Tomo because this model has earned a cult-like fol-
lowing over the past several years since Tomo first made it public.

This shape has an elliptical template with a wide point forward of center
and a tight radius ‘torpedo’ round nose profile.

This ‘torpedo’ nose represents Tomo’s big wave approach to maneu-
verability, in the same way his ‘cut off’ nose in the Omni and Cymatic

represent his approach to maneuverability in smaller waves.
In Tomo’s words, the ‘torpedo’ nose gives the surfer a “safer feeling in

critical situations because of the way it enhances the quickness of di-
rection changes when maneuvers are made at high speed”.

Tomo has surfed this board everywhere from Black’s to Baja Malibu to
Hawaii, and all over Australia. And so has Stuey Kennedy.
Together these two have brought Tomo’s big wave philosophies to the
masses for the first time with the Hydronaut, and we’re anticipating an
elevated level of performance surfing on big waves in 2018. We’re also
excited for average surfers to find that this shape can do the simple
stuff easily: Drop in. Pull in. Spit out. Kick out.