Firewire, 2024

Firewire The Gem 2024

2769mm long · 9'1"

565mm wide

76mm thick

67.1litres

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Sizes & Numbers

Listed by the brand, read off a photo, or worked out

In one line

Longer and leaner than most. A rounded pin tail, a full nose and parallel rails.

derived · against the 146 other surf boards in the atlas, read off the outlines.

As listed by Firewire

Firewire The Gem 2024: every size as listed by Firewire
size	length	width	thickness	weight	price
54.6 L	8'3" · 2515 mm	552 mm	70 mm	–	US$1,300
60.7 L	8'8" · 2642 mm	559 mm	73 mm	–	US$1,300
67.1 L	9'1" · 2769 mm	565 mm	76 mm	–	US$1,390
70.3 L	9'5" · 2870 mm	572 mm	76 mm	–	US$1,390
79.3 L	9'8" · 2946 mm	578 mm	83 mm	–	US$1,450

Prices as the Firewire store showed them on 2026-10-27, in its currency · the cheapest version first, every version on hover

Every size side by side, tails on one line, one scale

Which The Gem Size for Your Weight?

The Firewire The Gem 2024 size each rider would pick, by weight and level

Your weight

kg≈ 165 lb

Your level

75 kg · getting there · look for 33.8–41.3 L

No The Gem for you

Every size is too big for 75 kg at this level.

Other boards for you

A rule of thumb (0.45 to 0.55 L per kg you weigh), not Firewire’s chart

Every weight and level

Firewire The Gem 2024: the size for a rider of 60 to 105 kg, by level
level	60 kg	75 kg	90 kg	105 kg
First sessions0.6 to 0.9 L per kg you weigh	54.6 L · big	54.6 L	67.1 L	79.3 L
Getting there0.45 to 0.55 L per kg you weigh	too big	too big	54.6 L · big	54.6 L
Confident0.38 to 0.45 L per kg you weigh	too big	too big	too big	too big
Expert0.33 to 0.38 L per kg you weigh	too big	too big	too big	too big

Rules of thumb, not Firewire’s chart · “small” and “big”: the nearest size, just outside the range · How the sizes are worked out · Find your board

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Lay the Firewire The Gem 67.1 L over up to four others, at one scale.

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Shape & Rocker

From above, then from the side, true scale · the chosen size solid, the others dashed

Read off the 54.6 L outline · derived

51 %wide point, 1277 mm from the tail

4.55length over width

380mm wide 12″ from the tail

11,749cm² of planform

Read off the 60.7 L outline · derived

51 %wide point, 1342 mm from the tail

4.73length over width

377mm wide 12″ from the tail

12,485cm² of planform

Read off the 67.1 L outline · derived

51 %wide point, 1406 mm from the tail

4.91length over width

373mm wide 12″ from the tail

13,193cm² of planform

Read off the 70.3 L outline · derived

51 %wide point, 1458 mm from the tail

5.02length over width

372mm wide 12″ from the tail

13,874cm² of planform

Read off the 79.3 L outline · derived

51 %wide point, 1496 mm from the tail

5.10length over width

372mm wide 12″ from the tail

14,399cm² of planform

Rocker of the 54.6 L · scaled from the 67.1 L measured

81 mmtail rocker, at the tip

42 mm12″ from the tail

46 mm12″ from the nose

106 mmnose rocker, at the tip

522 mmflat to within 3 mm, from 39 % to 60 % of the length

50 %of the length to the lowest point, from the tail

72 mmat its thickest, 52 % from the tail

16 mmlonger along the bottom curve than flat

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Rocker of the 60.7 L · scaled from the 67.1 L measured

85 mmtail rocker, at the tip

46 mm12″ from the tail

50 mm12″ from the nose

112 mmnose rocker, at the tip

535 mmflat to within 3 mm, from 39 % to 60 % of the length

50 %of the length to the lowest point, from the tail

76 mmat its thickest, 52 % from the tail

17 mmlonger along the bottom curve than flat

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Rocker of the 67.1 L · measured

90 mmtail rocker, at the tip

50 mm12″ from the tail

54 mm12″ from the nose

118 mmnose rocker, at the tip

547 mmflat to within 3 mm, from 40 % to 59 % of the length

50 %of the length to the lowest point, from the tail

79 mmat its thickest, 52 % from the tail

18 mmlonger along the bottom curve than flat

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Rocker of the 70.3 L · scaled from the 67.1 L measured

93 mmtail rocker, at the tip

53 mm12″ from the tail

58 mm12″ from the nose

122 mmnose rocker, at the tip

557 mmflat to within 3 mm, from 40 % to 59 % of the length

50 %of the length to the lowest point, from the tail

79 mmat its thickest, 52 % from the tail

18 mmlonger along the bottom curve than flat

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Rocker of the 79.3 L · scaled from the 67.1 L measured

96 mmtail rocker, at the tip

55 mm12″ from the tail

61 mm12″ from the nose

126 mmnose rocker, at the tip

564 mmflat to within 3 mm, from 40 % to 59 % of the length

50 %of the length to the lowest point, from the tail

86 mmat its thickest, 52 % from the tail

19 mmlonger along the bottom curve than flat

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True proportions · dots at 10 mm and 12″ in from each tip · bracket: flat to within 3 mm · Measured on Firewire's photo of the 67.1 L. Tail end set by Firewire's photo convention, not checked by a person.