Cole Surfboards

Firefly Quad

The Cole Firefly Quad is the culmination of years of experimentation research and testing. The Firefly Quad came about when Nathan Fletcher and Cole were searching for something more exciting than the standard thruster, which had been stagnating, or at least, getting a bit boring throughout the 1990’s. Around 2000, “We started experimenting with Twin Fins and were stoked on the quickness, acceleration and its aerial performance, but, we ran into the same old problems inherent to that design, lack of stability and tendency to slide out.”

“Nathan and I had both ridden Quads in the past and loved certain things about the design, so we began working on combining the Four Fin Design with the more contemporary outlines, rockers and bottom contours of today.” The Boards were loose yet maximized drive and holding power. When on rail both fins are basically facing the same direction minimizing drag and eliminating the anchor effect of the third fin.

“Nathan began using quads for his big wave boards and at extremely critical spots like Pipeline and at Teahupoo. And he was even more stoked on the design. When Nathan proved the design in Hawaii, we knew we were really on to something.”

The Cole Firefly has been ridden by surfers including, Nathan Fletcher, Bruce Irons, Matt Archbold, Adam Repolgle, Dino Andino, Chris Ward, Ryan Carlson, and a host of other Pros.

The High Performance Quad design is being ridden by surfers from 2’ T Street, to Forty foot Mavericks. Shapers and surfers such as Tom Carroll, Dustin Barca, Anthony Tasunick, Danny Fuller, Damien Hobgood, Shane Beshen and even Kelly Slater have recently been documented ripping on the new wave of performance Quads. This reintroduction of High Performance Quad to modern day surfing, was started, at least in part by the collaboration of Nathan and Cole on the Firefly High Performance Quad.

This design has been copied by many, but duplicated by few. Stretch your imagination, think for yourself, fly one today