Whatever happened to SurfTech?

[ghost_of_lewis_samuels]

I was never a fan of the feeling - but it appears that they are still manufacturing stuff. Anyone have any insight into the business / and/or thoughts on performance?

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[rowjimmytour]

Adult learners after wavestorm buy em up after fb post how great they are. Prone paddle boards benefit from tech and still think bark uses surftech.

 

[racer1]

I have a sharp eye disco cheater from them, they no longer do the hard shell composite, it's all regular glassed EPS. Mostly stringerless and future flex now. Board feels great.

 

[potato-nator]

kinda 20yrs ago.

 

[Black]

I have 2 surftech:

A TLPC construction 3 years old - light and bombproof. One small compression on the deck where I dropped onto it ankle first from a height. Great all round boar.

A fusion construction - super light glassed stringerless eps, less than a year old. Lots of deck compressions, I cracked the rail when I knocked my heel on it turning to catch a wave - just looking at it causes marks to appear. However its lighter than a human sperm, has a ton of pop and just doesn't stop. Will get you places other boards can't and guaranteed smiles every surf.

All my other boars are normal pu/pe, honest.

 

[njsurfer42]

Prone paddle boards benefit from tech and still think bark uses surftech.

yup...surftech seems more focused on SUP & they've definitely made traditional paddleboards more accessible...whether that's a good or bad thing is a matter of opinion, i guess.

edit to add: just looked at the boards they offer & there's a gun-ish offering from nsp. who's going to buy a board for 2-3x OH surf from nsp? is there really a market for that?

 

[rowjimmytour]

yup...surftech seems more focused on SUP & they've definitely made traditional paddleboards more accessible...whether that's a good or bad thing is a matter of opinion, i guess.

edit to add: just looked at the boards they offer & there's a gun-ish offering from nsp. who's going to buy a board for 2-3x OH surf from nsp? is there really a market for that?

Seriously nsp? Be like dtrump packing your parachute for you before you go sky diving

 

[sdsrfr]

Bring back the bic pen!

 

[warble2]

I saw this pic on another thread regarding a homosexual surf camp. Seem about right, not that there's anything wrong with that.

From what I see in the water, the VALs (vulnerable adult learners) moved on from Surftech to GSI and now currently going straight on Torqs

 

[Shipwrecked]

I had two Surftech boards through the years both were a long time ago. Thinking it had to be 15 years ago. One board rode great and the other sucked.

 

[JBerry]

weird they are not around anymore, used to see the 'truck' up and down the coast stuffing the local surf shops with their boards.