are surftech boards any good??

[Cranked]

Everyone tried them because they thought they might be able to get a one-off forever board.

But then they didn’t want to be stuck with a corky dog for life.

Buy one with less volume

[Yuke Hunt]

I even hated the feel of the tuflite mal I rode back then.
Think it was a BIC.

I'm just about to get a local lesser known but accomplished shaper to start making my boards, so that I can have a closer involvement in the process. Something that I'm quite excited about. PU all day every day.

Nice.

I think there’s a place for other constructions. Just tuflites are terrible for me.

One of the reasons I'm heading down this path is that the shaper in question actually does the whole construction process himself, so there's no farming out of the glassing or finish sanding ... old school board manufacturing at its best.

[buddy]

I can ride over and under volumed boards of other constructions and they’ve still felt nice.
Tuflites don’t, I’m sorry cranked.

[buddy]

I even hated the feel of the tuflite mal I rode back then.
Think it was a BIC.

I'm just about to get a local lesser known but accomplished shaper to start making my boards, so that I can have a closer involvement in the process. Something that I'm quite excited about. PU all day every day.

Nice.

I think there’s a place for other constructions. Just tuflites are terrible for me.

One of the reasons I'm heading down this path is that the shaper in question actually does the whole construction process himself, so there's no farming out of the glassing or finish sanding ... old school board manufacturing at its best.

There’s a few guys here that I’d like to do that with.
Well made PUs do last a very long time.

[Yuke Hunt]

Everyone tried them because they thought they might be able to get a one-off forever board.

But then they didn’t want to be stuck with a corky dog for life.

Buy one with less volume

Screw that ... wine bottles ditched corks years ago.

[steve shearer]

I even hated the feel of the tuflite mal I rode back then.
Think it was a BIC.

I'm just about to get a local lesser known but accomplished shaper to start making my boards, so that I can have a closer involvement in the process. Something that I'm quite excited about. PU all day every day.

Nice.

I think there’s a place for other constructions. Just tuflites are terrible for me.

One of the reasons I'm heading down this path is that the shaper in question actually does the whole construction process himself, so there's no farming out of the glassing or finish sanding ... old school board manufacturing at its best.

There’s a few guys here that I’d like to do that with.
Well made PUs do last a very long time.

Yep.

Cranked got rid of all his Tuflites, I've got 30+ year old PU/PE's under the house that are still going strong.

[Beanpole]

That is a luxury though. I had a couple of custom boards made. One was good but could have just grabbed the same thing off the rack.
If I have to choose between an internationally renowned shaper and Joe Bloggs the local Chippie who has a hobby I know what I will be getting.
A lot of the generic factory boards seem pretty good these days.

[buddy]

I actually surfed a tuflite over Easter weekend.
Way over volumed I know.
I could turn it though.
I had fun getting through flat sections in the 2ft clean grovelly waves.
I just wouldn’t buy it to keep.
It’s not a feeling of hatred that they are terrible.
I just don’t want one.

[Beanpole]

This conversation really hasn’t convinced me that the anti Tuflite stance isn’t based on peer group pressure but thats a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Mass produced boards dominate the market these days. I guess Tuflites were too upmarket.

[Pants]

McCoy Tuflite


End of conversation.

[buddy]

Anyone tried the thunderbolt technology that tolhurst uses?

They look like the modern progressed version of tuflite.
People ride them well.
A bit light in weight for me but good in the right conditions.

[Beanpole]

Love to buy one.
Bought a Tolhurst Tuflite fish for $150 though.
I was actually thinking of getting a really thick floaty mal for small crowded days.
My 8’ foamy is 70 ltrs. Catch so many waves on it.

[steve shearer]

I actually surfed a tuflite over Easter weekend.
Way over volumed I know.
I could turn it though.
I had fun getting through flat sections in the 2ft clean grovelly waves.
I just wouldn’t buy it to keep.
It’s not a feeling of hatred that they are terrible.
I just don’t want one.

Where did you find it Buddy?

I haven't seen one in the wild for ages.

[buddy]

my friend bought it off a guy in port fairy that has given up surfing.
Was some sort of Noosa brand, trying to remember.
7 or 8ft quaddie.

Might not have been 'tuflite', but that construction.

[steve shearer]

oh, down in Vicco.

[Pants]

Re: Thunderbolt. Saw a guy in his mid sixties (guessing) over Easter riding a Tolhurst mid 6. He was a good surfer for his age. Longer, larger, lighter boards….for oldies. I’d say non PU might just be the ticket for mid length boards for ease of handling without compromising too much performance (that is, the criticality factor isn’t that great compared to short boards)

[steve shearer]

That seems to be the key.

The premium has gone back to heavier PU/PE handshapes especially for mids with glide and trim.

It's a weird situation- most sports embrace tech and innovation and that is where the price premium is.

Surfing has very much gone back to traditional materials and construction methods and that is where the price premium is now.

[steve shearer]

I'd back my handshaped, heavily glassed Dave Parmenter Aleutian Juice 7'3" mid to outlast any "tech" board.

From a material science perspective PU is a much more stable, inert material than EPS.