Surftech introduces the first-ever virtually waterproof Surfboard
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SANTA CRUZ, CA - March 25, 2006 -
Surftech Surfboards, the largest manufacturer and distributor of
Surfboards in the world today, stunned the surfboard manufacturing
community with the announcement of their new virtually waterproof
TECHLITE CORE surfboard blank. The new blank, a refined version of the
already-sophisticated EPS core currently found in their High
Performance
TUFLITE surfboard technology, is virtually waterproof. Yes, you heard
that correctly.
"It’s the most significant development in Surfboard technology since PU
foam entered the picture" says Surftech’s National Sales Manager Fritz
Bensusan. "What this means for the surfer is that their Surftech board
will not absorb water through an open ding. Period" continues Bensusan.
"This is a huge advancement in Surfboard Blank development. Because the
matrix of our TECHLITE core is so tight, it cannot soak up water" says
Surftech Product Development Manager, Corey Davis. "This core is like
no
other currently on the market. If you put a hole in any Surftech board,
it is not going to soak up water, or even worse, sink". " Davis ads "As
a product developer and surfer, these are basic principals that needed
to be addressed in a product that spends its entire working life in the
ocean".
According to Surftech GM John Griffith, the TECHLITE CORE was developed
during the R&D of Surftech’s new TL2 technology (due to hit stores in
early summer) and has been expanded for use in all Surftech products.
"We developed an extremely tight matrix EPS core for TUFLITE 2 that was
even better than the existing TUFLITE blank." he says. "We decided to
use the TECHLITE CORE in all of our surfboards, including SOFTOPS and
our WOOD VENEER series" says Griffith from Surftech’s Santa Cruz
Headquarters.
This is the first time that a board has been developed to not only be
high-performance and durable but to also eliminate water absorption
problems surfers have always dealt with when they ding their boards.
"We
still recommend that surfers fix their dings" says Davis. "Structural
integrity is still extremely important, and dings do weaken a
surfboard"
he says. "But if you get a small ding on day one of a three day swell,
well…I’d just keep surfing until the swell ended and then fix the
ding"
TECHLITE core is a milestone in the evolution of surfboard technology.
Surftech has taken the primary component of a surfboard, the foam
blank,
and built it in a way that takes into account the environment in which
it is used, the ocean. With the changing landscape of Blank
Manufacturing in the wake of Clark Foam’s closing, Surftech’s new blank
couldn’t have come along at a better time.