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Surfski Specs and Reviews

Most have the manufacture done in China or somewhere besides their “home”. There are some notable exceptions like Nelo who make their own surfskis. The list below is made primarily of makers of ocean racing style surfskis. There are a few spec ski brands included and some of these companies make models of both kinds.

• Allwave Italy
• BOS Oceansport Australia - spec skis
• Brainwave Australia - spec skis, custom skis
• Carbonology Sport South Africa (CS has one way drain valves that can be added for having dry flat water trips)
• Charger Australia- spec skis
• Dynamic Durable Designs (DD3) Australia - spec skis
• Epic USA
• Flow Kayaks New Zealand
• Fenn South Africa - models since the factory fire in 2019 that destroyed their boat molds are all labeled “Fennix” instead of Fenn and do have differences from previous generations.
• Gibbons Australia - spec skis
• Huki USA - no longer selling boats and is only selling replacement components, hardware and accessories by mail order currently (2023).
  • One Satisfied Customer 2014
• Icon Sport UK seems primarily sprint kayak and spec ski oriented
• Kai Wa'a USA - Hawaii
• Kirton UK Spec skis and a special, extra strong version of the V8 (better for hard-core touring) that they are licensed by Epic to make.
• Knysna Racing South Africa
• Mango Racing Australia spec skis
• Mazu Portugal - same company that makes Elio Kayaks
• Nelo Portugal
• Nordic Kayaks Sweden
  • Proper Launch Technique for NKs
  • Company history
• Oceanbuilt Australia
• Ocean Surf Argentina
• O'krea France - as of 2020 not manufacturing new surfskis
• Opium Brazil
• Ozean Surfski Australia (renamed from Ocean Surfski after 1.5 yrs in existence - don't see a current website in 2024) designer web page
• Ozflyte Australia spec skis
• Point Fibreglass South Africa - run by Mark Lewin (previously Custom Kayaks) who expanded the business beyond surfski construction
• Pullen Australia
• Revo formerly South Africa
  • Now Todd Boreland (facebook) new owner as of 2023 Revo Kayak Australia (facebook)
• Rogue Kayak Scotland (manufactured by Nelo)
• Scofits Japan
• SDK Kayaks Argentina
• SeaBird Norway
• Sipre Portugal
• Star Kayaks New Zealand - makes a line of stable surfskis that they call hybrids of surfski/kayak/sitontop
• Stealth Kayaks South Africa (mostly recreational surfskis - one spec ski)
• Stellar USA, Germany… manufactured by Flying Eagle in China
• Think Canada
• Vajda Slovakia - we sometimes have problems with this website
• Wavemaster Australia - wave skis and spec skis