Randy French, the founder of Surftech, has been at the forefront of pushing surfboard design for over thirty years and has never relented in his quest for the next generation of surfboard manufacturing technology.

Quite simply, Randy is a designer and saw futility in trying to replicate the same shape again and again.

The mission was simple – invent a way to make surfboards stronger, lighter and faster with the ability to reproduce a precise shape over and over allowing shapers to spend more time designing new shapes.

By utilizing new materials and new production processes, Tuflite technology was born. Ironically, like with the “Balsa to Polyester Revolution” of the 60’s, the naysayers were again out in droves – “it’s too light, buoyant and it will never catch on”.

However, in the past decade, the list of the world’s best shapers that have embraced Tuflite technology continues to grow to the point where most top shapers have entire quivers available in Tuflite models. Tuflite – rewarding the shapers who created the culture we live and love.