Surf with a clean conscience, and spread your love for the ocean… the foamie trend is just starting.
At Spooked Kooks, our softboards take a retro twist on the classic surfboard design. But that’s not the sweetest bit… 100% of all high-density polyethylene used in our boards is recycled post-consumer plastic waste.
Some call us “crazed surfboard alchemists”, others say we’re nostalgic about the 60’s and 70’s. But really, we’re just dead serious about reducing plastic waste in our oceans and beaches by producing the best performing and most durable softboards from as much recycled plastic as possible.
These boards are low maintenance, crowd-friendly, and still allow you to swing through turns and respond to vertical approaches whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro.
Retro soft surfboards made to the highest standard in Sydney
Choose from six foamie designs that use engineered shapes, with modernised rockers and outlines for today’s surfer.
Our selection starts with our supercool fun little egg 5.6 ft, called the Tombstone. This one is a grommet’s dream board. Perfect for kids of all ages.
Our Frankenfish 5.8 ft can be ridden with twin or thruster set up, and is our retro performance board ideal for those perfect days with a bit of size.
Our most popular boards are the Dead Hippies, we have the Dead Hippie in 7.0 ft and 8.0 ft – designed for easy paddling, easy standing, easy trimming, easy fun. These are the ideal beginner and learner softboard. The soft pastel colours and vibrant logo on every board makes these boards a treat to surf with.
Alright, now for the nitty gritty details.
Every softboard we make is double-stringered with Paulownia/ bamboo wood, 6-ounce fiberglass and an epoxy layer. All of our boards have bamboo veneer decks under the soft foam top, and they all go through heat treatment as part of the vacuum sealed lamination process. This solid fusion between layers prevents …*wince*… “delams” from happening down the line.
From mini waves on a point to those huge open beach dumpers, our softboards cater for every kind of surf and skill level in Australia.
Softboards that don’t cost the earth
Spooked Kooks was started by three keen surfer friends in New South Wales. Our board shaper Ru has more than 25 years’ experience shredding waves. Our core mission of plastic reduction flows right through every stage of our softboard production in Sydney.
Buying a Spooked Kooks board literally helps to clean the planet. The plastic that we use to produce your new softboard’s slick (underside), leash plug, fin boxes, fins and fin key is collected from coastal communities in the Philippines, before we convert it into component parts of our boards.
Spooked Kooks also accepts Afterpay so you can start carving waves today and pay for your softboard in manageable instalments.
Got questions? Drop us a line
For more information about our softboards, get in touch at info@spookedkooks.com.
