Surfboard Factory Hawaii now carries Thunderbolt!

We have CJ Nelson Designs, Harley Ingleby Series, Skindog Surfboards, and Kai Sallas Longboard Co.

The pinnacle of longboard performance, Thunderbolt Technologies, is built through eleven distinct stages. The company was founded by Yu Sumitomo, a talented Japanese surfer and board builder whose family has been making surfboards in Japan for over 40 years. Thunderbolt’s longboards are engineered to meet the standards of competitive longboarders like Harley Ingleby, Ben Skinner, and C.J. Nelson, as well as local legend Kai Sallas.

Thunderbolt Technologies enables the creation of a ‘sweet spot’ in every Thunderbolt longboard, engineered to the standards of competitive long boarders like Harley Ingleby, and Ben Skinner, as well as style-master and Duct Tape Invitational winner C.J. Nelson, along with local legends like Kai Sallas.

Thunderbolt utilizes advanced materials and technology to decrease weight while enhancing performance, flex characteristics, board control, and durability. Mass-produced epoxy boards are corky and stiff. While light and durable, they simply don’t ride well. But, Thunderbolt’s hand-built boards take superior epoxy materials to an entirely different level. These boards provide the feel and sensitivity of a good poly board, but deliver performance far beyond traditional epoxy pop-out constructions. Those who ride these high-tech epoxy boards claim they actually feel better than polyurethane.

Thunderbolt boards are 100% hand layups. They begin with an EPS foam core with multi-component carbon fiber stringer systems that produce engineered flex and twist for a more lively, responsive performance. Proprietary designs employing internal carbon fiber components are then arrayed in the deck and bottom of the deck for precise flex control and strength.

The core shield PVC provides flexible protection to increase strength and durability without compromising the flex and twist characteristics built into the blank. With ample carbon fiber and fiberglass in the deck, bottom, and rails, these boards both outperform and outlast traditional PU boards and other epoxy designs.