Brand directory
Every surf brand, independently rated
Brand ratings are the mean of the verified product-review scores we've scraped for that brand's models on Surfex. Where a brand has no verified product reviews yet, we show no score — we don't fabricate ratings.
Surfboards
11 brands
FeaturedHigh-tech, sustainably built performance surfboards. Home of Seaside, Machado and the Dominator 2.0.
The most influential shortboard label of the modern era — Al Merrick's shapes ridden by Slater, Curren and Fanning.
John John Florence's brand of choice. Reference step-ups and the world-title-winning Ghost.
Jason Stevenson's globally distributed high-performance label — Monsta, Xero and Air 17.
Matt Biolos' cult label. Grovelers, hybrids and pro shortboards for the everyday surfer.
Matt Parker's design-forward asymmetric and twin-fin shapes for progressive small-wave surfing.
Hayden Cox's FutureFlex construction and iconic Hypto Krypto — a decade of best-seller status.
European surf heritage brand. Home of Axel Lorentz, Aritz Aranburu and progressive shortboards.
Noosa's Thomas Bexon — the reference contemporary log builder. Home of the Harrison, Wizl and Vessel Traveller mid-length.
Featured3x World Longboard Champion Harley Ingleby's brand — the reference performance longboard label. Home of the HI4, HIHP and Mid 6.
Bob McTavish's Byron Bay heritage label — the shaper who helped invent the modern shortboard in 1967 and still shapes the Fireball Evo, The Original and Involvement today.
Paddleboards
3 brands
FeaturedThe world's largest hard-board SUP shaper. Home of the Pro competition surf SUP, Sprint race hull and Touring Deluxe.
Robby Naish's Hawaii-born SUP brand — Hokua GTW surf, Maliko downwind and the category-defining Nalu all-round.
European-designed SUP builder — Stylemaster surf SUP, Falcon race hull and the Ray touring composite.
Foils
8 brands
Gold Coast prone-foil specialist — the S-Series is the reference pure-prone-surf high-aspect wing.
FeaturedThe A+ modular ecosystem — the industry benchmark one-quiver foil system for prone, SUP, wing and downwind.
Kane De Wilde's Maui brand — the Progression line is the most-forgiving high-aspect wing on the US market.
Puerto Rico-based pioneer of the modular foil complete — the Havoc and Cruise/Progression packages remain a US benchmark.
French kite / wing / foil brand — the Eagle HM and Phantom S carbon platforms are the European reference for downwind and surf.
Robby Naish's Hawaii-born foil program — the S27 Jet and Jet HA semi-completes are the reference all-round Naish setup.
Alex Aguera's Maui brand — the Iwa/Maliko lineage that put SUP-foiling on the map, plus modern tow / kite packages.
French foil-and-kite house — the Kujira 1095 wings set is the mid-aspect surf-foil reference for European riders.
Fins
2 brands
Wetsuits
2 brands
Jack O'Neill invented the wetsuit. Still one of the most-reviewed cold-water suit brands worldwide.
The Flashbomb and E-Bomb ranges — the reference performance wetsuit lineup for competitive surfers.
How Surfex rates brands
Surfex is an aggregator — we don't test boards ourselves. A brand's score is the mean of the verified customer-review widget scores we've scraped directly from that brand's product pages on Surfex, normalized to a /5 scale. Where no verified widget exists yet we show no score and link to the sources we reference. Every number on this site links back to where it came from.