In 2019, Honu made a deliberate call: walk away from composite boards and build the world's best inflatables. The Bondi proved that right. But the pull of carbon, glass, and a board that truly comes alive under your feet never went away. The Torquay is our return... Not a step back, but a leap forward. To do it properly, we partnered with John "Bosch" Atkins of Blue Seas Watersports; A shaper, designer, and surfer with more than 40 years of hands-on experience building and riding SUPs. Mark and John spent 6 months obsessing over the shape: multiple blanks, countless sessions, one shared question: can a high-performance surfing SUP be genuinely fun for any capable paddler? The Torquay is that answer. Built on a hand-finished precision CNC-machined blank and laminated in 45° biaxial carbon, the Torquay closes the gap between elite performance and everyday stoke. It has the drive, rail sensitivity, and responsiveness of a true high-performance design, without demanding a competition mindset to unlock it. This is what we call Fun-Performance.
