B-Grade beauty with A-performance
Used, B-grades & prototypes - sustainable & unique
Every board deserves a second chance! Our B-grades, used boards and prototypes offer you high-quality performance at a reduced price - and support the sustainable use of resources at the same time.
B-grades: Boards with minor optical flaws or slight processing deviations.
Used boards: Demo boards, test boards & returns, already used but fully functional.
Prototypes & one-offs: unique pieces from our development department - some with special features or a unique design.
Your benefits
✔ Top performance despite minor flaws
✔ Cheaper than new goods
✔ Sustainable & resource-saving
✔ Unique prototypes & one-offs
| Our selection changes regularly - take a look at our B-grades page or write to us at info@tripstix.de for current offers! |
Some boards can lose air slightly over longer periods of time, which can be easily compensated for by occasional re-inflation. Whether a board is affected by this can be found in the respective product description.
Currently available B-goods and used boards
MINKE Allround SUP: The board is as good as new. However, the print of the logos is of poor quality. The board also has a few imperfections, but these are only of an optical nature. All accessories are included as with the new board. If you are interested, please send us an email with the keyword MINKE2. Price: €1100,- (incl. VAT, plus shipping)
BELUGA Wave SUP: This test board has been used a lot and has some repairs. The board loses some air (approx. 4PSI in 24h). All accessories are included as with the new board. If you are interested write us an email with the keyword BELUGA1. Price: €300,- (incl. VAT, plus shipping)
BELUGA Wave SUP: This new board loses some air (approx. 1PSI in 24h). All accessories are included as with the new board. If you are interested, please send us an email with the keyword BELUGA2. Price: €900,- (incl. VAT, plus shipping)
BELUGA Wave SUP: This new board loses some air (approx. 1PSI in 24h). All accessories are included as with the new board. If you are interested, please send us an email with the keyword BELUGA2. Price: €900,- (incl. VAT, plus shipping)
TUNA Prototype: This prototype is a thinner version of the TUNA funboard in 5'9”. In contrast to the standard board, the board has a volume of approx. 27 liters and a larger rocker. The board has been used very little and has a small repair to the valve. The board has no pressure relief valve. All accessories are included as with the TUNA Funboard. If you are interested, please send us an Email with the keyword TUNAPRO. Price: €450,- (incl. VAT, plus shipping)
How is a TRIPSTIX B-grade board created?
We, the consumer, are often rather alienated from the development and manufacturing process of a product. We are used to seeing top-quality goods on display at the dealer of our trust or being able to purchase the same with a click on the world's major internet platforms. But what kind of work actually goes into an inflatable TRIPSTIX board?
Theory and material science
Generally, a lot of time goes into the development of a new product. Questions concerning the added value, feasibility and - in the case of a physical product - the material composition are examined. Design programs and telephones regarding material research run hot...
Prototyping, prototyping, prototyping
And now to the workbench: many material combinations and product ideas are analysed on the living object - the prototype -, reconsidered, thrown out, redesigned, cast into shape again - the next prototype - and so on and so forth.... And this loop is run until every material is selected and every design feature is defined down to the smallest detail.
Get to the line!
But the main work is yet to come: it needs a series production to manufacture the inflatable premium SUP / surfboard - not only once, five or ten times but in 100 to 1,000 times, in the exact same high quality again and again.
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Where are our B-grade SUP and surfboards manufactured?
Once upon a time: production in Far East
TRIPSTIX also took its first steps in Asian production sites, more precisely in South Korea. One of the countries where the Dropstitch-inflatable industry is at home and where most of the market giants produce. Without question, a wonderful country full of wonderful people. However, there have been many misunderstandings due to cultural differences and language barriers. With a complex new development like the TRIPSTIX technologies, this is fatal. In order not to jeopardize the project and also to realize our wish for a "greener" iSUP / iSurfboard, the TRIPSTIX team decided to take a rocky road...
2021: production in Europe
The decision was made to move the production to Europe - a very daring step, because there were no traditional manufacturers of inflatable goods far and wide to whom one could have simply gone. Fortunately, we found partners who were willing to take risks and who wanted to re-establish sophisticated manufacturing know-how in Europe.
Today we are proud to have taken on this pioneering role and, together with many experts in their field, to strengthen the European production location in the inflatable SUP and surfboard sector.
