The Airtime story

How it all started

OK - so we've been building squirt boats for years as Downtime kayaks - why move into surf?

The fact is, we know how to make surf boats. Dave Savage made some of Britain's best designs when he worked for Valley, which started him thinking about things he'd do differently. It took a chance encounter with Nathan Eades to convince Dave that he'd found the right designer to match his construction skills. Nathan had already designed the popular Fusion and Fusion 7'7" hull shapes, and was looking for the right constructor to do justice to his new ideas.

Of course, we're still making squirt boats as well - meaning we've got the shapes to take you as deep underwater or as high in the air as you can handle.