# Travel-Friendly Soft Surfboards The Newave Wrocket is the World's First Splittable Soft Top Board By Michael Hemsworth | Published 2026-04-18 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/newave-wrocket References: [newatlas](https://newatlas.com/boats-watersports/newave-wrocket-soft-top-splittable-surfboard/) & [kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/newave-surfboards/newave-the-worlds-first-splitable-soft-top-surfboard/description)  The [Newave Wrocket](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/newave-modular-surfboard) soft [top](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oaxaca-old-fashioned) surfboard has been debuted on the heels of the brand's successful [Kickstarter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/magnetic-skateboard) campaign last year as its latest and greatest piece of surfing equipment. The surfboard targets the popular soft top market with undulating design and will thus work well for beginners, amateurs or advanced surfers alike. The board is capable of being collapsed down into three pieces that can be easily stowed inside a carrying bag to accommodate easy shifting between locations or even travel. The Newave Wrocket soft top surfboard utilizes a series of pins to stay connected together when in use, but can be easily dismantled when not to maximize ease of storage. The surfboard is being launched as part of a Kickstarter campaign. Image Credit: Newave ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.0/10 - Popularity: 71% | Activity: 38% | Freshness: 72% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Sports](https://www.trendhunter.com/sports) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Modular Sports Gear:** A shift toward break-apart equipment enables compact transport and storage solutions that could upend traditional one-piece product design. - **Travel-friendly Recreation:** Consumers increasingly favor portable leisure products that simplify intercity and international mobility, opening room for rethink of size and packaging standards. - **Soft-top Performance Design:** The blending of forgiving materials with performance-oriented shaping points to new material-engineering approaches that challenge hard-shell dominance. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Surfboard Manufacturing:** Manufacturers may reimagine production lines and supply chains to accommodate segmented boards and novel jointing mechanisms that diverge from legacy lamination methods. - **Outdoor Travel Accessories:** The luggage and carry-case market stands to integrate purpose-built solutions for bulky sporting goods, prompting a reevaluation of protective materials and form factors. - **Sporting Goods Retail:** Retailers could shift inventory strategies and storefront layouts as compactable equipment alters stocking, demonstration, and shipping considerations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Surf-Inspired Pride Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vans-x-queer-surf.md) - [Next-Gen Pour-Over Drippers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pourover.md) - [Advanced Surfboard Materials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/proflex-technology.md) - [Surfboard-Inspired Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pacific-collection.md) - [Skateable Cardboard Shoes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cardboard-chaos.md) - [Triple-Wheeled Steel Electric Scooters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tltboard-gorilla.md) - [Surfboard Waste Blocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/surf-block-maui.md) - [Chromatic Chair Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/no-two-alike.md) - [Complimentary Avocado Promotions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/island-fin.md)