Why Riffe?

We have over 40 years of wood speargun building experience.

Wood is a beautiful, yet challenging material to work with. Fluctuation in temperature and humidity combined with underwater use can make wood swell and contract. With over 40 years of building spearguns using various types of wood, we've got the wood speargun manufacturing process down. When you purchase a RIFFE speargun, you can rest assured knowing it is built to withstand years of spearfishing adventures. We love hearing from those who purchased spearguns from Jay when he was building them decades ago in his garage and are still in use today. Quality and Performance - It's the RIFFE way.

J A Y from Perrin James on Vimeo.

At ten years of age, JAY RIFFE started spearfishing off the Southern California Coast with a hand spear. At fifteen he was spearfishing competitively, and by age twenty-two became the Pacific Coast Champion. Jay then placed in the Nationals, landing a spot on the World Spearfishing Team. Later, he set three World Records… all with his own handcrafted wooden spearguns.

Early on, Jay recognized a need for spearguns that were silent, powerful, accurate, and highly maneuverable. Harnessing his professional machine tool engineering with his passion for spearfishing he created ergonomically designed, handcrafted teak wood and metal spearguns of unsurpassed quality and optimum performance.

Fast forward to today and RIFFE INTERNATIONAL, INC. is still family owned and operated and has earned the reputation for building durable, accurate wood spearguns for the Silent Hunter. Currently, RIFFE is proud to offer their customers, not only the most reliable speargun, but a variety of diving accessories suitable for novice and experienced freedivers, spearfisherman, and divers alike. Our goal is to continue producing high quality products for the diving and spearfishing enthusiast.