Shockwave Seats, a global leader in marine suspension seating, will unveil the S3 MAX – the world’s first high-pivot, multi-axis shock mitigation seat. A design driven by the US military to stabilize the occupants head when experiencing repetitive wave impact.This patent-pending design is specifically developed to help reduce lateral impact forces by stabilizing the occupant’s […]

Shockwave Seats has released the world’s first high-pivot, multi-axis shock mitigation seat – the S3 MAX. The design was driven by the US military to keep the occupants’ heads as stable as possible when experiencing repetitive wave impact.  This patent-pending design was specifically developed to help reduce lateral impact forces by stabilizing the occupant’s brain when

Shockwave Seats is a key partner of Silver Ships, providing high quality shock mitigating seats that protect vessel operators from the shock of wave impact. Shockwave was founded in 2001, and the U.S. Coast Guard was its first customer. Now Shockwave designs and builds shock mitigating seats for militaries worldwide, including for the vessels Silver

by Ken Hocke Ask mariners what the most important part of a workboat is, aside from the hull, and they would probably say the engines or generators, propellers, waterjets, radar, or any number of other pieces of equipment. But when would they get to seating? Some old timers are reading this and saying to themselves,

The Reel News – October 2025 WHAT HAPPENS IF THINGS GO BAD? by John Keizer Most people don’t realize how much punishment a boat  seat takes until they’ve spent a day in rough water. On calm seas, any seat is fine. But get into a chop, and the difference between a basic seat bolted to

Texas Saltwater Fishing features the S5-SS Shallow water boats have come forward an incredibly long way in the past 25 years, so far in fact that many of the accessory devices that owners specify as parts of the rigging package today hadn’t even been invented 25 years ago. Some of these were created to solve

Great Lakes Scuttlebutt – Fall 2025 Shockwave Seats started out providing high-tech mission-specific marine suspension seats for the US Coast Guard in 2001 and quickly became the first choice for professionals needing optimum protection from wave impact. In 2016, the company answered the call from everyday boaters who wanted the same protection for their backs.