The frustration
After replacing a third speed rope in a year, we started looking at what was actually breaking. The answer: bearings and cable crimps — both solvable with better materials.
About Red Surge
Built by athletes.
For athletes.
Red Surge Fitness exists for one reason: to make jump rope training gear that gets out of your way. No gimmicks, no hype cycles — just equipment that performs and guidance that actually helps you improve.
Our story
How Red Surge came to be
A short history of the gear and the thinking behind it.
The prototype
Six months of iterating with a small group of competitive jumpers. Sealed bearings, machined aluminum handles, and a cable crimp that doesn't loosen under speed work.
Red Surge launches
Two ropes — speed and weighted — plus the training guides we wish we'd had when we started. More products in development.
Mission
Training gear should never be the limiting factor
Jump rope is one of the most efficient conditioning tools in existence. It builds aerobic capacity, coordination, and explosive power with almost no equipment. But most jump ropes on the market are built for casual use — plastic cables, weak bearings, handles that slip.
Red Surge exists because that's the wrong tradeoff. The gear we build is designed for the way serious athletes actually train: long sets, high volume, and double-unders that need to land every single time.
Every product is tested in real training sessions before it ships. If it doesn't survive a four-week block of daily use, it doesn't go in the catalog.
Founder
Collin Stewart
Former professional basketball player & fitness creator
Red Surge was founded by Collin Stewart, a former Division I basketball player at Monmouth University who went on to play four years professionally. He started the company after burning through one too many speed ropes during off-season conditioning — the cables frayed, the bearings seized, and the handles slipped long before the training block was over.
The conditioning work that built his playing career is the same work the guides on this site are built around. Every claim on Red Surge is checked against primary research and tested personally before it goes live — including the popular ones that turn out to be wrong.
Credentials
- NCAA Division I basketball, Monmouth University
- 4 years professional basketball
What we believe
Four principles behind every product
Function over decoration
If a feature doesn't make you faster, stronger, or more consistent, it doesn't belong on the product. Every design decision serves training.
Durability is a feature
Gear that breaks is gear that interrupts your training block. We build for the long haul, not the unboxing video.
Education first
Every product comes with access to free training guides. We'd rather you buy one rope and use it well than five and use none of them.
Honest specs
Cable weight, handle length, bearing type — every spec is published in full. No vague marketing language about "premium materials."
Who we build for
Anyone who takes conditioning seriously
CrossFit athletes
Double-unders are a scored skill. Our speed ropes are built for unbroken sets and PR attempts.
Boxers & martial artists
Jump rope is foundational conditioning in combat sports. Weighted ropes build the shoulder endurance that carries into rounds.
Everyday athletes
Ten minutes a day of jump rope is one of the most efficient conditioning tools available. Our guides make it approachable.
See the gear
Speed ropes, weighted ropes, and the guides that go with them.