{"id":36879,"date":"2025-09-13T12:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T10:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/?p=36879"},"modified":"2025-09-14T12:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:54:36","slug":"the-scorpion-rib-brand-what-happened-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/the-scorpion-rib-brand-what-happened-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scorpion RIB Brand: What Happened to it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Happened-to-the-Scorpion-RIB-Brand.jpg\" alt=\"What Happened to the Scorpion RIB Brand @ RIBs ONLY - Home of the Rigid Inflatable Boat\" class=\"wp-image-36885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Happened-to-the-Scorpion-RIB-Brand.jpg 853w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Happened-to-the-Scorpion-RIB-Brand-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Happened-to-the-Scorpion-RIB-Brand-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scorpion RIB Brand is Saved<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK brand was celebrated worldwide for their high-performance hulls and exceptional craftsmanship, Scorpion RIBs captured boating enthusiasts\u2019 admiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This brand was renowned for its engineering excellence. It was admired for its pioneering spirit, outstanding performance, and record-setting achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early 2024, British based Scorpion RIBs entered administration. This was caused by escalating costs linked to the war in Ukraine and higher interest rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brand was subsequently revived by <a href=\"https:\/\/twisted.co\/marine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twisted Marine<\/a>, which acquired its assets and intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brand now operates under the name <strong>Twisted Scorpion RIBs<\/strong>, and production of high-performance RIBs has already resumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new owners are focused on safeguarding the distinguished legacy of the famous Scorpion RIBs and that&#8217;s a very smart move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you like this RIB brand and want to enjoy more videos, <a href=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/category\/scorpion\/\">I\u2019ve posted plenty more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpion RIB Brand is Saved The UK brand was celebrated worldwide for their high-performance hulls and exceptional craftsmanship, Scorpion RIBs captured boating enthusiasts\u2019 admiration. This brand was renowned for its engineering excellence. It was admired for its pioneering spirit, outstanding performance, and record-setting achievements. In early 2024, British based Scorpion RIBs entered administration. This was caused by escalating costs linked&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,435,538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scorpion","category-news","category-twisted-marine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}