Surf Tips & Articles
California Shaping History
Griffin is a fairly humble guy, so you won't catch him in front of the...
Read more6-Year Anniversary
Yesterday marks the 6-Year anniversary of the grand opening of Almond Surfboards. On March 8,...
Read moreGriffin NK // Work-Ethic
Griffin has walked the length of nearly 4000 surfboard blanks, planer in hand. I’m lucky...
Read moreLumberjack // Grid Deck Inlay
In order to incorporate more depth and texture into our surfboards, we have been playing...
Read moreSkilled Labor
Art of Manliness just posted a great article about skilled labor, and labor trends over the last...
Read moreGriffin NK // Pleasant Pheasant
Tom Green swam out with Griffin last week to get photos of Griffin riding his...
Read moreSmall & Clean // Friend-Surf
Ran into some friends in the water yesterday... hadn't had a good old-fashioned impromptu surf-party...
Read moreDane Flinn // New Trusty Thrusty
If you haven't noticed, we call nearly anything with 3 fins on it a "Trusty...
Read moreGriffin NK // New Quiver
Almond Shaper, Griffin Neumann-Kyle just shaped himself a new 2-board working quiver. This Winter, he's...
Read moreMeet Your Shaper // Griffin NK
Starting today, and continuing as long as it makes sense, we're going to have Meet...
Read moreSummer 2013 // Let's Surfing!
The weather and water temp has been a little bit unpredictable so far this Summer,...
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