
Our Most Versatile Mid-Length
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Versatility in a surfboard means being able to cover a wide variety of conditions and surf approa...

Liam Gloyd | Finless 8'0 R-Series
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Liam Gloyd goes fully fins-free on the 8'0 R-Series Joy. This style of surfing brings me great jo...

Brief History of the Mid-Length
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In the mid 1960’s big, heavy longboards were still the cutting edge of surfboard design and techn...

A "Beginner Surfboard" Designed to Actually Progress Your Surfing
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When looking for a beginner surfboard, find a board that will make it easy to learn the fundament...

Board Comparison: Pleasant Pheasant vs. Joy
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We get this question several times every week, from surfers looking to round out the mid-sized po...

The Joy of Recurring Success
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Designed for your recurring success, in a broad range of conditions.
The beauty of a versatile mi...

Zeke Choi Almond Joy
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Zeke Choi @zeke_choi riding a 6’8 Joy on Oahu. Board borrowed from (and footage filmed by) Gbo ...

Everything in Surfboard Design is Give-and-Take
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Say it out loud... Everything. In. Surfboard. Design. Is. Give. And. Take.
In order to gain one a...

The Top Selling Surfboard of 2021
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The tallies are in, and our top selling surfboard model for 2021 is...
the JOY
This is the fir...

New Fin Box on the 8'0 R-Series JOY
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We are excited to share that as of 2021, the 8'0 R-Series Joy now features a universal longboard...

7'6 Joy + GoPro + Mexico
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When Abe Kislevitz stopped in to get a 7'6 Joy earlier this year, he said he was headed to Mexico...

Plez Phez vs. Joy: R-Series Edition
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Helping customers decide between the Pleasant Pheasant and the Joy has to rank among the top 10 m...

Almond Surfboards' Guide to: Aging Gracefully
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A really great surf session requires a whole slew of variables to cooperate—tide, wind, swell, cr...

8 Feet O' Joy
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From two foot Newport to overhead San Diego, here's a little journey up and down the California ...

"The R-Series Joy is the Best Board for Beginners"
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The primary goal of any novice surfer is to find a surfboard that will enable them to catch waves...

Why the Joy?
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Last Summer, we reached the finish line on what had been a 3-year long pursuit to build something...

The Next R-Series Surfboard | Summer 2019
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Last year, we launched the R-Series, an entirely new construction of your favorite Almond Surfbo...

Plez Phez vs. Joy | Part II
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This is a breakdown to help differentiate the inherent strengths of our two most popular midleng...

6'4 Joy in West Newport
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I was realizing that for as much as we love the JOY, we don't have nearly enough photos of them i...

Catalina Map Print 7'4 Joy
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This is a 7'4 Joy with a map print of Santa Catalina Island, that we recently built for a fundrai...

Pleasant Pheasant vs. JOY
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A little reading material, if you find yourself interested in our mid-length surfboard models... ...

Speckled Dream Joy
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I've been wanting to do a series of speckled surfboards for far too long. Here's a new JOY, with ...

Best Selling Surfboards of 2016
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With 2016 quickly disappearing in the rear-view mirror, we thought it would be a good opportunity...

How To: Resin Swirl 7'0 Joy
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Here's a new Joy for the racks at 1720 Santa Ana Ave... 7'0 Joy model with a clear deck and blue...

Paint-Tipped Arrow Joy
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6'4 Joy with Red Painted Tail-block, for our friend Jason. Light Grey Opaque Wrap + Light Grey T...

New Almond Prints Available
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Cam Oden recently completed the fairly arduous task of hand-screen printing all of the new 16" x ...

Navy Blue Sanded Finish Fins
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We did a test batch of navy blue, sand-finish fins, to see how you like them. From left to right...

Almond + Woolrich Logo Tee | 7'10 Joy
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Topo Map Print Joy that features a map of Mount Davis, the highest peak in Woolrich's home sate o...
7’10 Joy // Grey Tint + Green Grid Inlay
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Recent custom-ordered Joy with green grid inlay deck and a light grey tint. Glassed-on mahogany J...
Hawaii Friends
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Our friends Kyle & Alana Spencer, and G-Bo Tennberg did a shoot for Alana's dad's brand, Isla...
Peck-Stringer Joy
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John Peck's Penetrators are very recognizable because of their wide double stringers and red nose...
7'0 Joy // Abstract Resin Band
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This one has already left our doors, but I never shared it... it's a 7'0 Joy with one of Greg Mar...
7'6 Joy // Wave Miner Henley
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Brand new 7'6 Joy with Grid-Weave Inlay... unintentionally matched to what I was wearing that day...