
"Lives up to the hype"
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We wanted to call attention to a few recent customer reviews for the Pleasant Pheasant model:
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Twin Pheasant
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The newest board in development around here is not the result of some conference room design meet...

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...

Board of the Week (Nov 4, 2022)
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Each week, we want to slow down and highlight one favorite board from the shop.
While every surfb...

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 Chef's Favorite Dish to Cook
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Pay attention when a chef says something like "this is my favorite meal to prepare."
Likewise, pa...

The Pheasant and the Wake
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Wake Surf + 6'4 Pleasant Pheasant from Almond Surfboards on Vimeo.
Rob Schoenborn putting the 6...

Pushing Limits of the 6'4 R-PHEZ
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A solid run swell has been welcoming the post-Summer season here locally.
While much of the surf...

The Art of the Three Board Quiver
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A well-appointed Three Board Quiver can cover the average surfer’s basic needs for year-round su...

All the Foam of a 7'3"
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The 6'4 R-Series Pleasant Pheasant has all the volume of a custom 7'3" Joy (50 L), but packed ne...

Surf Tips: Installing Fins | 6'4 Pheasant
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You just picked up the 6'4 Pleasant Pheasant in our R-Series construction. Here's a quick guide ...

The Ideal Travel Surfboard
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"Is that a kayak?"
"No, it's a surfboard."
That was a real exchange I had in an airport once whi...
Almond x Nine Lights: Balsa Pleasant Pheasant
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We teamed up with our friend Jeff Beck of Nine Lights again—this time on a pair of beautiful Bals...

The Single Fin Box
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We are thrilled to share that the forthcoming 6'4 R-Series Pleasant Pleasant will feature a SINGL...

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...

Meet the All-New 6'4 R-Series Pleasant Pheasant
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We are very excited to share the next addition to the R-Series line—the 6'4 Pleasant Pheasant, co...

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...

Navy Nautical Chart
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6'6 Pleasant Pheasant featuring a dark navy variation on our classic Nautical Chart Print. Avail...

Semi-Finless Pheasant
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In January, I took the center fin out of my 6'6 Pleasant Pheasant and started surfing it with jus...

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...

Customer Review: 6'8 Pleasant Pheasant
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Charlie Fox from Maine Surfer's Union—one of our dealers in the Northeast—just posted this email ...

Andy Nieblas | New Quiver
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Andy just returned from Sardinia, where he sold his boards before returning home, so we made him ...

Faux Finless Pheasant
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Heading into 2018, I was feeling inspired to try something new with my surf routine. I have been...

Experimental Plez-Kumber Version 2.0
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A few months ago we made a new experimental board model, that drew influences from a board we had...

Pleasant Pheasant + Douglas Stripe
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Whether it's a white hotcoat stripe on a 6'6 Pleasant Pheasant, or a striped cotton tee, we are s...

Pleasant Pheasant | Top & Bottom
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A recent Pleasant Pheasant build, posing in front of our neighbor across the street, Grit Cycle.

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

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...

Side-bites on the Pleasant Pheasant
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Whenever we get the same question several times, I figure we should attempt to preemptively answe...
S t r e a m l i n e
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Four and a half minutes of effortless surfing by Nathan Adams. Riding a 6'6 Pleasant Pheasant an...
Teaser Clip | Nathan Adams
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Nate Adams and Tom Green are at it again...
Here's a teaser clip of their latest film project. (...

Resin Abstract: Contained
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We've been kicking around ideas on how to incorporate some more abstract resin work into the desi...