A Mid-Length Crisis
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I’m tired of the wasted energy to position, paddle, and barely scratch into waves that I shoul...
What to do When It's Blown Out
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You've carved time out of your week to squeeze a surf in, you're packed up and ready to go... and...
Rewatchable Surf Film: Stoked & Broke
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Surf Films play an important role in shaping the context, and culture, around the surfing experie...
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...
R-Series Surfboards Are Ideal for Wake Surfing
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As you dream of spending long days on the lake this Summer, equip yourself with the ideal boards ...
7 Short Articles to Help You Surf Better This Year
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Here's a quick round up of 7 articles that are sure to improve your surfing this year. Organized...
Make Surfing Easier On Yourself
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Make surfing easier on yourself by gliding into waves earlier.
Catching a wave early in its form...
10 Articles About Surfboard Design
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We try to cover a wide array of useful topics—from tips for improving your surfing, to articles t...
Ah Choots!
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Ah Choots! is a short by Jack Coleman of Mr. Andy Nieblas riding a 10'2 Cash-Yew II.
AH CHOOTS!...
The Unexpected Benefit of Letting Your Friend Drop in on You
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"Go! I'll go behind you!"
When the waves are playful, I find myself shouting that to friends in t...
Are You Overlooking Your Fin Placement?
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I saw a dude with the R-Series Joy at the beach on Sunday (from a fair distance) and I could tel...
Early & Often Surf Club March
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The waves were small, but it gave us an opportunity to really lean into our #twofeetandfiring eth...
Andy's Roll-O Takeoff
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They say the best surfer is the one who is having the most fun, and Andy is usually having the mo...
Almond Surf Shop is 12 Today!
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We're proud of what we've built in the last 12 years, but we're far from finished...
Today mar...
Andy & the Sea Kitten
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Andy & the Sea Kitten from Almond Surfboards on Vimeo.
This short comes via Jack Coleman—A...
A Surfboard Review That Includes a Video Game Reference
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To a degree, we live vicariously through the stories and feedback of you guys—our customers—at le...
Closing the Loop on Surfboard Manufacturing
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The R-Series line of surfboards was designed to be fun and functional, while closing the loop on ...
Longboard Fins 101
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The tail of your surfboard and your fin must align in their intent, otherwise you will have...
First-Time Surfer Cheat Sheet
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They say the height of wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.
Surfing is fairly simple in theory...
A Fresh Walks on Water for Andy
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A fresh 9’6 Walks on Water for Mr. Walks on Water, Andy Nieblas, who immediately started putting...
Almond x Gunwhale Ales
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We teamed up with our friends at Gunwhale Ales to make a special beer and a special surfboard.
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The Longest Wave I've Seen Ridden in Newport?
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On Tuesday morning, I witnessed the what may be the longest Newport wave I've ever seen ridden. ...
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...
Want to Start Surfing A Smaller Board?
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If you want to start surfing a smaller board, the difference between success and getting tossed ...
Which Length Surfboard is Best for You
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We get a ton of questions from customers who are trying to determine the correct length board to ...
The Benefits of Cold Water
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Recently, we argued that surfing should be reclassified as a Winter sport. To take that claim on...
The Golden Age of Surfing
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We are living in the golden age of surfing. I wrote an article in September of 2017 making the s...
The First Official Meeting of the EOSC
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Until last Wednesday, the Early & Often Surf Club was a theoretical club made up of surfers w...
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 ...
4 Tips for Improving Your Noseriding
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Harnessing an ocean wave and sliding across its surface is incredible, in-and-of-itself. Doing t...
Rugged, Recyclable, Ready-to-Rip
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New infographic for the R-Series line of boards designed by our friend Josh Ariza.
We wanted to h...
A Chevy Bel Air with a Ferrari Engine
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"The Special Recipe Fish is like a Chevy Bel Air with a Ferrari engine."
That is how we first int...
Your Feet Follow Your Eyes
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Whether riding a surfboard, a bicycle, or driving a car, your eyes will dictate the direction of ...
Best Surfboards of 2020
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With another year in the books, we wanted to look back at some of our favorite surfboards we buil...
R-Series Research Sessions
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We enlisted the help of Evan Schell, Christian Yeager, Drew Meseck, and Jake Rosen to get all th...
Simplicity of Surfing
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Surfing is the art of briefly harnessing the immense power the ocean holds and using it for our ...