Up to 40% of the time invested in a project is spent looking for and collecting tools and materia...

The Pete Stripe Woven is named after one of our favorite Laguna Beach residents, Pete Tresselt. (...

Yesterday marks the 6-Year anniversary of the grand opening of Almond Surfboards. On March 8, 2...

Griffin has walked the length of nearly 4000 surfboard blanks, planer in hand. I’m lucky to get...

Here’s a brand new custom Lumberjack with dark red and navy blue panels.  Glassed on plywood Huck...

Animal Traffic is one of Portland Oregon’s finer stores, and they are opening a new footwear stor...

Alex Swanson captured images of Cam Oden in his natural working environment, he just happened to ...

“These look too nice to surf, I would just want to hang it on my wall” This is a statement we he...

Yesterday was Cam Oden’s 26th birthday. Cam was the first person to order a custom surfboard wh...

Two Feet and Firing is a hashtag we made up, to celebrate the normal.  Most of the surf days we g...

I have known Alex and Greg Swanson since we were tiny kids.  They grew up down the street from my...

We spend a lot of time talking about the way we do things, and how to improve.  This applies to e...

Almond graphic designer, Cam Oden, just got hit hands on his new 6’4 Pleasant Pheasant yesterday....

Gully and Jack love surfing.  They also love coming to the shop and telling me about all the grea...

Working on this collaboration with Woolrich has been the most thorough collaboration we have done...

We are very pleased to release new SS15 product.  We have been working on really focusing in on t...

We just filled the racks of our retail shop with new Almond x Woolrich “Wax and Wool” product.  W...

We got to spend a few nights camping at Red Rock Canyon with our friends from Westerlind, Kletter...

Drew Meseck, one wave on a 5’0 Secret Menu.  Filmed by his favorite cohort, Samantha Meseroll.  (...

The Secret Menu is best between 4’11 and 5’4 so we have been working on a modified version of the...

Jack and Gully really, really love logging.  I know, because they come to the shop and tell me al...

In order to incorporate more depth and texture into our surfboards, we have been playing with dif...

Gully and Jack spent the 3-day weekend in search of clean, loggable, right-handers.Photos: Thomas...

We are often asked about the functional advantage to multiple stringers.  Honestly, the affect on...

The Pleasant Pheasant is a new favorite around here.  The “Plez-Phez” is narrower and straighter ...

Andy Nieblas going fin-first at San Onofre last week.  Alex Swanson was down there surfing for th...

We’re pleased to CAP off 2014. HATS off to an exciting 2015. Insert “witty” Hat joke here _______...

Drew from North Menswear sent me this clip yesterday… his friend Mike Altino filmed him riding hi...

Recipe for Christmas Stoking Stuffers:Step 1. Use the discount code XMASTREES to save 25% on Xm...

Jack Martin finding some fun small waves in Newport, on his 9’4 Surf Thump, and a seagull finding...

The Early Bird countdown continues this week. Today’s promo code is EARLYBIRD13. Patchy paddles i...

This year, we are rewarding you for shopping early. That way, you can spend the holidays doing mo...

My cousin Gully has been making the wooden fins for our Almond surfboards since the very earliest...

Don’t let procrastination hang over you like a dark cloud. This year, we are rewarding you for sh...

Art of Manliness just posted a great article about skilled labor, and labor trends over the last ...

We were honored to be a part of Krochet Kids International‘s new #knowwhomadeit campaign.  This v...