Liam Gloyd | Finless 8'0 R-Series
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
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
When looking for a beginner surfboard, find a board that will make it easy to learn the fundament...
Board Comparison: Pleasant Pheasant vs. Joy
We get this question several times every week, from surfers looking to round out the mid-sized po...
The Joy of Recurring Success
Designed for your recurring success, in a broad range of conditions.
The beauty of a versatile mi...
Zeke Choi Almond Joy
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
Say it out loud... Everything. In. Surfboard. Design. Is. Give. And. Take.
In order to gain one a...
The Top Selling Surfboard of 2021
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
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
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
Helping customers decide between the Pleasant Pheasant and the Joy has to rank among the top 10 m...
Almond Surfboards' Guide to: Aging Gracefully
A really great surf session requires a whole slew of variables to cooperate—tide, wind, swell, cr...
8 Feet O' Joy
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"
The primary goal of any novice surfer is to find a surfboard that will enable them to catch waves...
Why the Joy?
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
Last year, we launched the R-Series, an entirely new construction of your favorite Almond Surfbo...
Plez Phez vs. Joy | Part II
This is a breakdown to help differentiate the inherent strengths of our two most popular midleng...
6'4 Joy in West Newport
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
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
A little reading material, if you find yourself interested in our mid-length surfboard models... ...
Speckled Dream Joy
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
With 2016 quickly disappearing in the rear-view mirror, we thought it would be a good opportunity...
How To: Resin Swirl 7'0 Joy
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
6'4 Joy with Red Painted Tail-block, for our friend Jason. Light Grey Opaque Wrap + Light Grey T...
New Almond Prints Available
Cam Oden recently completed the fairly arduous task of hand-screen printing all of the new 16" x ...
Navy Blue Sanded Finish Fins
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
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
Recent custom-ordered Joy with green grid inlay deck and a light grey tint. Glassed-on mahogany J...
Hawaii Friends
Our friends Kyle & Alana Spencer, and G-Bo Tennberg did a shoot for Alana's dad's brand, Isla...
Peck-Stringer Joy
John Peck's Penetrators are very recognizable because of their wide double stringers and red nose...
7'0 Joy // Abstract Resin Band
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
Brand new 7'6 Joy with Grid-Weave Inlay... unintentionally matched to what I was wearing that day...
7'6 Joy // Blue Abstract Tint
New 7’6 stock Joy with a 2-tone blue abstract tint. Really stoked on the colors of this one.