
Summer is R-Series Season
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Summertime is when the water warms up, the crowds fill in, and Southern Hemisphere storms send lo...

Setting Up Your New R-Series Surfboard
You just picked up your new R-Series by Almond Surfboards, here's how to set it up for maximum en...

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...

Making the Jump from Fiberglass to a "Foamie"
Last week, I wrote an article about what to expect when you make the jump from a foamie (like the...

Learn to Noseride
One of the most satisfying sensations on a wave is to be firmly perched on the nose of a longboa...

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...

A Surfboard Review That Includes a Video Game Reference
To a degree, we live vicariously through the stories and feedback of you guys—our customers—at le...

Closing the Loop on Surfboard Manufacturing
The R-Series line of surfboards was designed to be fun and functional, while closing the loop on ...

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...

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

Rugged, Recyclable, Ready-to-Rip
New infographic for the R-Series line of boards designed by our friend Josh Ariza.
We wanted to h...

Reducing Manufacturing Waste
The fact that the R-Series line of boards is recyclable is only part of the story. Arguably the b...

The Single Fin Box
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
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
We are very excited to share the next addition to the R-Series line—the 6'4 Pleasant Pheasant, co...

Care & Repair: R-Series
"CLOSED-CELL FOAM WON'T TAKE ON WATER!"
We constructed the R-Series line to be:
easier to use.
...

6 Feet, 4 Inches
We are working hard—from home—to bring a brand new model to our R-Series line this Summer.
We wa...

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

Foamie, Foamier, Foamiest
What's a foamie? What's a soft-top? What's an R-Series?
One of the most frequent questions we get...

"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...

How Are R-Series Recycled?
When you're squeezed all the stoke out of your R-Series board, send it back to us and we will gi...

How to Properly Generate Speed on a Surfboard
Obviously the clip below is Tegan riding a boat wake, not an ocean wave, but the principals for g...

ALMOND x SURFRIDER
Almond Surfboards x Surfrider Foundation from Almond Surfboards on Vimeo.
The R-Series by Almo...

Drew Meseck | 8'0 R-Series Joy
8'0 R-Series Joy | Drew Meseck from Almond Surfboards on Vimeo.

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...

Finlette | Semi-Finless R-Series
Greg Swanson and Jack Martin riding the R-Series 5'4 Secret Menu with the Finlette semi-finless f...

Round Rails on Surfboards
Probably the most underrated, yet impactful, detail of the R-Series Surfboard is the value of a ...

SHRED WASTE
One of our favorite accessories for the tail of the R-Series surfboard are these Recycled Plywood...

What does "Recyclable" Mean?
What do we mean when we say the R-Series board is "Recyclable"
For starters, we don't want an Al...

Surfboard Fins from Recycled Fishing Nets
When we were first cooking up the R-Series surfboard, we went on the hunt to find the best quad f...

Big Fins vs. Small Fins
We have two new fin options for the R-Series—or any quad-finned surfboard for that matter.
The ...

Progress Report: R-Series + Finlettes
I have been pretty hyper-focused about my surf approach lately.
Nearly all of my surfing recently...
Comparing the Secret Menu to the R-Series Secret Menu
Last year, we introduced the first installment of a series of foam surfboards that we dubbed the ...

GIFs are Rad
Cam made some quick GIF files from some of the best moments of our R-Series footage. Here are tw...

Our Deadline for R-Series Shipments is Monday
Our deadline for domestic R-Series shipments is Monday 12/17. That's five days away.Don't re-en...