Wolfgang Bloch is an immensely talented artist, and someone we have had the pleasure to get to k...

Join us at Almond for our SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY specials and promos this weekend (11/26/16) at ...

Andy Nieblas enjoying the spoils of several hours behind the wheel this weekend. Photo: Jeffrey A...

If you are not familiar with The Board Club, it is a new Club founded by Peter Belden; and member...

Nate Adams and Tom Green are at it again... Here's a teaser clip of their latest film project. (...

Kameron Brown texted me this video yesterday morning, while I was enjoying my first (of several) ...

We had a window in the store that we didn't love the view out of. In an effort to maintain light ...

The Secret Menu model started out as an experiment way back in the Old Newport Blvd days.  The mi...

Cam Oden recently completed the fairly arduous task of hand-screen printing all of the new 16" x ...

This question came from John S. "Would you ever do an Asymmetrical Almond Surfboard?" Asymmetri...

Wesley Francis with his new 9'8 that draws heavy influence from the Lumberjack, with a few minor ...

Stumbled upon this video from 7 years ago, of Cyrus Sutton riding the first Cy's Aquatic Almond. ...

As you may know by this point, the fine folks at Krochet Kids international are some of our best ...

Here's a recently completed custom Quadkumber with chevron stripes and plywood quad fins.

A surfboard for Christmas is a memorable and special thing.  It's a gift that will last many yea...

Here's a new white opaque 5'4 Secret Menu with plywood raked keels... recently completed for the ...

Here are a few favorite items from around the shop...  SeaVees Baja Slip-Ons Yellow 108 Helm ...

We are pleased to introduce you to our newest longboard model.. the Sportsman. The Sportsman has ...

Met up with Drew Meseck and Wesley Francis at Salt Creek last week.  (Drew riding his 5'0 Secret ...

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

Nate Adams just returned from a trip South of the Border, with Evan Adamson.  They set out in se...

Here's a look at how KKI developed 'The World's Greatest Beanie' The World's Greatest Beanie fro...

New 5'2 Secret Menu with Lac La Croix topo map print. 

For the life of me, I can't recall who said it, but years ago I remember someone using the illust...

We did a test batch of navy blue, sand-finish fins, to see how you like them.  From left to right...

Admittedly, I know very little about motorcycles. Much to Wesley's chagrin, I usually just refer ...

Inside Almond Surfboards, courtesy of Cam Oden.

I remember in the early days of building surfboards with Griffin, we would get so stoked about ph...

These three mistakes are based on the last 8 years of observations, feedback and conversations. A...

We don't generally design our board models with waves like this in mind.  Why? Because waves lik...

Have you ever been standing at the pants store, and thought to yourself "These work pants have w...

I first showed up to California with everything I owned crammed into an 8X5 U-Haul trailer. This ...

Jeff and his friends did a bit of beach camping recently.  Whenever you get a bunch of young crea...

Continuing to work through some of the Questions you all submitted for blog articles. This quest...

If you feel like you are getting 90% of the way through a cut-back on your fish, but having a h...

Drew Meseck, pushing previously known limits of the Secret Menu, in Bali. Photo: Samantha Messero...