We have always had a bit of confusion surrounding the 8'8 Pinwheel.  Because it's not really the ...

One of the greatest joys of building Almond Surfboards over the last 7 years, has been all of t...

Photos of Steve Mock, owner/operator of Island Fin Design, by his daughter, Alana Spencer.  So st...

Here's a look at 'The Process' behind Steve Mock's Island Fin Design.  We recently released sever...

We have been working on a special project with Island Fin Design and The Pacific Project, because...

Jack and Gully are frighteningly similar sometimes.  You'd think they were the ones who were brot...

We recently made a comic-strip style handout for the shop to shed some light on the mystery of wh...

On Saturday, we had a two-part event to share the surfboards we built in collaboration with North...

Our aim is to make practical, functional, timeless products in California. We're hoping you find ...

I know that USA-Made is a trend right now in our youthful, idealistic microcosm of the world. F...

Now that the water has finally warmed up here in California, we are thrilled to have a chance t...

Almond Surfboards, the business and brand, is a result of a series of projects that I did with my...

Today, we momentarily pause from the usual surfboard building and apparel manufacturing processes...

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...