Coastal Commuting

Cam and Taylor working on a new skateboard clip.

Photos: Tom Green

Almond Surfboards | Muskaria Surf, Spain

A couple of the boards that just arrived at Muskria Surf Shop in Zarautz, Spain last week.

I like how the colors on the Cy model turned out.

Oden // Griffin

Here are a couple of hyper-talented dudes that I'm honored to work with; and have as friends.

Cameron Oden // Griffin Neumann-Kyle

Aaron Cervantes

Aaron Cervantes aka King Rat.

Photo: Cameron Oden

Dave Allee | Almond Fullsuit

3mm Almond Wetsuit // 5'8 Almond Kookumber

Photo: Cameron Oden

Keith Novosel | Liquid Salt

Check out the feature on our good friend, Keith Novosel on Liquid Salt.

(Keith riding his Almond at Malibu, photo Lightner)

Cy and Ed's Mexcellent Adventures | 2

Cyrus, south of the border on his Aquatic Almond...

Cy and Ed's Mexcellent Adventures - Ep. 2 South of the Borderoy from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

Rob Kulisek @ Saturdays

Endless Wave Surf Shop | RI

My formerly personal Surf Thump, now resides at Endless Wave Surf Shop in Rhode Island.

The photos of the shop look amazing, hope to see it someday soon.

NEW WEBSITE

// www.lifeisjustswell.com //

Big thanks to Derek Makekau for helping us build the new site.

And of course, a huge thank you to Cameron Oden for shooting and designing pretty much everything we do. He put a lot of hours into this project.

Andy Nieblas | Salute

Andy, surveying the inside section...

Photo: Nick Marley

Jake Zylstra | Spain Travels

Jake Zylstra exploring Spain on his Almond Coffee-Break Cruiser.

Video by Mikel Yerobi

Fineline Noserider

Used Fineline Corsair

9'2 x 22 3/8"

Volan Glass with Pinline on Deck

$600

Taylor's 9'4 Surfthump

Taylor is trading in his Surf Thump.

It stands 9'4byx 22.5 wide with a beautiful Dee Fin by Gully.

Has weathered big Newport swells as well as countless Doheny afternoons.

$675

Matt Cuddihy | Lumberjacked

New, slightly-modified Lumberjack for our friend and Australian super-surfer Matt Cuddihy.

Almonds available in Oz via CSI.

Used 5'6 Quadkumber

Taylor is trading back for the singlefin version...

5'6 x 20"

Green Reverse Wrap with Birdseye Maple Quad Fins by Gully

$475

Mr. Blue Sky

A new "Almond" Dee Fin Template for Experimentation.

Hand foiled by Mark Stavron.

Just looking around for a longboard without a wooden fin
so we can give it a try...

Used Bertlemann Surfboard

Larry Bertlemann twin fin.

5'8 x 19.5"

$175.

Art Show | Sandpoint

My Grandma participated in an art show in her hometown of Sandpoint, Idaho.

She got contributions from everyone in the family as a part of her display.

I sent her a hollow wooden sandia fish, something a bit different for a mountain/lake town.

On The Board Japan

Griffin and I hanging out with the Tomitas, chatting for a recent article they wrote about Almond in On The Board.

::FOUREYES::

Another gem by Simon.

Quad 4 Toshi

Here's a custom quad fish we did for Toshi Fujita of Ron Herman Japan.

Photos of Photographers, by photographers.

Kyle Lightner via Simon Perini

Deeply appreciative of both those dudes.

9'4 Pinwheel

9'4 Pinwheel. A bit narrower and more foiled than a lot of our longboards. Slightly more of a down-rail too.

Shape: McGriff

Nathan and the Sky

A photo I shot of Nate a long time ago. Always liked this one.

Naters surfs slow but goes fast.

Monday Inspiration

Scott Andrews, from Generic Youth, put this together using a quote from Mark Twain and a photo from Catalina.

7'6 ALMOND // JOY

New Joy for the racks.

Hand-shaped by GriffNK. Mahogany fin by Gully.

Check. Mate.

Custom quadkumber for Sam.

Ply quad fins by Gully.

Orange checkered hotcoat spray by Ryan Martz.

Cyrus Sutton by Nathan Oldfield

Shot of Cyrus, from his recent Oz trip, by the talented Nathan Oldfield.

Cherry Inlay Kookumber

We recently did a 5'8 Kookumber with a Cherry wood inlay deck patch, and matching cherry fin.

Our friend, Arnaud, helped us out with the inlay part.

Currently on display here at the shop.

Free Sunglasses // MAY

MAY your eyes stay protected from the sun...

This month, get a free pair of Almond shades with any purchase of $25 or more.

In store, or online.

Offshore Tuesdays // Paipo Party

Offshore Tuesdays // Paipo Preview

Some days when it's small and blowing super hard off-shore, it's nearly-impossible to get into waves on a surfboard. With the Santa Ana winds in mind, as well as the coming close-out South swells in the summertime, Cameron and I decided to make ourselves a pair of paipos.

I hadn't ridden a body board since elementary school, but it seemed like a reasonable enough experiment; and a perfect option for windy offshore days with nobody out. We've dubbed days like this Offshore Tuesdays, regardless of which day of the week it actually is. Tuesdays seemed to embody the most exciting day for the surf to be perfect, because people are at work, and there's still nearly a whole work week ahead to enjoy offshore conditions.

Oden put together a little clip of the paipo creating and riding we did this weekend.

Not ready to make a full-time switch from logging to paipo-ing, but definitely a good option to keep handy. I still need to try this matting thing I keep seeing and hearing about.

Look for the paipo video tomorrow morning...

Saturdays Surf NYC x No.3

My friend in New York City sent me this magazine called No.3 with a nice piece on Saturdays.

A couple Pogie fishes hanging out in their board rack.

Dave Allee by Simon Perini

This is a photo Simon took during our mini-mal reshaping project. We cut an 8'2 down to a 6'2 and bladed it out a bit. It was a fun project to work on together, one that I hope we can make into an annual tradition.

Thirroul Backyard Shaping Session #1

Photo: Simon Perini

Cam Oden's Piglength Midlength

Cam's midlength is up for sale, so that he can continue to come up with new oddities.

Available at 367 Old Newport Blvd.