Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Red Stripe // Log Rhythm

9'3 Log Rhythm model for stock. Jeff is stoked on this one.

Stop by the shop and visit Jeff, and this Log Rhythm.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Mugs by Sam Schafer

Our good friend, Sam Schafer, made us some coffee mugs for the shop.

We have a few to serve coffee in, and some for sale. We're working on getting our coffee corner dialed in a bit better.

Monday, June 27, 2011

CHEERSFOR2YEARS

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday, and a special thanks to The Red Fox Tails for providing a whole evening's worth of awesome music.

Here are a few snaps courtesy of Cam Oden.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Almond Swimsuit

Another sneak preview of what to expect tonight...

Almond Swimsuit // Hand-made by Lauren Tolford

Plus! New 8'0 CashYew Model


Friday, June 24, 2011

Sneak Preview

Here's a peak at some of what to expect Saturday night at Almond.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Beamerkumber

Beamer Wilkins sent us over a few photos with his 2 new kookumbers (5'2 and 5'6)

Photos courtesy of Mollie McDowell





Coffee Break Commuting

Cameron Oden gave up coffee, so he rides his skateboard down the hill instead.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

5//DAYS//AWAY

2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALMOND SHOP

SATURDAY JUNE 25
6:00 P.M.

MUSIC COURTESY OF THE RED FOX TAILS

367 Old Newport Blvd.
Newport Beach, CA
92663

Friday, June 17, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Rat's Aquatic Almond

Rat picked up a new Cy's Aquatic Almond off the racks the other day; and didn't waste any time putting it through the paces.

Surfing Photo: Hunter Votolato


Stringerless Sandia

5'8 Stringerless Sandia Fish

Light Grey Tint // Almond-shaped Keels by Gull

Monday, June 13, 2011

2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY // JUNE 25th

Join us for a slightly over-due 2-Year Anniversary Party.

{ JUNE 25 @ ALMOND }

We'll have some new surprises, as well as live music by The Red Fox Tails.

Almond Sano Beach Day // Chad Cress

A few images of from last weekend's beach party, by Chad Cress.

(Andy Nieblas, Aaron Cervantes, Cameron Oden, Jake Zylstra)





Sunday, June 12, 2011

Rat & Naters & the sun

Aaron and Nathan sharing a wave at San Onofre last weekend.

Photo: Chad Cress

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Schuyler's Quiver

Schuyler McFerran and her multi-purpose quiver; post-Malibu.

9'4 Schuyler Model & 5'6 Quadkumber

Friday, June 10, 2011

Clutch Kile //

Here's a portrait of Clutch Kile, hot-coater at Waterman's Guild.

Clutch builds up the bead on Gully's wooden fins to protect them from rocks.

Not to mention laminating the fins and tacking them on...

Thanks Amigo!


Thursday, June 9, 2011

Attention

King Rat, standing at attention on the nose of his 9'2 Log Rhythm; giving a nod to his buddy, Andy Nieblas.

Photo: Hunter Votolato

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Welcome Home Amigo

Welcome home Maddox. The surf is a bit better in California than it is in Arizona.

Looking forward to sharing some waves with you this Summer.

Cyrus Sutton Reel 2011

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Griffin NK | Quadkumber

Griffin, pushing his 5'6 quadkumber through some sizable Newport surf.

Screenshot: Cameron Oden

Monday, June 6, 2011

Chad Cress

We got the crew together down for a surf at Sano on Saturday morning.

Oden and Chad Cress shot some photos of the day.

Here's a sample of Chad's work.

Photos from Saturday are forthcoming.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Schuyler Suit | Sano

Greg Benoit snapped a photo of Carol in her new Schuyler wetsuit at San Onofre.

Red Wrap Lumberjack

A recent custom lumberjack for Michael.

Glassed in Mahogany fin by Gully.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Almond-Shaped Keels

Almond-shaped keel fins // Stringerless Sandia Fish

In the sanding room at Waterman's Guild.

Keels by Gully // Stringerless Sandia by Griff.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Greg Martz | Resin Art

Here's an article and slideshow from Greg's art show at Hurley last week.

Photos/Article: Laylan Connelly

I'm Your Huckleberry...

Smoke Grey 9'6 Lumberjack.

Plywood Huck Fin by Gully.


Wednesday, June 1, 2011

2-tone Lumberjack

Custom 2-Tone Lumberjack for Nicole Jones.

Mahogany Huck Fin by Gull.