Krochet Kids // What We Carry

What We Carry featuring Dave Allee now on KKI.

Schuyler McFerran // Krochet Kids Intl

Schuyler McFerran for the new Krochet Kids “what we carry” campaign.

Photos: Braedon Flynn

Ciro Bicudo // 3-Year Anniversary

Almond Shop // 3-Year Anniversary

This week marks the 3-year anniversary of our home base here on Old Newport Blvd. These last few years have flown by… yet I can hardly remember life before the “Almond Shop”. We’re so thankful for all of the support, encouragement and loyalty. Without it we’d just have a weird room with surfboards in it.. and we probably would have given up long ago. The shop has been, and continues to be, a great venue for us to display the wares of our efforts and to have a dialogue with anyone who finds their way to our front-door. We’ve been blessed by a tremendous number of people, but I specifically want to thank the guys for sticking with it through the highs and lows and not always vanishing into thin air when the waves get good. So, year 4 is dedicated to Jeffrey, Taylor, Cameron, Griffin and Gully. Thanks, Dave
Illustration by Cameron Oden

Rick Lohr // Surf Thump

Rick Lohr, with his new 9'4 Surf Thump. Stringers are 1/2" cedar, 1/2" apart... clear volan.

Gus Hamborg // Alaia

Gus stopped by a couple weeks ago to pick up an alaia blank... he wanted to see if his Hamboard experience crossed over to Alaia making... and frankly I'm quite impressed with the finished product. He even wood-burned a tree into the deck.

Scott Owen // PawnShop kings

Merry Christmas + Happy New Year

Merry Christmas from Ciro Bicudo and your friends at Almond

Cyrus Sutton // Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Cy! We wish you many Malibu-length noserides today!

(screen shots from Cy's Summer Fun video at the Bu)

Almond Surfboards // Saturdays NYC

A new batch of quadkumbers and fishes just arrived at Saturdays Surf NYC

If you're in NYC, you don't need me to tell you to stop in and check out their shop.

Almond Board Demo // Dec 10

Join us tomorrow morning for a casual Board Demo at 34th st.

We're hoping to have a bit of everything available to try.

Clear skies and small combo-swell in the forecast.

Tipping Barrels // Ben Gulliver

I met Ben Gulliver last Spring when he was in town... he bought Moci's used Log Rhythm. Ben does some film making with the guys from Sitka in Canada. Here is an absolute gem of a video that Ben put together...

Beautiful cinematography.

Arctic Surf // Ben Weiland

Our friend Ben Weiland has one of the raddest websites we've ever seen.. it's called Arctic Surf. (He finds remote surf breaks in the arctic and antarctic regions of the globe) We loved the concept so much that we asked Ben if he would do an Arctic Surf t-shirt for us this season. (His open-mindeness is your gain)

Here's a bit more about Ben and Arctic Surf, in his own words:

Who are you?

My name is Ben Weiland. I am a graphic designer and illustrator. I also occasionally write and make electronic music.

Where did you grow up?

I was born and grew up in Germany. I moved to Southern California when I was twelve or thirteen.

When did you start surfing?

I started surfing when I was fifteen. My parents bought me a 7'2 turquoise shortboard at a garage sale. Some older guys from a church surf club would pick me up to go surfing every Saturday morning. It took many weekends of getting worked by the whitewash before I was even able to paddle out to the lineup.

What inspired you to get into art and graphic design?

I've been drawing since I was a kid, and I always spent a lot of time doing it. I would draw batman, ninja turtles, and dinosaurs for hours. My interest in graphic design started with the internet. In seventh grade I made a web page, and I wanted to make it look cool, so I began to learn how to use Photoshop. Designing and building a website go hand-in-hand, but eventually I realized that I enjoyed the design part way more. The first thing I drew in Photoshop was a plesiosaurus, and I applied a ripple effect to make it look like it was underwater.

Tell us about Arctic Surf blog... where did the inspiration come from?

In my free time I like exploring Google earth and looking for potential surf spots. I found a handful of quality breaks in snowy places and thought it would be interesting to have a page on my website devoted to showing these images. It was such a strange idea to me that there could be dozens of perfect waves in the coldest places on the planet, and no one knew about them or had ever surfed them. My friend Cody Iddings encouraged me to turn the web page into a blog.

Where is the most remote place you've gone surfing?

Earlier this year I surfed in Yakutat, which could be considered the surf capital of Alaska. There are only a few communities in Alaska that have road access to the coast, and Yakutat has a handful of great breaks located just outside of town. It was at the end of the spring season, and the water was actually warmer than I expected. It was pretty surreal to be surfing with a white mountain range and glacier in the distance.

Where is your next surf trip going to be?

There are so many places I want to visit, but a few of the main ones include northern Norway, Tierra Del Fuego, and Iceland. I'm hoping a few of these will come together next year.

What is the most intriguing spot you've discovered in your Arctic Surf search?

There are a few places in the islands off the coast of Antarctica that look like incredible setups. It's really expensive to get there, and the weather is very unpredictable, so it's hard to say whether these waves will be surfed any time soon.

Have you ever played the Antarctica level in Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer..?

Haha yes! I actually just recently found a video clip of Kelly Slater surfing in Antarctica and was wondering whether that trip inspired the Antarctica level. I had no idea that he had surfed there, I wish I knew more about how that trip came together. But regarding the game, it's pretty nice to be able to surf in Antarctica from the comfort of your home.

Final words:

Thanks Dave for the interview and thanks Almond Surfboards!

Cyrus Sutton // Surfer's Journal

Cyrus, on the cover of the newest issue of The Surfer's Journal (which we have at the shop)

Cy has been getting all types of wild with some unique GoPro rigs for the last year or so.

This is the Cy's Aquatic Almond that he took with him on the Stoked & Broke trip.

Stoked for you Cy!

Schuyler McFerran // Central California

Schuyler during one of our many spot-checks up the coast over the weekend.

If I was a real photog, I'd know to keep the horizon level...

Ciro Bicudo // High Lines at Low Tide

Simon Perini // Blue Magazine

Giant shaka to my good friend, Simon Perini, for landing the cover of Blue Magazine with this photo of Sean Finnelley.

High Lines at Low Tide // Ciro Bicudo

Our good friend, Ciro Bicudo did a series of 15 original water color paintings of our "High Lines at Low Tide"

Signed and numbered originals are available at the shop.

$70

Beamer Wilkins // Alex Swanson

Beamer with his CA travel quiver.

Photo: Alex Swanson

Andy Davis // 9'4 Lumberjack

Army Green 9'4 Lumberjack for the talented Mr. Andy Davis

Always looked up to this guy, stoked to have him on the receiving end on an Almond log.

Cheers, Amigo.