Nathan Adams // ON THE BOARD

Nate got the cover of On The Board Magazine in Japan this month! (Klopf photo)

The full-length version of "Whitecaps" is also being released in this issue.

Almond Wetsuits // By Mr. Sayama

Custom-Fitted Wetsuits to keep you surfing 12-months a year.

Photos: Chad Cress // Cameron Oden

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.

Yuta Sezutsu // Liquid Salt

Great interview with Yuta Sezutsu on Liquid Salt. Super humble, gracious and stoked individual... with as much style as you'll find in any corner of the seven seas.

Cyrus Sutton Bodysurfing | Japan

I dig this shot of Cyrus handplaning in Japan last week.

Photo: Kay Matsuyama

Griffin NK | Blue Magazine

Blue magazine did a feature on 9 longboard shapers who shape pigs. The list included Jim Phillips, Michel Junod, Gene Cooper, Dano, Matt Calvani, Chris Christenson, Robin Kegal, Tanner Prairie, and our own Griffin Neumann-Kyle.

Summer Wetsuits

Our new Summer Wetsuits are now in stock, fresh from Japan.

2mm Jackets // 2 mm Long Johns

Why Navy Blue? Because you can buy a black wetsuit literally everywhere else...

Nathan and Dave | Tokyo, Japan

Tomo found a few photos from our Japan trip last October.

Here is Nathan and I, bewildered by downtown Tokyo.

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.

Quad 4 Toshi

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

One Week Left | Love for Japan

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LOVE FOR JAPAN | 50% Pledge

As you may know, Japan has been a huge supporter of Almond; as well as many other surfboard labels. I have had the pleasure of traveling there twice, and have a deep appreciation for the culture, as well as the friends I have made there.

In an effort to give back to the country that has been so supportive of us, we are going to give 50% of the proceeds from our apparel sales for the next month to relief funds to help Japan.

Both online and in-store apparel sales will benefit the relief efforts.

We're so thankful for the people of Japan, so we want to use what little influence we have, in the things that we do, to help out.

Praying for hope and relief for all the people over there.

On The Board | Japanese Friends

Takashi Tomita, shooting for On The Board Magazine JP.

Praying for all our friends in Japan today.

California Life is Good

New film by Itoi



If you're wondering, that is Dave in the sombrero.

SURFERS:
ALEX KNOST
BRIAN BENT
BUCKY BURRY
CHRIS CHRISTENSON
CHRIS DEL MORO
CHRISTIAN WACH
DAVE ALLEE
JEN SMITH
JJ WESSELS
NATALIE WESSELS
KAMERON BROWN
KASSIA MEADOR
MITCH ABSHERE
NATHAN ADAMS
NOAH SHIMABUKURO
SCOTTY STOPNIK
TURKEY STOPNIK
TANNER PRAIRIE
TOMMY WITT
TRACE MARSHALL
TYLER WARREN

Ron Herman x BLUE Calendar 2011

A few pages from the new Ron Herman and Blue Magazine 2011 Calendar.

Nathan Adams for Almond | Magazine Ad

New magazine ad for Japan, featuring Nate.

Photography/Layout: Cameron Oden and Kyle Lightner

Mr. Hiromichi Soeda

Tomohiro's dad, Hiromichi Soeda, owns Soeda Surfboards Japan (SSJ) the company that distributes our surfboards in Japan. He is a legendary Japanese surfer who has been charging big waves in Hawaii and Japan for decades.'

Nathan and I got to meet Mr. Soeda while we were in Japan in October. We hung out at the beach with him during our surfboard demo in Shonan. Tomo told us that he had never seen his dad ride a longboard, and he probably hadn't done so since he was a kid. So, of course getting him to paddle out on a log became an instant goal for the trip.

During the demo, without the slightest prompting from any of us, Mr. Soeda zipped up his wetsuit, snatched Nathan's 9'9 off of the sand and headed toward the water. Needless to say, I was thrilled. I snapped a photo of him carrying Nate's board, then climbed up onto the sea wall to get a photo of him in trim on a log. The whole peanut gallery on the beach was loving it, I'm just glad I was able to snap a photo. Not sure if it was enough to convert him to a part-time logger.

Tomo is home!

Welcome home Tomohiro.

This means we can start measuring people for wetsuits again!

"See you in Tokyo!"

While we were in Tokyo, we went to dinner with Yusuke Hanai. He took us to an incredible sushi restaurant on the 14th floor of a high-rise in Shibuya.

This guy is one of the most enjoyable people you'll meet, and of course, an amazingly talented artist.

"Go your own way"

SURF JAPAN

U-SKE sent over some surfing photos that he shot while we were there.

We didn't meet U-SKE (Yusuke Suzuki) until the day after our magical dream session, but he did get some good shots of a few small says around Hiratsuka.