Lightner and Searcy

The other day Lightner snapped a photo of me surfing a magical surfboard in upper newport.  It's a beautiful shot.  (I may, or may not, be slightly biased)  In any case, Jeremy took on the task of painting his own rendition of the photo.  Below are the original photo, and Searcy's interpretation.

New Grass is Greener Art

Check out this new collaborative piece that Theo and Lightner put together for Grass is Greener.

Theo's art blows my mind.

New Boards on the Way...

We've got a bundle of new boards in the works right now.  Lightner documented some of the progress.

Griffin

all photos via lightgnar

Wooden Surfboard Fins by Gully

Here are a few hand-crafted, wooden surfboard fins by my pint-sized prodigy of a cousin, Gully.

Photo via Lightgnar

Canvas Bags by Megan

My sister, Megan, made some pretty incredible canvas bags... Here are a few of them.

Displayed by Alex Goodman

Megan, putting up with our antics for years...

Kyle Lightner's Portfolio

Lightner just finished his online portfolio.    Browse through his pictures, you won't be disappointed. 

He's got operating on so many different levels, and in so many different types of photography, and he's got style for days...

all photos via lightgnar

Cape Fear Kooks

To be honest, I have no idea what "Cape Fear Kooks" is, but knowing the quality of work that Ryan Tatar and Cyrus Sutton do... it's got to be something epic.  Plus, this is one of the coolest pictures I've seen in a while.  

Christmas Party

Here are a few shots from our Christmas Party last night...

Welcome to The Almond Family...

Here's the newest contributor at Almond, Griffin NK, with his first major contribution... a 5'10 Kookumber for Levi.  Griffin did an incredible job with this one... and he's got plenty more in the works.  Thanks buddy.

See You Tonight...

Join us tonight for our Christmas Party and Holiday Sale.

Hot Drinks, Live Music by "Don Wenow and the Gay Apparel"

Upstairs at the 52nd House. (on the sand at 52nd street)

5207 B 52nd Street.

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Action Through Fashion

Here are a few pictures from the Action Through Fashion event on Thursday night in San Diego.

For more pictures, check out the album on myspace.

"The Almond"

Here's a rad picture, taken by the talented Mr. Lightner, of the first almond board ever.

It's a 6'5 solid balsa singlefin with 5 redwood stringers and a redwood fin.

p.s. it's heavy...

Action Through Fashion Tonight!

Tonight we're participating in the University of San Diego's "Action Through Fashion" event which benefits Invisible Children.

Join us at the

Red Circle Bar

420 E Street

San Diego, CA

7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

King Rat

I snapped a few photos of Aaron surfing this morning.

Felipe Siebert

I was recently made aware of an incredible craftsman in Brazil by the name of Felipe Siebert.  He's doing wood boards as stunning as anyone in the world today.  Take a look at some of his incredible work.

Felipe says he's working on a video about the wooden boards they've been doing, so we'll look forward to the release of that.  In the meantime, take a look at his website.

Even Dono is down with Siebert...