Surf Tips & Articles

Almond Surfboards' Guide to: Aging Gracefully
BBF

Almond Surfboards' Guide to: Aging Gracefully

A really great surf session requires a whole slew of variables to cooperate—tide, wind, swell,...
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8 Feet O' Joy
Joy

8 Feet O' Joy

 From two foot Newport to overhead San Diego, here's a little journey up and down...
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"The R-Series Joy is the Best Board for Beginners"
Joy

"The R-Series Joy is the Best Board for Beginners"

The primary goal of any novice surfer is to find a surfboard that will enable...
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Why the Joy?
Joy

Why the Joy?

Last Summer, we reached the finish line on what had been a 3-year long pursuit...
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The Next R-Series Surfboard | Summer 2019
Joy

The Next R-Series Surfboard | Summer 2019

Last year, we launched the R-Series, an entirely new construction of your favorite Almond Surfboard...
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Plez Phez vs. Joy | Part II
Joy

Plez Phez vs. Joy | Part II

This is a breakdown to help differentiate the inherent strengths of our two most popular...
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6'4 Joy in West Newport
Dave Allee

6'4 Joy in West Newport

I was realizing that for as much as we love the JOY, we don't have...
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Catalina Map Print 7'4 Joy
Joy

Catalina Map Print 7'4 Joy

This is a 7'4 Joy with a map print of Santa Catalina Island, that we...
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Pleasant Pheasant vs. JOY
Almond Surfboards

Pleasant Pheasant vs. JOY

A little reading material, if you find yourself interested in our mid-length surfboard models...  In...
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Speckled Dream Joy
Almond Surfboards

Speckled Dream Joy

I've been wanting to do a series of speckled surfboards for far too long. Here's...
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Best Selling Surfboards of 2016
Almond Surfboards

Best Selling Surfboards of 2016

With 2016 quickly disappearing in the rear-view mirror, we thought it would be a good...
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How To: Resin Swirl 7'0 Joy
Almond Surfboards

How To: Resin Swirl 7'0 Joy

Here's a new Joy for the racks at 1720 Santa Ana Ave...  7'0 Joy model...
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