Although asymmetric surfboards have been the subject of fascination in some left of field circles since the mid-1960s, when San Diego's Carl Ekstrom first tinkered with the design, misconceptions about the design endure. Specifically t[...]

Is there anything more satisfying than a solid garage sale find? Not if it's a surfboard.  Just ask Britt Merrick. The visionary Channel Islands shaper’s friend scored a fetching, pre-thruster era winged twin at a Southern Calif[...]

Since launching in the early 2000s, Southern California's Album Surfboards has cultivated worldwide intrigue, adapting an emphasis on elegant, minimal aesthetics to a range of distinctive, functional shapes built for a variety of waves[...]

Since hitting the shelves in 2017, the Tomo/Slater Designs Sci-Fi model has become one of the most wildly popular surfboards in recent memory. As the first of the Kelly Slater/Daniel Thomson collaborations, it's hardly a surprise a par[...]

It's been nearly 60 years since Mickey Muñoz introduced the world to the "Quasimoto." Angling across a small Los Angeles county wave, hunkered over his parallel stance, arms stretched in opposite directions, Muñoz's pose–captur[...]

We can’t get enough of surfboards. To add even more board-speak to your daily dose of surf news, “What He Rode” will be a recurring column in which we talk to a surfer and their shaper about the board they’re ri[...]