Window dressing
Displaying their handcrafted wares in the front window of their shop, the Almond crew knows how to entice a discerning customer.
Displaying their handcrafted wares in the front window of their shop, the Almond crew knows how to entice a discerning customer.
Handmade wood fins crafted by Dave Allee's 16-year-old cousin, Gully. It appears the D.I.Y. ethos runs deep in this family.
Almond Surfboards & Design owner Dave Allee with a 7'6" Almond Cash-Yew.
Two Joy boards by Almond -- surely a description of what it's like to ride one.
Griffin Neumann-Kyle in the Almond shaping room.
Almond "Surf Thump" with a glass-on mahogany D-fin.
Griffin Neumann-Kyle shapes every Almond surfboard by hand.

An Almond x Linus summer bike collab -- pretty much the epitome of Southern California classic beach culture.
A shot of the exterior of Almond's shop in Newport Beach, Calif.: part surf shop, part boutique, all class.
These may be stock boards, but each and every one is shaped by hand with precision and care.

The athletes, events and venues from the X Games in Barcelona all captured on the new Samsung Galaxy S4.

Wander through the streets of Barcelona through the lens of X Games skateboard judge Neal Hendrix

Go behind the scenes with Nyjah Huston's shoot for ESPN The Magazine in Barcelona, Spain
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Displaying their handcrafted wares in the front window of their shop, the Almond crew knows how to entice a discerning customer.

Handmade wood fins crafted by Dave Allee's 16-year-old cousin, Gully. It appears the D.I.Y. ethos runs deep in this family.

Almond Surfboards & Design owner Dave Allee with a 7'6" Almond Cash-Yew.

Two Joy boards by Almond -- surely a description of what it's like to ride one.

Griffin Neumann-Kyle in the Almond shaping room.

Almond "Surf Thump" with a glass-on mahogany D-fin.

Griffin Neumann-Kyle shapes every Almond surfboard by hand.

An Almond x Linus summer bike collab -- pretty much the epitome of Southern California classic beach culture.

A shot of the exterior of Almond's shop in Newport Beach, Calif.: part surf shop, part boutique, all class.

These may be stock boards, but each and every one is shaped by hand with precision and care.