The first few big fronts of the fall have pushed through the Coastal Bend, which means favorable winds and big winter drift sessions are on the way. We’ve had a lot of guys come through looking for rounded pin performance shapes like these, designed to drawing high lines and ho
It’s been a pretty consistent winter here on the Third Coast, and we’ve been working on some new additions to our texXsas outlaw series lineup. There’s a lot of variation in these concepts, but all of these boards are about helping local surfers make the most of loc
Spindrift is pleased to announce a new partnership with CO-OP Supply, a new outfitter in downtown Corpus Christi. Stop by to check out a couple of hand shapes and some of our latest hand planes. Speaking of hand planes, we’ve been doing quite a few lately out of Pawlonia (grown
Happy New Year to everyone out there. The latest for the winter at Spindrift Surfboards is WOOD. We’ve finally gotten around to finishing out a few Alaias out of Pawlonia grown right here in the USA (but haven’t gotten around to taking any pictures of them yet), and we
On the design front, we’ve been taking advantage of the consistent early spring swells to refine a few new models for sum sum summer time. Keep an eye out for our newest variation on the fish platform. Blazing down the line speed and a huge sweet spot with tight control in the p
Welcome to the family, Spencer and Ashton! After a few years of making stock and custom kite boards for the guys at ProKitesurf, we’ve started introducing new materials and composite construction into the mix. The board below has a 1/8″ thick balsa inlay in the deck to enh
Now that we’re emerging from the longest summer flat spell in recent memory, we’re seeing a lot more interest in SUPs here on the Third Coast. We’re making everything from big cruisy down-winders for flatwater paddling to high-performance quads for progressive surfi
Summer doldrums = time for long overdue web updates. The sequence below is of a recent two-part compsand travel board that is a collaboration between Spindrift and engineering mastermind Jarrod Oldham of Oldham Composites (www.compsand.com). Shots of some of our other collaborations a
Spindrift is really pleased to announce a new partnership with SOMA Air Bag Designs, which is producing revolutionary new board bags that will change the way you travel. We are please to be able to offer all of our out of town customers the option of having their board shipped in a
Happy New Year! Thanks to everyone who helped make 2008 such a blast for us here on the Third Coast. We look forward to another great year in 2009. We hope to do more with alternative materials and construction methods, particularly compsands, this year, and as always we’ll be