In an era of machine milled signature boards and one-size-fits-all overseas pop-outs, Spindrift is all about the personal connection between surfer and shaper.  All of the styles you’ll see listed on the Boards page are just starting points—platforms from which to build exactly the board to suit your surfing needs.  Don’t see what you have in mind?  Give me a call or drop me an email—I’ll work with you to design a board that matches your vision, not the other way around.

Every Spindrift surfboard is 100% hand shaped in either Pawleys Island, SC or at our new base of operations in Corpus Christi, TX.  Check out the latest Spindrift shapes on the rack at Surf the Earth  in Pawleys Island, SC, at the Board House in Port Aransas, TX, at Covered Up Surf & Skate on Padre Island, and at ProKiteSurf in downtown Corpus Christi. 

Thanks for visiting –
 
Jeff Pollack
Owner & Shaper, Spindrift Surfboards

Spring 2010 Update

There's been a new addition to the Pollack family quiver:

Orli Jocelyn, born 4/24 and already breaking hearts.

On the design front, we've been taking advantage of the consistent early spring swells to refine a few new models for summertime.  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 pocket when surfed off the tail.

We've also been playing with different variations of a moon tail quiver killer.  Like so many of the boards we design for everyday conditions, these boards are shorter, wider, and flatter than standard issue thruster shortboards, but they have very high performance bottoms, accelerated tail rocker, and sensitive, speedy rails.  Like a diamond tail, the moon tail shortens the rail line, giving you a tighter turning radius. 

In anticipation of summertime south wind and big, sloppy wind swell, we've been developing a few models of hand planes with the hope of stuffing ourselves into some hollow inside sections.  If you've never tried one, you'd be amazed out how much fun you can have on an otherwise frustrating day, not to mention what you can do once conditions actually turn on.  The plane below is shaped out of poplar and finished in linseed oil (no chemicals!).  As for bottom design, belly in the front gives way to a huge concave in the back half of the plane.  Pics of other models, including a lower volume, rounded pin tail barrel rider coming soon.

Winter 2009 Update

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 enhance compression resistance.

Fall 2009 Update

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 surfing, so give us a ring.  We can also put together packages including a carbon paddle, traction, and board and paddle bags. 

Summer 2009 Update

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 are below on this page and in the Gallery. 

In other news, we've been getting great feedback on our most recent batch of parabolic stringer performance shorties (available in both poly and eps/epoxy) - check the Gallery for some other pics.

3.7.09 Update

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 SOMA bag.  We'll also be helping to represent SOMA here on the Third Coast, so drop us a line if you have questions about the bags, and shop owners, please give us a shout if you might be interested in adding SOMA products to your lineup.

1.3.09 Update

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 working to find tune our shapes for optimal performance in local conditions.   Keep an eye out for some performance shapes with parabolic stringers coming soon, too. 

8.10.08 Update

In an effort to move to reduce the environmental footprint of our production, we are pleased to offer Homeblown Foam's Biofoam in lieu of traditional polyurethane blanks -- all of the performance of traditional PU foam with half the guilt.   This hybrid fish was done in Biofoam with a bamboo cloth deck inlay and was glassed with (tinted) epoxy resin.

7.15.08

Our first batches of compsands are finished!  The single-fin egg (7'2) below has a bamboo veneer and carbon rails over an eps foam core; the single-fin shorties (5'8 & 5'10) are done without the carbon rails.  Bamboo is a rapidly renewable natural resource with tremendous potential in surfboard manufacturing.  Bamboo veneers add strength and durability and reduce the quantities of other chemical and manufactured components used in the board building process.

The 3-fin bonzer (6'8), performance shortboard (5'10), and quad-fin fish (5'10) in the second row below are made with balsa skins and rails over eps.

3.28.08 Update

Spindrift Surfboards is really pleased to announce a new partnership with Jarrod Oldham of Oldham Composites, a founding member of the international cooperative know as www.compsand.com, which was recently featured in Drift Magazine.  'Compsand' is short for composite sandwich, an alternative mode of board construction that involves vacuum bagging wooden outer shells onto EPS foam cores to yield lighter, stronger, and livelier boards with amazing flex character and a timeless aesthetic.   Starting in early summer, we'll be offering Spindrift custom shapes made with our own hybrid composite technology.   Stay tuned for photos of our first prototypes, featuring bamboo veneers and carbon rails. 

1.24.08 Update

2008 is off to the races, and we're fired up to be working with two dynamite shops in Corpus Christi.  Stop by the Board House in Port Aransas to check out our BH special single-fin eggs, perfect for those of you dreaming of those long points south of the border.  Beginning in March, you'll find our performance quads and new texXas OUTLAW series on the rack at the new Covered Up Surf & Skate.  Check out the Boards page and Gallery to see what we've been up to so far in 2008 . . .

8.1.07 Update

Spindrift Surfboards is excited to be working with Marimekko Miami to offer custom boards with designer fabric inlays.   Marimekko is a Finland-based design brand that offers an insane variety of fabric patterns and colors, which we're combining with our custom shapes to offer the next level of art and function.   Drop me an email if you're interested in incorporating a custom fabric inlay into your next board.

5.7.07 Update

We're up and running at our new base of operations in Corpus Christi.  Check out the gallery for shots of some of our first shapes on Third Coast, including a composite-sandwich construction quad fish made of EPS foam and hand-milled Ecuadorian balsa.

12.7.05 Update

The closure of the Clark Foam factory in CA may be the end of an era, but it is not the end of the custom hand-crafted surfboard.  Spindrift Surfboards will continue to offer a diversity of custom shapes with no lag in production.  In addition, beginning in January, 2006, we will offer custom eps/ epoxy surfboards in addition to boards in traditional materials.  Check out the gallery for pictures of a few of our latest epoxy shortboards.