Surfboard Stands in Texas | Home Storage and Display Racks for Surfboards

Check out this picture from our friend Eric down in Texas! He knows how to store his surfboards!

A surfboard on a surfboard stand in the front with a few surfboard wall racks in the back for good measure! Check out our entire selection of surfboard racks to find something you like for your home, garage, or car.



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Surfboard Shapes Explained | Longboards, Funboards, Shortboards, Guns, Fishes

By Rick Bickerstaff
Have you ever been in a conversation with an experienced surfer and heard, "what kind of board do you have?" You pause and break eye contact as insecurities set in...you have no idea what kind of board you have! All you know is that your old roommate left it on the balcony when he moved out, or that you found it in the dumpster one lucky evening before the trash man came. Maybe you're humble enough to admit, "I don't know." Only to hear, "Well, what size is it? What's the tail look like? Where did you get it?"

"Big...round...dumpster..." you reply, as you just realized you described a trash can, which is where this conversation is heading.

Surfboard Art | How to Design and Create a Surfboard Masterpiece

By Connley

There is nothing more mundane than a plain white board. The surfboard is one of the most pure canvases an artist could ask for, and if you are looking at your surfboard rack, thinking you need some style, you are in luck! I am going to walk you through 10 easy steps to make your shred stick into an amazing piece of artwork.

3 Things I Learned Surfing El Nino 57 Days in a Row

By Dave Pascoe

With January approaching and the Southern California swell finally beginning to pick up, frustrated Santa Barbara surfers are finally getting their fix. Flat spells hit every summer, when swells are blocked by the Channel Islands and parts of the Pacific turn into a lake. After such a long stretch of nothing but ripples, I can’t help but think back to the amazing El Niño winter in 2009 when I surfed 57 days in a row.

At the time, I was a freshman in college, recently relocated from the frigid waters just north of San Francisco and basking in my newfound proximity to what have become some of my all-time favorite breaks. To celebrate my good luck and the seemingly tropical temperatures - at least compared to what I was used to back at home - I made it a point to catch at least three waves every single day during UCSB’s winter quarter, and I almost made it. 

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4 Tips to Keep Your Surfboards Safe When Traveling | Packing Surfboards

By Zac Heisey

A well known-fact among traveling surfers: airline baggage handlers don’t surf. If they did, there wouldn’t be so many bummed surfers arriving at their destination only to find their quiver smashed, thrashed, and destroyed beyond repair. Fortunately for surfers looking to expand their cultural horizons – and their wave options – a whole host of tips exist to help ensure that their boards stay safe from the surf rack to the beach.

The Ultimate Surfboard Roof Rack!

Spotted in Surfer Mag!  Clown car is right...I count at least 13 surfboards stacked on that roof.

Even though we don't have that specific surf rack contraption for your car or van, we do have some other surfboard roof racks that you can check out if you need a good way to transport your board.



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Surfboard Display Rack | New StoreYourBoard Surf Rack

By Andrew Sachs
We're once again expanding our product line at StoreYourBoard with the addition of a new surfboard rack - check it out!  Another great option to store and display your surfboard in your house, room, basement, deck, garage, shed or wherever...

The Kelly Slater Wave Company!?!

People have been wondering: what would Kelly Slater, with more surfing world titles than most (normal) people have fingers, do for the follow-up act to his surfing career?  It looks like we now may know at least part of the answer.  He plans to develop wave/surf theme parks around the world.  Sounds crazy, I know.  But so does 11 world titles!

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Some general plans for his wave/surf theme parks are laid out on his website, http://www.kswaveco.com/.  The biggest draw is a circular wave pool: "Kelly Slater Wave Company's unique circular format allows for maximized wave production, efficiency and a continuous stream of surfers on and off waves.  It also allows for the optimum use of spectator vantage points on the large outer perimeter."  Really.

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The wave/theme park is then built around the circular wave pool.  It will offer more than just the wave, it will offer "popular amenities" and "unique entertainment" for family and friends too.  But who are we kidding, the wave is the main draw.  It claims to offer waves tailored to an individual's ability and preference - count me in for a long barrel!  Pity the fool who begs for the blown-out storm chop...

But haven't wave pools been tried in other places, and failed?  The KSWCo. says it has or will develop proprietary hydrofoil generators to create specific types of swell that form directly next to the generators.  "KSWC does not pump air or water to generate waves, as these processes are inefficient and unreliable."  Hey don't tell that to mother nature!  But seriously, "Advanced Patent Pending technologies control currents, waves and chop within the closed circular basin.  These include wave, seice, and chop cancellation; passive flow redirection; and other current mitigation systems.  The bathymetry of the basic is designed to provide optimal wave shape and guest safety."

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The idea of a circular wave pool that spits out perfect waves on repeat is so unbelievable it's hard to imagine.  On one hand, I get psyched just thinking about tucking into barrels that I would otherwise have no chance of tucking into.  On the other hand, wouldn't this be the ultimate commercialization of surfing?  The best surfer ever selling out the sport to make $$$?  If you think there are a lot of kooks out there now, wait until there are circular wave pools!

My hope is that the fake waves are so good that people forget about the real ones.  I won't mind getting up at the crack of dawn to grab glassy sets by myself while the sun rises.  Even if the waves are "inefficient" or "unreliable."  Thanks Kelly, I can get used to that.  



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John John Florence signs with Hurley!

John John in huge Fiji swell!

A big development happened this week in the surf industry when Hurley announced that it had signed Hawaiian surf phenom John John Florence.  The news is huge because John John had been signed and riding with O'Neill since the age of 6!  While the terms of the deal are not public, reports suggest John John is set to make around around $4 million a year, putting him at the top of the surfing sponsorship food chain.

John John began surfing when he was 3 and started competing at age 7.  John John is now 20 and already has accomplished some amazing things in both competitive and free-surfing.  As a ROOKIE on the WCT, he finished fourth - along the way beating Parko to win the Billabong Pipe Pro and become the first Hawaiian since Andy Irons to win a WCT event.  John John also had wins at the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout and the Volcom Pipe Pro, both held at his childhood stomping grounds, the North Shore.  No one doubts that John John has an incredible future ahead of him in surfing.  Check out his video below.

As for John John's switch to Hurley, I can tell ya that the Hurley people are stoked.  Bob Hurley, the namesake of the company, said "John John has that special talent that only comes around every few decades or so.  It's a magic that will transcend well beyond our world and will make us all strive to be better.  Needless to say, I'm humbled, honored and so looking forward to supporting John John as he revolutionizes surfing over and over again."  Very powerful words.

So what drove John John to switch from Hurley?  He said it best himself: "Hurley is a super cool company and they've got a lot of cool people surrounding them like Bob and Pat and all them, and everyone in that whole thing is like really nice people.  It's kind of been going through the works in the last couple of months or so, going back and forth about things.  But I'm stoked in the position I'm at to even be where I am today having sponsors wanting to sponsor me.  I'm just grateful."  Well said, John John.  Check out the rest of his interview at Surfline - http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/interview-john-florence_90618/

Thing are definitely looking up for John John and Hurley in 2013!.  For the rest of the surf industry missing out, well, did we mention that John John has two younger brothers... 



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ASP World Tour | The Dream Tour

ASP World Championship Tour: the Dream Tour

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour pits the world's 34 best surfers in competition against one another across 10 events for the right to be crowned world surf champion.  Established in 1982 by Ian Cairns, the World Tour has developed into a global competition, featuring competitors from all over the world and competitions across continents.  Because it is the pinnacle of professional surfing, it is commonly referred to as the "Dream Tour."

Since Tom Carroll won the first ASP World Championship back in 1983, there have only been 12 different winners of the championship in 29 years.  The biggest reason there have been so few winners is because of the dominance of Kelly Slater, who has won the championship 11 times, including 5 straight championships from 1994-1998.  Other repeat winners include Tom Carroll (2x), Tom Curren (3x), Damien Hardman (2x), Andy Irons (3x), and Mick Fanning (2x).  Every year, new stars stake their claim to the championship, but Kelly Slater or Mick Fanning has won the championship every year since 2004. 

Some of the events on the tour calendar change from year-to-year so that the surfers can surf new breaks and expose different parts of the world to the "World Tour experience."  This year, the tour includes stops in Australia, Brazil, Fiji, Tahiti, the United States, France, Portugal, and Hawaii.  Other notable stops in recent years included Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Long Island, New York. 

So far this year, the tour has completed 4 events: Gold Coast and Bells Beach, Australia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Tavarua, Fiji.  Taj Burrow took the win at the Gold Coast, Mick Fanning was first at Bells, John John Florence won at Rio, and most recently, Kelly Slater came out on top at Tavarua.  After those 4 events, Mick Fanning is number 1 in the tour standings, followed closely by Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson, Adriano de Souza, and Taj Burrow.  To make sure that each event maxes out the opportunity to get great waves, the time for each tour event is about a two week window.  Early on every day during those two weeks, contest organizers check the surf conditions and swell forecasts to determine whether the conditions are right to run the contest.  If it's flat, or if they see something better coming in the forecast, the organizers will call a "lay day", temporarily postponing the contest until the waves arrive.  As any surfer knows, this can be a tough decision.

The next tour event won't be for another 2 months, when the Billabong Pro Teahupoo kicks off in Teahupoo August 16 through August 27.  Notorious for having the heaviest waves and barrels around, this event is sure to produce an equal share of epic rides and massive wipeouts, both fan favorites.  Like all the events, the Billabong Pro will be streaming live online - don't forget to check it out!  In the meantime, check out the highlights from the final day of the Fiji Pro.

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