Walden Surfboards re-issues the Huntington Beach logo

Just Arrived... "The Huntington Beach " a vintage logo from Walden surfboards. The HB logo was first introduced in 1971, it was the main Walden surfboard laminate from 1971-1973. This is the first time we have offered it on t-shirts in almost 37 years years. We are re-issuing this design in honor of our upcoming 45th anniversary. Available in short & long sleeve and several colors on our website at www.waldensurfboards.com or at our shop in Ventura.

Walden Greetings from Holland

This was sent to us from Robert in Holland. He originally sent us photos of himself in a wetsuit and his Walden ready to surf. It looked so cold, colder than any pictures we have received so we asked for a little background. Thanks to Robert for sending the pictures & story

This winter day was on the 18th of December in a place called Petten.Holland isn't a really big surf country so if there are waves we need to go.This morning we had a snowfall of 4 inches and the outside temp. was about 28 F degrees.For Dutch standards that is a lot of snow.The sky was clear and the sun was high.There was hardley any wind at all.I grabbed all the rubber I had with me and put it on.6/5/4 wetsuit, 7mm booties and 5 mm gloves.My Walden 9'6 magic model was waiting in the snow for me.It was a funny sight to see the board in the snow.When we walked thru the snow up the dunes it was pretty slippery.Once on top of the dunes the view was awesome.Perfect 3 feet waves were rolling in.Creating nice lines of pure dutch pleasure.Couldn't wait to get wet.Funny enough the beach was snowfree.

I wasn't alone, a friend of mine was there to.With the two of us we enjoyed the waves.The weather was perfect.At one point I even put down my cap.Peaceful and no crowds what so ever.Not even the local seals. A classic moment of a nice winter session.Snow and surf, match good together.Remember snow is only frozen water.Enjoy every water.

Greetings Robert

team Riobeninen

Walden Mega Magic review

The first Walden Mega Magic's from Global surf industries (GSI) have hit dealers down under, GSI has a review page and below is the first review.

John Thurtell from Queensland, Australia says:
Only brought the 9 foot Mega board 2 weeks ago , Straight out on nice point break 2 strokes on wave ,The board turns well ,nose rides like a park bench , I normally surf boards between 10 foot and 11 foot, this board paddles as good and catches waves with ease, i was a bit worried that the thickness of board would limit the boards performance but it doesn't , best board i have ridden by far, i am 88 kgs and floats me like the Queen Mary .I I have now surf the beach breaks with this board and i was very supprised by its speed . I would recommend this board to anyone (ANOTHER GREAT WALDEN BOARD) I have had a 10 foot magic model for 2 years which is a great board but this board for me is awesome

For more info on the Walden boards distributed from GSI visit

http://www.surfindustries.com/surfboards/walden_megaMagic.php#review

Walden Magic 3

Thanks to Tim Mclarney for these awesome shots of him surfing in Fiji. Tim is riding a custom 9'0 Magic 3. We are sending Tim some Walden gear for his photo submission!

Walden Surfboards 70's Arrow logo t-shirts

Just in...Walden Surfboards "70's Arrow" logo t-shirts. The Walden Arrow logo debuted in the early 70's as the main laminate on all Walden Boards, today it is only used on our mid-range boards like the Magic Fish and Retro Wing swallow tail. As we get ready for our 45th anniversary in 2010 we are reissuing some of our vintage logos.
We offer two color ways, blue fade or our red-yellow fade on five different color shirts. To see the entire selection visit us online at http://www.waldensurfboards.com/T-shirts-C10.aspx

or visit or shop in Ventura, Ca.

Walden Surfboards SALE

Walden Surfboard in-store and online SALE...remaining 2008 & 2009 stock boards are now on sale*. It's not to early to start holiday shopping especially since our quantities of stock boards are limited and some sizes have already sold out. If your in Ventura we are located at 853 E. Front Street open Tuesday-Saturday 9:30-5:30, Sunday 10-4. Mondays are for shaping only and we are closed to the public. If your not in Ventura visit us at www.waldensurfboards.com

Our Ventura store is approx. a 3000 sq. ft warehouse, we usually stock about 300 boards both custom and stock. On most days Steve is shaping in our shaping room at the back of the store. We have men's women's, kid's apparel and gear. We do ding repair and have a full demo program so you can "try before you buy".

*Our sale does not include customs or SLX carbon rail Magic models

MSA Classic , Malibu September 12-13

Steve doing "The Walden"
The GSI Crew

Pre-Contest party

Australian chanp Josh Constable on the Walden 10'10 SUP

Heat 1

Old friends

2nd place trophy

Ventura's Danny B. on the new Walden Starto-Flex

The 2009 MSA Classic is always a great surf event, this year was no different.

"The MSA Classic is the premier competition in the Coalition of Surfing Clubs annual series. This club-level, invitational contest will be held at Surfrider Beach, Malibu from September 12-13, 2009. More than 275 invited athletes representing elite surfing clubs from California, Hawaii, the East Coast, Japan, and Australia will come together to compete at First Point, Malibu, one of surfing’s legendary waves.
"Other sports have Yankee Stadium, Churchill Downs, Old Trafford, Madison Square Garden, and Camp 4, Yosemite. All fine. Surfing has their spots, too, and one of them is First Point, Malibu. So come to Malibu. Hang out with us and take it all in. Witness the history and walk among the legends.” said Michael Blum, MSA President.
Events during the MSA Classic are free of charge and open to the public. Early rounds begin Saturday, September 12th and run through Sunday, September 13th."

MSAsurfing.org

Steve Walden competed in his first contest in over a year. Steve still recovering and a little weak from the dreaded flu came to Malibu unsure of what he could muster up, he left Malibu with a 2nd place win in his age group.

Walden Surfboards Tweets

Walden Surfboards and Walden Wahine are now on twitter. Follow us on Twitter and find out what goes on day to day, minute to minute sometimes at Walden Surfboards. You can follow our tweets in our "About Walden - News" section on our wesbite at http://www.waldensurfboards.com/about_news.aspx

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Walden 5 Stringer Strato-Flex

Now in Production...The Walden 5 stringer Strato-Flex. The Strato-Flex debuted on the 2009 USA dealer tour to rave reviews. We have been working all summer to fill orders, check out the new video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3UNGHlVbqc

The first dealers to get Strato's in stock are:

Walden Surfboards, Ventura, Ca.

Surf-n-Adventure, Virgina Beach, VA.

Longboard House, Indianatlantic FL.

Eastern Lines, Bel Mar NJ

Ocean Surf Shop, Folley Beach, SC

Sunlight, Pacifica, CA.

Chauncey's Ocean city, MD

2009 Longboard luau Invitational

Live Auction preview
John Peck & Linda
Fernando Aguerre & family with Brandy of Walden

Live Auction

A few Legends

Jericho & Linda Benson

Hula before the auction

Mickey

Woodie, 2010 co-chair

The third week in August is the Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard Invitational to help to increase cancer awareness and raise much needed funds for cancer research and care.
Now in its 16th year, it has become one of the most successful surfing fundraisers and donated more than $3 million for the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. The Luau & Longboard Invitational has an international reputation for bringing together in the aloha spirit some of the most respected men and women in surfing history with community leaders, scientists, and national celebrities to surf for a cure.

The 2009 Longboard luau was a bit smaller this year a combination of scheduling conflicts ( surf expo was the same weekend) and no doubt economic issues, but what did not change was the stoke in the air for this great cause. Year after year the Longboard luau team puts on an amazing first class event and year after year the legends show up with out compensation to surf and support the longboard luau. It was great to see the cancer survivors team go out and surf strong, and to hear the crowds on the beach cheer them on.

Walden Surfboards was proud to participate again this year, even though Walden himself could not attend, he was overseas doing dealer and promo tours. Sent to represent the Walden Surfboard family was girlfriend Brandy who once again dreamed up a great concept surfboard for the live auction. The winner of the 2009 Longboard Luau Walden/Brewer photo surfboard was Fernando Aguerre, Fernando was also the winner of the 2009 Walden board. A big thank you to Fernando for his support, we are proud to have two boards in his amazing private collection. The auction didn't fetch the prices it had in previous years, but we know the team at the Longboard luau will just work harder, their good at that. We can't wait for next year.

2009 Moores UCSD Longboard luau

2009 Longboard luau donation in progress
2008 signature board winner Fernando of Reef

2006 "Tattoo" board hand painted by the artists of TV's "Miami Ink

2005 "LIVESTRONG" surfboard

Countdown to the 2009 Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau & Longboard invitational

Each August, the annual Moores UCSD Cancer Center Luau and Longboard Invitational surfs for a cure to raise awareness and much needed funds for cancer research. By bringing together some of the most respected men and women in surfing history with business leaders, scientists, local politicians and national celebrities, the Longboard Luau is one of the world’s most successful surfing fundraiser and has an international reputation for celebrating the “aloha” spirit in the fight against cancer. Now in its 16th year, the Invitational has raised more than $3 million for the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. http://www.longboardluau.org/

For the past 8 years Steve Walden & his girlfriend Brandy have participated in the event, each year donating a one of a kind surfboard to the live auction. " The Longboard luau is such an important event and I am honored to be a part of it and to help raise money for such a worthy cause" says Walden. Past Walden donations have included a Lance Armstrong "LIVESTRONG" Magic model that Lance himself signed. which sold fore 27,500.00 A balsa Magic model signed by Greg Noll, Al Merrick, Renny Yater, Bob Mctavish an many more which sold for 17,000.00

This years donation may top them all, Walden Surfboards has partnered with legendary photographer Art Brewer for one of mostly ambitious boards ever. Art has a collection of never or rarely seen Polaroid photos of the surf industries greatest riders & personalities, the 2009 luau board will feature a compilation of some of Art's greatest photos from this collection. Art has also put together a Limited edition book which includes every photo on the board, this book will be included in the auction with the board. As a rule Walden never shows the completed board until the auction is complete but we have a sneak peak of the board being glassed.

Each board idea is dreamed up by Brandy and usually takes about 6 months to complete. "Last years donation was the toughest, trying to track down 50+ surfers to sign a surfboard was a challenge, but everyone involved was really into the cause and was thrilled to lend their name to the project" says Brandy, she adds..This year's board was an enormous job but Art really did most of the work in scanning each picture and laying them out". The live auction is August 23rd, we hope this special surfboard helps raise a lot of money for Cancer research.

Special thanks to: Art Brewer for donating his amazing art and his time to this Project & Ray Moss for donating again his printing services. For more info on Art Brewer or Ray Moss visit: http://www.raymosslongboards.com/

http://www.artbrewer.com/

Luke, future SUP champion!

This story was sent to us by Mark A.

A couple weekends ago my six-year-old son Luke and I competed in a competition called the Intracoastal SUP Cup. Basically it’s a 3.5-mile race circumnavigating Harbor Island in Wrightsville Beach, NC. There were maybe 50 racers competing but I was the only one racing with a passenger on board. Luke and I regularly paddle my 12-foot Walden around the intracoastal waterways near our home, so when news of this event came out, my wife suggested we both race together. We did and we had a blast. My Walden is such a cruiser that we easily broke through the upwind chop and hauled ass along the downwind section to a 10th place finish—definitely a father-son memory that neither of us will ever forget.

The blog is back

We took a short hiatus from the blog to recover from 6 weeks on the road visiting our US dealers on the East coast, Panhandle and Texas. The trip was an amazing opportunity to hang out with our dealers, see their shops and meet their staff. Each shop caters to different surf, surfers and conditions and it was great to see the differences in each shop. After some well deserved R&R, were shaping every day all day to fill orders for all are dealers. Thanks to everyone we met on the trip!

Now that we are fully recovered the blog is back!

Special recognition: The Longboard house

Our trip is winding down, we have seen surf shops from New York down the East coast and through most of Florida but today was a special day because we got to spend time with Mike Mann at his Longboard house in Indian Atlantic, Florida. We think that our boards are sold and represented by the best shops in the USA, each unique in their own way specializing in areas that represent their local surfers best however we must give special recognition to Mike Mann and the Longboard house.
The LBH is located in Indiatlantic Florida at 101 5th ave. on a busy corner. What you first notice about the LBH is the selection, they have the biggest, most unique longboard selection we have seen to date. LBH is known for their amazing inventory, if they don't have it you probably don't need it. LBH has surfboards for all types of surfers with all types of abilities but they also have the most cutting edge, out of the box, first on the block shapes that most other shops would pass on. LBH was the first shop to carry the Walden Wahine, first to carry the Walden Stealth..if it's new and cutting edge Mike will have it in before anyone. Needless to say LBH has the largest selection of stock Walden surfboards and custom Walden's. If they don't have what your looking for on the floor they can order it for you direct from us. The LBH crew are not sofa sitting, cell phone texting kid's, this group is older, wiser and collectively have years of surfing experience. Whether it's Ryan or Eric or any of the other crew these guys know surfboards.
As if stocking hundred's of boards isn't amazing enough LBH is jam packed with great apparel, skateboards, body boards, skim boards, and gear. LBH is girl friendly too, one side of the store is dedicated just to girls, as well as being staffed by the nicest team of surfer girls. LBH is about as core as you can get in the best sense of the word meaning they have the best selection of surfboards and the expertise to get you on the right board.
So the store is great, anyone visiting will figure that out immediately but what really makes LBH great is it's owner Mike Mann.
Mike Mann is cool. Admittedly we are fans but you don't become one of the best surf shops in the US by accident. Mike is a straight talking, ex-hippie, surfer who is one of the best independent retailer in surf. Surf shop owners tend to want to be surfers first and business men second, too concerned with "soul" and the old school way of doing things which is why there are so many average surf shops. Mike wants to be successful and he isn't ashamed to say it, he is passionate about surfing to his core but he doesn't let that stand in the way of business.
Mike is incredibly open about his successes and failures, one thing we have learned about successful people they never blame other people for their failings and Mike is a great example of that. He owns his mistakes and sees them as opportunities for the future and what a great example LBH is, it is a phenomenal shop. We like a lot about Mike Mann, and whenever in his company we are left knowing more than when we started. Mike tells it like it is..meaning he is honest. That's just cool. He shares his time, he knows its good business to take time with his business partners. He really cares about our surfboards, understands them, asks questions, adds input. He is invested in us as much as we are in him...and finally we trust him with our brand so we thank the Longboard house and Mike Mann for representing our brand so well. For more information on the Longboard house visit http://www.longboardhouse.com/

Boca Surf & Sail welcomes Walden

Boca Surf and Sail is in the heart of Boca raton at 3501 Federal Hwy 1. Boca Surf & sail first opened it's doors in 1985, back in the day it was not uncommon to arrive at BSS during normal business hours and see a "gone surfing sign" on the door, today BSS is open when they say they will be which is a good thing because BSS is a full service surf shop.

The front of the store is full of all the must have surf apparel from the best brands, they have a huge flip flop selection and a large women's and men's area. Along with the great duds, BSS has a large board room in the back which includes shortboards, longboards and SUP's. Boca Surf & Sail has a great range of Walden stock boards though you may have to step over owner Bob's giant snickerdoodle dog to get to the board room. ( he one of our favorite shop dogs)

BSS has a great staff, I am sure know one will complain that their mostly female and adorable but don't be fooled this crew knows their stuff. BSS has a young, hip vibe and caters to the core surfer as well as the local beach goer.

For more information on Boca Surf & Sail visit http://www.bocasurfandsail.com/