How do 42 surfboards perform?

Surfing has come a long way since those early days in California and Hawaii. But in many places, it seems that the soul has slipped out the back door. Maybe it moved north, maybe it got old, maybe it got cold. Maybe there just isn’t space for it in the modern plastic pop-out that masquerades as a surfboard.

Today’s boards, while they are light and maneuverable to the point of being as jittery as a triple espresso with no breakfast, they lack beauty, style, soul, and durability.

But you can buy them at Sprawlmart. So that makes up for the missing soul, right?

Right…

42 Surfboards are not designed to be cheap. At 42 surfboards we strive to build the best surfboards you can buy. We don’t build plastic toys at 42. We hand-shape real live surfboards from real live wood.

42 Surfboards are fast, maneuverable, strong and designed to be durable on the order of generations, not months. 42 Surfboards are quality through and through.

At 42 Surfboards we build classic chambered wood surfboards.

At 42 Surfboards we build boards designed to be what you wish you were riding.

At 42 Surfboards we hand-shape quality classic American surfboards backed by centuries of woodworking tradition.

At 42 Surfboards we not only build our own blanks, we harvest much of our own wood. We do this so we can ensure that your board is made out of the best possible, most sustainabe materials possible.

A 42 Surfboard is designed to get you out the back as quickly as possible and into waves as early as possible. They are shaped to generate and maintain speed on the face and give you longer waves than you ever thought possible.

We test our designs daily and tweak them as often as we come up with improvements. However, 42 Surfboards are specifically designed to be impervious to the fickle fluctuations of fashion. Most of our designs, at their core, are thirty to forty years old. We take those designs and submit them to all of the modern rail, bottom, and rocker improvements of the new millennium without making you a slave to fashion.

The result is that the board you buy today will surf extremely well and never go out of style.

At 42 Surfboards we are building boards that you will be able to pass on to your grandchildren. If you’re ready to give them up at that point.

Everybody has had a magic surfboard. A board that was better than anything else they have ever ridden. If that had been a 42 Surfboard, it would still be around and you would still be riding it today!

At 42 Surfboards we are trying to build the best surfboards in the world. Wood is good and we’ll be happy to explain why any time you want to stop by.

So, call, email, or stop by. We can hammer out exactly what you are looking for and get it on its way to you.

Life is short. You are good. Ride a board that makes you proud.

Looking forward to meeting you,

Lars Bergström and The 42 Crew
42 surfboards