Build It, Surf It

Grain Surfboards was created by a group of friends with a similar vision: to face up to our responsibility for the environmental impacts of surfing but still to surf a great board. What surprised us was that building our own boards heightened our surfing experience in every way. Every piece of wood has a purpose and every piece adds to the experience, whether it’s the amazing book-matched grain patterns, or the fact that the rails were carefully shaped with traditional hand tools. No noise, no dust, no distractions.

Now we’re offering that experience to you with a Home Grown Wooden Surfboard Kit. All of our kits are put together by hand in Maine from locally grown, sustainably harvested northern white cedar. Each kit comes with all the materials you need to build your own board: board frame, cedar planks and rail strips, fin box, leash plug, glue, epoxy, fiberglass, rubber gloves and more. Every step of this process has been thought through and is detailed in our *NEW* 170 page instruction manual. Each board takes approximately 50 hours to build, but will be around for a lifetime of waves. Need some inspiration? Check out photos from our kit customers at http://www.flickr.com/photos/grainhomegrown/. Submit your own photos by sending them to mike@grainsurfboards.com.
Already have a flickr page? Join our wooden surfboard pool at http://www.flickr.com/groups/woodensurfboards/.

Kit prices are as follows:

(click kit names for corresponding board pages)
The Leaf - 4′5″ Paipo $420
The Waka - 5′4″ and 5′10″ Fish $570
The Wherry - 6′0″ and 6′4″ Fish $620
The Seed - 6′5″ Single Fin $570
The Sapling - 8′ Fun Board $620
The Root - 9′ Longboard $670
The Waterlog - 10′ Log $720

Please allow 3 weeks for delivery from the time your order is placed. Prices do not include shipping.

Can’t wait? You can now buy a Home Grown Surfboard Kit at a store near you. Below is a partial list of shops that carry our kits. Keep an eye on the site, we’ll be adding more shops as time goes on.

Cinnamon Rainbows in Hampton New Hampshire. Offers custom boards and kits.
Farias Surf and Sport in Long Beach Island New Jersey
Liquid Dreams in Ogunquit Maine
Nor’Easter Surf Shop in Scituate Massachusetts
Corduroy Surf Shop in Portland Maine
ZJ’s Boarding House in Santa Monica California
Wetsand Surf Shop in Ventura California. Offers custom boards and kits.
Cleanline Surf Shop in Seaside Oregon
Gorge Performance in Portland Oregon

We’re pleased to announce that we have partnered up with Capeboatworks of New South Wales Australia. CBW will be producing all of our kits in their shop using local farm grown Paulownia. If you’re in Australia and are interested in one of Home Grown Kits, check them out at http://capeboatworks.com.au/

Email Grain or call 207-457-5313 for more information.