Welcome to the Robert August Surfboards factory tour.

All of our surfboards are crafted by hand at our state-of-the-art facility in Huntington Beach, California. Every facet of our production, from the position of the lights in the shaping bays, to the exact height of racks in the glassing room, to our unique and highly effective ventilation system, is designed and calibrated to insure cleanliness, precision, and zero-defects.

All of the skilled professionals at RA Surfboards have extensive backgrounds in the surfing industry, and each one enjoys an industry-wide reputation for the quality of their work.

Our popular long board models are designed by a few of the most notable surfers of the past thirty years:  Robert August, Mark Martinson, Mike Minchinton, Wingnut, Paul Strauch, Corky Carroll, Mike Doyle, and Jericho Poppler.

The core of every RA Surfboard is always a 1st quality Clark Foam blank. We currently utilize 37 different length & rocker combinations, custom-molded to our specifications, for all of our long and short surfboard models. It’s crucial to use the proper sized blank for a specific length of surfboard. Since the blanks are molded with volume proportional to the given lengths, using a blank that’s too large results in over-shaping which degrades the integrity of the blank, resulting in a weaker board overall.

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