Christenson Surfboards

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Christenson Surfboards on Avenida Encinas near Poinsettia Park in Carlsbad has been hand-shaping boards since 1992, producing custom and stock models from a Carlsbad workshop that ships to dealers across the U.S. and internationally. The lineup spans the Huntsman egg, Speed Master longboard, Chris Craft mid-length, and C-Bucket noserider, a San Diego heritage range influenced by legendary shaper Skip Frye and sold alongside boards from Degree 33 Surfboards through the North County surf-shop network. Each board is shaped by hand using polyurethane or EPS blanks, glassed with fiberglass cloth and polyester or epoxy resin, and finished with custom color tints, pinlines, and resin swirls specified during the ordering process. The Carlsbad facility also stocks Jones Snowboards, extending the brand into backcountry splitboard and freeride categories for dual-sport riders. The shaping bay's surf-rooted design ethos connects to the wave-inspired visual culture at Surf Art Spot on Grand Avenue in Carlsbad Village. Custom orders specify rocker curve, concave depth, fin-box placement, and rail profile to rider weight and wave preference, with the Huntsman's down-railed egg template available from 6'6" at 39.98 liters through 8'6" at 63.2 liters.