Encinitas Surfboards

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About

Operating on Coast Highway 101 in Old Encinitas since 1975, Encinitas Surfboards stocks Kies-shaped custom boards and a rotating used-board inventory in one of the corridor's longest-running core surf shops. The retail floor spans fiberglass shortboards, longboards, and body boards alongside ding-repair resin kits and Solarez quick-fix materials, a hard-goods selection that complements the stand-up paddleboard and kayak gear at Paddle Planet farther north on the 101. Wetsuits from O'Neill, Quiksilver, and Roxy hang in men's, women's, and children's sizes, with seasonal 3/2mm and 4/3mm fullsuit inventory matching North County water temperatures. Kies Surfboards are still shaped for the shop as hand-finished blanks with custom fin-box placement, rocker profiles, and rail shapes tuned for the reef breaks between Swami's and Moonlight Beach. Board-sizing consultations account for paddle reach and shoulder mobility, factors the shop cross-references with the sport-specific orthopedic evaluations available at Advanced Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Encinitas. The most technical builds in the Kies line use double-6-ounce fiberglass bottom layups with carbon-fiber tail patches and a volan deck cloth for flex-pattern tuning at the shaping bay.