Harbour Surfboards

Name

Harbour Surfboards

Legal name

Harbour Surfboards Inc

Website

https://harboursurfboards.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surfboard Manufacturing

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949)

akta.pro primary industry

Surf & Beach Sports Retail (Surfboards, Bodyboards, Skimboards) (CRAMAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Swim & Surf Performance Wear (CRAAAEAG), Water Sports & Marine Recreation Retail (Paddle/Surf/Dive/Boat Accessories) (CRAMABAI)

Keywords

• Handcrafted surfboards
• Custom surfboard manufacturing
• Longboard surfboards
• Surfboard shaping
• Surfing apparel

Headquarters

HQ city

Seal Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Surfboard Sales (In-Stock): Sale of pre-made surfboards from current inventory. Customers can view and purchase boards from the shop's current stock displayed on the website.
2. Custom Surfboard Orders: Fully custom surfboard orders where customers work with staff to design board specifications including length, shape, color, and artwork. Requires deposit at order time and full payment at completion. Turnaround time is 8-12 weeks.
3. Apparel and Accessories: Sale of Harbour Surfboards branded merchandise including t-shirts, long sleeves, wovens, fleece, jackets, tank tops, bottoms, caps, accessories, women's clothing, children's/grom's clothing, fins, and gift cards through the separate shopharboursurf.com e-commerce site.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Harbour Surfboards manufactures and sells handcrafted surfboards, custom surfboard orders, surfboard fins, and branded apparel from its Seal Beach, California shop and shaping facility. The product range covers longboards, mid-range boards, and short/fish boards, supported by proprietary rocker templates, CAD modeling with CNC reproduction, and signature nose channel and stringer construction techniques developed over six decades. The company also offers custom surfboard orders with an 8-12 week turnaround, plus California Coastal Delivery, worldwide shipping, and an apparel e-commerce site.

Product overview

Harbour Surfboards is a surfboard manufacturing company offering handcrafted surfboards since 1959. The product portfolio centers on surfboards organized into three main categories: Longboards (including Cruisers, Modern Noseriders, Evolution Series, Performance Longboards, Special Design Series, and Icons), Mid Range/Mid Length boards, and Short/Fish boards. Longboards range from forgiving cruisers like Banana Model, Sano, Rapier, and The Ray, to performance noseriders including Mod 65, Noserider, Nineteen, and Cheater 60, with evolution models like Evolver and Merlin combining traditional and modern design elements. The company also produces high-performance longboards (HP1, H3, Diamond Tail, Turbo) and iconic vintage models (TS Shape, 66 Banana). Mid-length options include Mid Twin Pin, Spherical Revolver, Super Revolver, and Redux. Short/fish boards include Fish, Sausage, Stingray, and Reflector. Supporting products include surfboard fins (Standard Issue, E Series, HP Series, Noserider, Nineteen, R Series), custom board orders (8-12 week lead time), and apparel sold through shopharboursurf.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Banana Model Surfboard

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Pacific City Huntington BeachminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2019Harbour Surfboards held a 'A Look Back at 60 Years' gallery exhibition at Pacific City in Huntington Beach from April 20 to May 4, 2019, featuring interactive displays, surfboard evolution, photos, films, and special event merchandise.
• Surfing Heritage & Culture Center (SHACC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2017Harbour Surfboards held a retrospective exhibit at SHACC in San Clemente from June 24 to September 24, 2017, showcasing 58 years of company history including vintage boards, photos, art, tools, and memorabilia. The company also received donations in memory of Rich Harbour at SHACC.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Firewire Surfboards: Technology-forward surfboard brand using composite and sustainable construction methods to enable faster custom fulfillment and broader product range; competes with Harbour in longboard and mid-length segments with different production economics.

Direct peers

• Captain Fin Co. Surf accessories and fins brand offering branded hardware and apparel; comparable product adjacency (fins, accessories, apparel) and direct-to-consumer e-commerce model overlapping with Harbour's fin and shopharboursurf.com lines.
• Donald Takayama Surfboards: Heritage longboard-focused surfboard brand rooted in classic California shaping heritage; targets the same premium noserider and traditional longboard customers as Harbour with similar handcrafted production approach.
• Christenson Surfboards: California-based handmade longboard and mid-length surfboard maker with strong heritage positioning and direct-to-consumer sales; directly comparable product mix and craft-focused identity to Harbour.
• Walden Surfboards: Longboard-focused handmade surfboard brand serving similar performance and classic noserider segments as Harbour; comparable California heritage positioning and craft manufacturing ethos.
• Channel Islands Surfboards: California-based handmade surfboard manufacturer offering both performance shortboards and longboards via direct-to-consumer; comparable product mix to Harbour but operating at materially larger scale under Boardriders ownership.
• Lost Surfboards: High-volume California surfboard brand offering stock and custom boards with faster lead times; comparable product categories but more aggressive scale, marketing, and surf culture positioning than Harbour.
• Stewart Surfboards: Heritage California surfboard brand with handmade production approach and longboard heritage; comparable single-shop craft model and direct customer relationships to Harbour.
• Pyzel Surfboards: California handmade surfboard manufacturer offering performance longboards and shortboards via direct-to-consumer; comparable craft manufacturing model with strong surf culture brand identity to Harbour.
• Bing Surfboards: Heritage California handmade surfboard brand with origins in the same 1959-era shaping scene; offers longboards, shortboards, and custom orders from a single location with similar craft-focused direct-to-consumer model to Harbour.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagramharboursurfboards.com/instagram
• Xx.com/harboursurf
• Facebookfacebook.com/harboursurfboards
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harbour-surfboards

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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