Our Stoke

Welcome to Board Art Art Boards – where the creativity of surf culture meets the precision of surfboard design. Made for surfers, shapers, glassers, artists, and anyone else who can’t get enough of the surfing lifestyle, our books are the definitive tool for designing your dream board. Inside, you’ll find meticulously crafted small and large outlines of the most beloved board shapes – fish, shortboard, funboard/mid-length, and longboard – ready for your ideas to take flight. Whether you’re refining dimensions for a perfect ride or sketching out the wildest graphics imaginable, this is your go-to canvas.

Board Art Art Boards was created by Chasz Rainsford, a surfer with 25 years of experience chasing waves. Living in Ocean City, New Jersey, these books were inspired by the vibrant local surfing scene and the people who make it special – from the dawn patrol crews to the board builders shaping foam in backyard workshops. This community, with its mix of tradition and innovation, fuels the spirit behind every page.

What makes these books different is their balance of function and freedom. The precision grid system is perfect for the analytical shaper who’s obsessed with rocker lines, rails, and measurements, while the premium paper stock welcomes all artistic media – pencil, pen, markers, crayons, paint, gouache, or even ketchup and mustard (because let’s face it, flames make boards go faster). This isn’t just a sketchbook – it’s a space where the technical side of shaping meets the untamed energy of surf art.

Convenience and fun are at the heart of Board Art Art Boards. Toss it in your car, stash it in your backpack, or keep it in the shaping bay – it’s ready whenever inspiration hits. Whether you’re sitting on the beach after a session, traveling between swells, or brainstorming in the lineup, you can capture your vision right then and there. If you can imagine it, you can create it.

Above all, Board Art Art Boards exists to inspire and excite the stoke. We encourage you to take your designs to your local shaper, bring your drawings to life, and ride something that’s truly yours. Draw it, shape it, glass it, and go shred. Because in the end, the joy of surfing isn’t just in riding waves – it’s in the connection between the idea in your head, the board under your feet, and the endless horizon ahead.

We hope you enjoy our contribution to surfing culture.