In Stock at Sleeping Bear Surf and Kayak (Well, kinda)

Hello fellow Migrators! I've just returned from a family vacation to the pinky region of the Mitten. I've literally been going there since I was born and that place still holds a spell over me that I've never been able to fully express. We have AMAZING friends up there that own a quaint little surf shop at the end of M72 in the small village of Empire called Sleeping Bear Surf and Kayak. If you head up there, you've got to visit them. They are such great people! Anyway, they asked me if I would build a couple boards for their shop a couple months ago and I happily obliged. I built a 9'6" x 23" x 3 5/16" Grebe noserider for them that I stocked in the shop last week Saturday. I'd love to tell all of you to race up there and get it, but their surf instructor decided to snag it on Wednesday before anyone else, so it's already been sold! Not to fear, we are going to stock them with a quad fish very soon and hopefully going to replace the longboard not too long after that! So in the mean time, enjoy the pics and keep Migrating!

Back In Stock at TCSS

We have 4 brand new surfboards back in stock at Third Coast Surf Shop as of this afternoon. Swing by and check them out! I'm really stoked on how they came out and I think you will be too. Get Migrating!

The Xyloband Inspired Board

5'3" x 21 3/4" x 2 7/8". Quad. The idea was to take the Plover in a slightly different direction to handle some more critical waves. The grey is a sanded gloss, while the other colors are buffed out! Looks sweet! Color work inspired by Xylobands. If you know what they are, you'll understand!

Jonathan Stowers Makes Great Music (w/ Update)

 My buddy, Jonathan Stowers, just released his first album called Kicking Up Leaves. I have been listening to it quite a bit lately and am so stoked on it I wanted to spread the word. Stowers and I have similar stories in the fact that we are both originally from West Michigan (me from Holland, and Stow from Coloma, near Benton Harbor) and both adopted Santa Cruz, CA as our current residences. He's one of those friends that I rarely get to see, but always enjoy his company when we're together. I hope you enjoy his music as much as I have! You can find his music on his website, iTunes, or Spotify.

UPDATE: Stowers contacted me and let me know if you go to his website and use the discount code: migration, you can get 35% off his new album. This is awesome!

The Crane Noseriding Sequence

Here's a sequence of Ryan Gerard of Third Coast Surf Shop gracefully putting our Crane model (bit of a modern pig) through the paces on a nice little peeler at Rincon a couple weeks ago. The Crane loves to be ridden on the nose. Photo sequence by Mark Lucas Fiolka. Photos courtesy of Great Lakes Surfer Magazine. Thanks fellas!

A True Migrating Plover

                                                     6'4" Plover on the beach at Rincon

                                   Same board seeking waves in South Haven, MI (photo: E. Holt)

The Piping Plover is currently headed north through the Mississippi flyway on their way to their breeding grounds on the Northern  Lake Michigan shoreline. Much like the board's namesake, this 6'4" Plover has recently made it's way to Western Michigan to bask on the waves of Lake Michigan. What makes this one special is that the customer picked it up at the Rincon Invitational last weekend and took it back to my hometown of Holland, MI where he lives.

Meet the Grebe

We are pleased to present you with the newest Migration Surfboards model, the Grebe (pronounced "greeb"). The one pictured is 9'4" x 23" x 3 1/8".

The Grebe is designed to be a dynamic all around noserider for a variety of conditions.  Featuring a slightly narrower outline than the Albatross with a more pulled in tail for added maneuverability, the Grebe carves well off the bottom setting up for great noserides.  Refined noseriding features including soft rails, blended concave, and moderate tail kick make this a great daily driver longboard. Custom order with a square tail, diamondtail, or rounded pintail.  Singlefin all the way.