Finding the right board shouldn't be the hard part.

I surf in Capitola, just down the coast from Santa Cruz, and for as long as I've surfed, finding a board I actually liked has been a hunt. The right board was always out there — on a shop rack across town, in a shaper's bay, in a post that sold an hour before I saw it. You had to know where to look, and you usually didn't.

Surf Trader puts those boards in one place. Search by the things that matter — length, width, thickness, volume, board type, condition and how far you're willing to drive — and see what local shops, shapers, manufacturers and surfers are selling near you.

It's built just as much for the people selling boards. Surf shops and shapers keep this sport going, and they deserve a simple way to get their boards in front of the right surfers, sell them faster, and spend more time doing what they do best. Private sellers get the same: list a board in a few minutes and hear from buyers nearby.

Surf Trader doesn't sell boards or take a cut. We connect you with the people who make and sell them, and you deal with each other directly, the way surfers always have.

See you in the water.

Matthew CordovaFounder, Surf Trader · Capitola, California