About Us

Zen Surfboards blends classic designs with modern refinements to create truly functional performance oriented surf craft. Boards are handcrafted with attention to detail throughout the shaping process to insure the highest level of quality from board to board. At Zen Surfboards our goal is to create and build boards to enhance , and push your surfing to the next level. We offer a variety of shapes, from high performance shortboards, classic fish outlines, simmons inspired alternative shapes, mid-length hull influenced single fins, to classic gliders and nose riders. Whatever your looking for, Zen Surfboards will build and customize any shape to fit your surfing needs with the highest level of craftsmanship to insure the best build quality process from design to finished board.

Zen Surfboards began in 2005 in North San Diego County.

We started  designing and building surfboards for surfers like ourselves to enhance our experience in the water, to test and apply designs that plain and simple allow us to have more fun. Combining design elements such as outline , foil , rocker , rail shape and fin placement to give you a true one of a kind surfboard to push your surfing to the next level. So if is a performance shortboard , classic fish , alternative hull inspired stub or vintage nose rider , we can translate what your looking for to allow you to get what you want in your next board.  We strive to provide the highest quality , superb craftsmanship , built in the USA , one board at a time.
– Cal Schafer , Designer and Shaper