June 20th was International Surf Day. Select spots around the globe were blessed with waves, while others were not so fortunate. Southern Maine was one of those places where the Atlantic Ocean decided to go flat for what seemed like the 20th day in a row. Doing his part over at Grain, board builder [...]

In a “global” economy, shipping often carries greater costs - both financial and environmental - than producing the products being shipped. This month we began a new relationship with UPS who’ll now be our primary shipper. Worldwide, UPS has shown it has an interest in reducing its contribution to world pollution by utilizing more [...]

After a nice little holiday weekend, the Grain crew eased back into the swing of things with an adventure packed field trip to Portland’s Corduroy Surf Shop and Boutique. Everyone was pretty excited to pile into “the Pug” (our stylin’ 1966 Grumman Step Van) and open ‘er up after all of her recent ‘modifications’. [...]