Surfboard Wall Mounts

How to choose your surfboard wall mount

Start with the board you display most, because shape and volume decide the rack. A vertical surfboard rack grips the tail and holds the board on its rail — ideal for a high-performance shortboard or a wide fish in a tight hallway. A horizontal mount supports the board flat by both rails and suits a longboard, a mid-length egg or a wooden vintage board you want to frame like art. The natural cork pads matter here: oak is dense and rigid enough to hold a 7–12 kg longboard with zero flex, while the cork distributes the load so the rails never take a hard point. Most of our boards stay on the mount with the fins left in — handy for a thruster setup you ride often — but you can lay the board fins-up if you prefer.

Vertical vs horizontal surfboard rack

A vertical surf rack is the space-saver: the board stands on its tail, takes almost no wall width and slots into a narrow entrance, a garage corner or beside a door. A horizontal rack is the display choice: the deck and the topsheet face out, so a single board reads as wall art above a bed or a sofa. Both keep the rail and the wax off the floor. If you own a full quiver, mixing the two lets you store the daily shortboard vertically and frame the longboard horizontally.

Why solid oak rather than metal

A steel hook is cold, industrial and prone to marking a rail; solid oak is the opposite. Each rack is shaped from a single dense hardwood, finished with beeswax and linseed oil that bring out the grain and protect the wood for years. The cork sits between oak and your rails, so a PU or epoxy board never picks up a pressure dent. Oak ages into a warm patina that belongs in a living room, not a shed — which is exactly why riders pick it for surfboard wall décor rather than garage storage.

Caring for your oak surf rack and your board

The finish is low-maintenance: wipe the oak with a dry cloth, and re-oil it lightly once a year if it lives in a sunny room. Hang the board with the wax side away from a wall you care about, since wax softens and stains in heat. Rinsing salt and sand off before mounting keeps both the cork and the board clean. Done this way, a wall-mounted surfboard stays ding-free and ready for the next session for years.

A gift idea for surfers

A handmade oak surfboard rack is the kind of present a surfer actually keeps. It suits the friend whose hallway is a maze of boards, the longboarder who treats a wooden board as a collector piece, or anyone setting up a first quiver. With 100% recyclable packaging and free shipping over €100, it makes a clean birthday or Christmas gift for surfers.

Have boots and bindings to store too? See our snowboard wall mounts, and for twin-tips and wakeboards explore the kitesurf and wakeboard racks. Surfskate rider as well? Browse the skateboard wall mounts. To finish the wall around your board, see the solid oak shelves and coat hooks.