Teaching Kids to Ride
Since 2006
2006
It started with a dog igloo and a jigsaw. The first Spooner board was born in San Diego.
In the summer of 2006, Randy Putland was cleaning up the backyard of his Old Town San Diego surf shop. He cut up an old plastic dog igloo, saw a skateboard deck in its curve and shaped a few boards.
Without wheels, they turned out to be something better. His daughter and her friends rode them for hours, and the Spooner Board was born.
2008
The Spooner's design is officially patented.
Randy's surfing buddy Bernie Miller and, soon after, Reuben Guymer joined him. The three of them bootstrapped the company from a garage and patented its unique spoon shape.
2008–10
Producing boards by hand with our routers, pizza oven and wooden molds. Spooners are being adopted into PE programs around the country and soon specialty toy stores.
2010
Bringing the boards to an inviting audience of specialty retailers and starting the tradition of building a new spooner "mega ramp" every year!
2011
The Spooner is awarded Active Toy of The Year by Astra and store count grows to 1,200+
2016
Aired on Shark Tank! Reach 1,000,000 boards sold and retire the pizza oven.
Today
Still proudly building boards in San Diego and teaching kids confidence and skills for board riding. Launch of the AirPro Training System for the next generation of shredders.
Today we've sold more than 1,000,000 boards. Spooners are used in over 10,000 schools and sold worldwide, and they've been featured on Shark Tank.
We still make, pack and ship every board ourselves from our San Diego warehouse. Our boards help riders of all ages build balance and confidence to surf, skate and snowboard.
Since 2006
