One-of-one
Sunset Logline
A 9'2" single-fin longboard reborn as a wall piece — resin sunset over a sanded cedar fin.
Outer Banks → Wilmington, North Carolina
Every board deserves a second fin.
We take retired, broken, and beloved surfboards from along the Carolina coast and rework them into one-of-a-kind art — so the board that carried you keeps a place on shore.
A second life for boards that earned one
Every surfboard eventually ages out of the lineup — snapped noses, waterlogged foam, dings that never quite heal. Most end up in a shed, a dumpster, or a landfill. Second Fin exists so they don't.
We collect retired boards along the corridor from the Outer Banks down to Wilmington, restore what can be restored, and transform each one into a piece of art that carries its history forward. The salt, the repairs, the wax lines — the story stays in the work.
Boards that already found their second life
A few pieces from the studio walls.
Three steps, one board at a time
1. Donate your board
Tell us about your board — any shape, any condition. We arrange a drop-off or pickup along the OBX–Wilmington corridor.
2. We rework it
In the studio the board is cleaned, repaired where it counts, and hand-finished as an original piece — painted, sealed, and ready for a wall instead of a wave.
3. It lives on
Finished pieces join the gallery as one-of-ones. Each carries the story of the board it used to be — and of the surfer who donated it.
Made on the Carolina coast
Second Fin is an independent studio rooted in the surf towns between the Outer Banks and Wilmington. It started with one broken board that was too full of stories to throw away.
Have a board collecting dust?
Give it a second life. Donating takes a few minutes — we handle the rest.
Second Fin is an independent for-profit studio, so donations are appreciated but not tax-deductible.
Donate a board