Al Meets the Puck and Falls In Love!
In 1949, Al shared an apartment in Pacific Beach with a friend, Glen Black, who invited him to Lo Jolla, where Al played his first game of shuffleboard, and promptly fell in love.

Back then, there were no shuffleboard leagues, no organized shuffleboard play-there were only "shuffleboard hustlers." Al quickly became one.

Al Gets Into the Shuffleboard Business
He was working for an insulation company when Freddy Anderson, his shuffleboard hustler partner, broke off a key in the shuffleboard money box, and asked Al to go with him to pick up a screw lock from the American Shuffleboard Company in L.A.

While he was there, a call came in for someone to move some shuffleboards, and since he had a pickup truck, Al volunteered. Seeing a need for someone to pick up, refinish, and deliver shuffleboards, Al quit his job, rented a building, bought sanders, spray guns, and learned by trial and error.

Al said, "The first board I refinished was for Santa Barbara, and it was so slow, you practically had to hit the weight with a gold club to get it to the other end. I did seven boards in San Diego, and had to redo everyone of them because the finish peeled off."

A&M Amusement Service Established in 1959
In December of 1959, Al decided to go into business, doing what he enjoyed most and started A&M Amusement Service. Al said, "I love to get these old boards and when I get them fixed up all nice and pretty, and someone asks, 'Is that a new board?' that really does something to me. I've built up a pretty good reputation and I'm proud of that."

Al refinishes boards in nine western states and has gone >>> Booklet