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Every surfer goes through experiences that only another surfer will truly understand. The wave that closed out just before takeoff. The long paddle that ended with nothing. The friend who always seems to catch the best...
Read original source1972. This is the year of Bloody Sunday - when British soldiers shot unarmed demonstrators in Northern Ireland. The year of the Munich massacre at the Summer Olympics. The beginning of Watergate. Elvis Presley covered...
Read original sourceTsunamis are relatively rare and difficult to study due to their unpredictability. When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29, 2025, it immediately became one of the largest...
Read original sourceSurfing did not arrive in print with glossy magazines or beach photography. One of its earliest appearances came in a Victorian travel book. Charles Warren Stoddard's "Summer Cruising in the South Seas," published in...
Read original sourceI have recently come across one of those new terms or concepts invented to describe things that have suddenly emerged in our brave new world. Today, we seem to have expressions for nearly every detail or behavior in our...
Read original sourceThe concept of cultural appropriation is generally highly controversial and not always viewed positively. Luxury brand Louis Vuitton took the risk with surfing. Big wave surfer Andrew Cotton called it a 26-foot...
Read original sourceI've felt it in my skin a few times, and it's deeply frustrating. Have you ever been to the beach with perfect waves rolling and no equipment at all to ride them? It happened again, dear reader. Yesterday, I went for a...
Read original sourceA few minutes can decide whether a shark attack becomes a tragedy or a survival story. That reality sits at the heart of Community Shark Bite Kits, a grassroots initiative that aims to place lifesaving bleeding control...
Read original sourceTeahupoo has claimed another life. Patrick Phillips, a respected California surfer, died after a serious accident at Teahupoo, Tahiti. Phillips, 56, was surfing with friends at Teahupoo on the afternoon of June 12 when...
Read original sourceIf, as a surfer or visitor, you've ever stood above Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, you'd barely miss a bronze surfer gazing out at one of the most famous waves on the West Coast of the USA. The statue, known as "To Honor...
Read original sourceThe odds that I would ever have had the opportunity to try surfing (and fall in love with it forever) were stacked against me. I am the eldest son of a university professor and a high school teacher. As far back as I...
Read original sourceIf you're familiar with tube riding and barrels - small or big hollow ones - the next step is backdooring them. The move involves taking off deep behind the peak, often beneath a section that already appears to be...
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