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REVISION

So yesterday I posted about Kanoa Igarashi and Mirai Ikeda qualifying for the 2028 LA Olympics. I wanted to post this full Revision rather than just to add an editors note on that post. First and foremost I needed to correct myself in saying that these surfers have provisionally qualified for the Olympics. The reason […]

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KANOA IGARASHI AND MIRAI IKEDA WIN ASIAN GAMES, QUALIFY FOR LA2028 OLYMPICS

Long a topic of controversy and debate, the Olympic qualification for surfing runs through the ISA (International Surfing Association). It’s been president Fernando Aguerre’s lifelong dream and mission to get surfing into the Olympics, which was first realized in 2020 at the Tokyo (Japan) Olympics. To this point, I personally feel that he should be […]

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WEEKEND MESS

I had a few of the most ridiculous, albeit, hilarious surfs that I have partaken in for quite some time last weekend. Not the one we just had, but prior. This was coming off the heels of my trip to ‘Surf City’ El Salvador, where the Adult Learning population is large and growing, mind you. […]

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ERIN BROOKS WINS 3 IN A ROW. MIGUEL PUPO TAKES OUT LOWERS 15 YEARS AFTER NIKE 6.0 VICTORY.

A couple of storybook results here at the Southern California Skatepark this past week. 34-year-old Miggy Pupo continues his dream run, winning his 2nd event of the season (Bells, Lowers), while 19-year-old Erin Brooks just won her 3rd straight (Teahupoo, Cloudbreak, Lowers). As another side story, this was the last event before the ‘mini cut’. […]

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SURFING SUPER LEAGUE

There goes the neighborhood. First we have Natural Selection, then the Wave Pool Surf Tour, and now this; Surfing Super League. If you’d like to try and decipher exactly what’s going on with this new league, the format, and what to expect from the first season – have a look here for yourself. I started […]

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CLOUDBREAK DAY TWO

So I’ve Surfived another round. I picked Medina. If I did my math correctly, there should be 54 people left after this event. If you’ve never heard of Surfival League, its similar to an NFL football survival league – you pick one team (surfer) to win (make it through Round 2) each week (event). You […]

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CLOUDBREAK DAY ONE

The story of the day is Erin Brooks. She just surfed one of the best waves in Women’s competitive surfing history out at Cloudbreak for a unanimous 10. There are 4 waves that we can compare this to. Molly Picklum’s 10 at Pipe in 2024. Steph Gilmore’s 10 at Keramas in 2019. Erin Brooks 10 […]

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WAVE CHECK

You know the saying by now. If you don’t, why are you not following on social media? Here are the links. Go ahead and do it now. Follow here on Instagram. Follow here on X / Twitter. Follow here on Threads. Follow here on Facebook. So I post a Wave Check photo nearly every morning. […]

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SOON

I’m always on the look for something fresh when it comes to competitive surfing. I just recently pointed you in the direction of the Wave Pool Surf Tour, remember? Well here is something else. While this isn’t exactly brand new, Natural Selection Surf is soon returning for its second season, and I’m fired up. If […]

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SETH MONIZ WINS OUTERKNOWN TAHITI PRO

Well, shit. This didn’t age well. But hey, look at me. I’ll own it; I can take a Loss. As soon as I got done writing off Seth Moniz on reddit, he went and did this. In fairness, I will say that Teahupoo is a wave that one would expect Seth to do well at. […]