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Every year we are graced with a crop of fresh new faces joining the highest level of competition that is known as the Championship Tour. A chance at a World Title is a tantalizing prospect to the rookie class each year. More than likely these young, accomplished athletes come off a bit tense, setting their […]
Isn’t it fun to play the what-if game sometimes? What if I would have made that section? What if Kelly had hair? What if they made a wave pool that broke like Pipeline? With the start of the 2023 CT season less than 2 weeks away from a possible opening day, let’s have a walk […]
As much as I hate Instagram, as much as I believe it’s killing the spirit of surfing, the best surf related content of 2022 was only found on IG. The Quiksilver/Roxy Pro G-Land was a little bit of a disappointment to many, mostly due to their own expectations of the waves. Nonetheless, we witnessed a […]
EDITORS NOTE: Ahh, ‘tis the new year. A week in and wow, what a start. We’ve been greeted with some weather (rain + snow), some waves (swell story coming soon), and finally, another fantastic write up from our beloved Mick. We’re entering a time that fits this article perfectly – that is, a time of […]
With this Mondo swell in town (guess where), I have been checking a lot of various surf breaks via one of surfing’s greatest technological advancements that is Surfline. Amidst my browsing, I started noticing how curious the names of waves are. Some are very elementary, forthright, while others leave behind giant question marks. We have […]
Stab has started rolling out their annual version of SOTY – that is Surfer Of The Year. Thrasher started Skater Of The Year back in 1990, with Stab following suit in 2018. Let’s have a look at the differences: Thrasher: Stab: Thrashers Skater Of The Year was announced about 1 month ago, Tyshawn Jones being […]
Is surfing CORE anymore? As a whole, absolutely not. The “global home of surfing” that is the Woz is so far from CORE they are just now able to see the concept through the James Webb telescope. I don’t even know exactly what CORE is or means, but I know that is not it. None […]
A lifelong pursuit of a replicate sensation. Constant uprooting for bliss. Again and again. A life sentence to commitment. The trivial pleasure revealed by the indifferent. Wrangle for the solace. Substitution is nonexistent. The rapture ebbs the vein. Lifers. -hwilsin
Spine-Tek. Carbon Wrap. HYFI. Dark Arts. Black Sheep. Double Dart. Lib-tech. Varial foam. Futureflex. IBolic. Electralite. The list goes on. Long gone are the days of ordering your standard performance shortboard – length, width, thickness, fin preference (futures or FCS), and maybe tail shape. With the commercial takeover of the shortboard industry, no more than […]
Every surfer has claimed a wave. Right? From the “no claim-claim” head to the sky kickout, all the way to the full-on praying hands in the air, you must have claimed at least one wave in your career. Right?! The random fly-away air kick-out for no apparent reason.. You must know! I like to imagine […]