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Swell of the Decade, so they’ve been saying. Is that true? What was the last swell that was this hyped, and then actually lived up to that? Hurricane Marie? I can not believe it’s been 12 years since then. I’ve been surfing for almost 20 years and boogie boarding as a grom before that, my […]
So we are three (plus) days into the El Salvador Pro, and the Fantasy Surf World is reeling. Griffin got knocked out by Al Cleland Jr, Ethan Ewing lost to Callum Robson, and Filipe was beaten by Kauli Vaast. Three event favorites out in Round 2. Eli Hanneman threw me a (tiny) middle finger for […]
I know, I know – I’m late. But we have a great guest this week, so at least the wait was worthwhile. I’ve seen this kid in the water at home a few times, and then I saw him featured in a Stab article, and then I saw Travis from Inherent Bummer write about him, […]
Instead of a typical prediction piece I might pen for an upcoming event, I wanted to change things up a bit – add a little spice. This is the First Ever hvoide Power Rankings. The forecast, even though I don’t trust Surfline, looks really solid. That’s going to play a part in these rankings, as […]
Ethan Ewing might not be the World Champion, but he is everyone’s favorite surfer right now. Even Britt Merrick. So when Stab announced his appearance as this season’s SITD surfer, excitement filled the room. Remember, Surfing is a very small room in the grand scheme of things. Stab really had to do right after the […]
What’d you think of that New Zealand comp? Pretty sick, hey? Hear what? That Seal Attack? Yeah! Haha, pretty heavy! What are you on about? What the fuck are you talking about? ..Okay.. ? (Chuckling) You’re tripping. What does any of that shit have to do with New Zealand? Yeah.. … You’re fucking lying. … […]
One of my favorite parts about surfing is how unique, individual, and personal it is. We all partake in the same activity, but we all do it a bit differently. Big waves, competitions, free surfers, shapers, weekend warriors, pro’s, “industry” folk, actors, tourists, staunch locals; the community is as diverse as you could draw it […]
We’ve been very contest-centric recently, and I wanted to get away from that for a second; take a break, as quick as it may be. So, over this past weekend I busted out my old DVD collection to try and get back to some roots inspiration. For the record, I am ashamed of this lackadaisical […]
Since you are on this website and this is, of course, a site dedicated to surfing, I know that you are familiar with ‘Hawaiian Scale’ – The original GateKeeping. There are a ton of stories of how this came about: measuring from the back of the wave, lifeguards in Hawaii trying to negate tourists, surfers […]
2006 Barra. 2010 Lowers. 2017 J-Bay. 2019 Keramas. Could this year’s Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro join the upper echelon of most high performance surf events ever? I think after today, the argument is there. I just got home from judging a contest of my own and pulled up the webcast to see Ethan Ewing throw […]