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Oakley Pro Bali Dispatch: The Party, the Spirit, the Professional
Sebastian Zietz at the Oakley Bali Pro night surf session. Photo: Hennings It’s 7 AM on Friday morning at Keramas. The waves are head high, the wind is light, and there are four people in the water....
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Chris Cote on Transworld Surf’s Death, Kut U Up, and Getting Branded by...
The ultimate: Chris Cote cubing Kelly Slater. Yesterday, GrindMedia made another headline-grabbing announcement by deciding to stop the publication of Transworld Surf Magazine, a surf media institution...
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Review: Storm Surfers 3D
When getting the shot means something. Shipstern’s Bluff. Last Tuesday night I got barreled at Shipstern’s Bluff. Tom Carroll towed me into a massive lump of energy, I airdropped down the infamous...
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Riots, Shock, and Class at Huntington Beach’s 2013 US Open Of Surfing
2013 US Open of Surfing Champion Alejo Muniz competing for attention in Huntington. Photo: Llalande I had to leave Huntington Beach yesterday. After brushing past a pretty intense “chick fight,”...
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Keeping It Classy in Huntington Beach
I had to leave Huntington Beach yesterday. After brushing past a pretty intense “chick fight,” getting screamed at by cops for accidentally walking into a HAZMAT-obstructed horror scene on Main St.,...
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Why It’s Impossible to Quit Surfing
Editor’s Note: The following piece was originally published by SURFER Magazine, but here it is again in case you missed it the first time. Still true in our eyes. Could you quit? Photo: Seth Migdail I...
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10 Reasons Surfing Improves Humanity
Editor’s Note: The following piece was written for the Huffington Post, but we thought you’d like it. After all, surfing makes our lives a little better, right? Just surf. You’ll be happier. Promise....
View ArticleThis Is Legacy: Kelly Slater Will Win Supertubos
Kelly Slater will win the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Portugal. I don’t care if it’s an unimaginative pick. The mathematical scenarios of the 2013 ASP World Title Race are available for all to see, and with...
View ArticleWhat’s Changed in Surfing Since Andy Irons Died?
I remember the day Andy Irons died very clearly. It was Election Day, 2010. I planned to get a session in that grey morning at Cardiff, but I was running late to a lunch meeting with former SURFER...
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Review: Oakley Blade 4 Compression
That there is Adam Melling checking his butt cleavage color contrast between skin and boardshort. He’s doing well. Photo: Oakley I was supposed to test and review the Oakley Blade 4 compression...
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Classics: Shaun Tomson
“I like men who have known the best and the worst, whose life has been anything but a smooth trip. Storms have battered them, they have lain, sometimes for months on end, becalmed. There is a residue...
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Did Mick Fanning Deserve the Score that Decided the World Title?
Mick Fanning…getting the 9.7 he needed to claim the World Title during the Quarterfinal against Yadin Nicol. After Mick Fanning clinched the 2013 ASP World Title with his buzzer-beater 9.7 against...
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World’s Best Surfers Fight Monsanto and GMOs in Haleiwa Protest
“All these poisons will have consequences down the line,” said Mark Healey. “We’ve got to make moves at the moment. ” Mark Healey joined hundreds of professional surfers to protest Monsanto and GMOs in...
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Turtle Discusses North Shore 2: Possibly Starring John John Florence?
John Philbin (AKA Turtle) talks North Shore 2. That’s right. A sequel! Of all the people you could watch Pipe Masters with, Turtle, aka John Philbin, from the cult classic surf film North Shore, tops...
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Review: Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell by Chas Smith
Portraits of John John Florence and Eddie Rothman from Welcome to Paradise Now Go to Hell. Photos: Justin Jay If the surf industry is high school (which it kind of is), and winter on the North Shore is...
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Golf and Surfing: Why Surfers (and Kelly Slater) Love Golf
One is a beacon of country club civility, the other a pursuit once relegated to society’s fringes. Though the two sports make unlikely bedfellows, surfers love golf. It’s nothing new. Legendary...
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Why Richard Sherman Can Teach Surfing and Sports a Few Lessons
Can John John channel his inner-Richard Sherman this year? We hope so. If you haven’t seen Richard Sherman’s post-game interview with Erin Andrews from seconds after the Seattle Seahawks beat the San...
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Chas Smith Discusses Beatings on the North Shore, Andy Irons, and Hating His...
Chas Smith says this is his swan song to surfing. We’ll see about that. Photo: Derek Dunfee. I did this interview for me. I had spoken to Chas Smith once before – right after he got into all kinds of...
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Interview: Jack Johnson on Plastics, Beyonce, and Surfing Over Music
Jack Johnson had never heard the song Drunk in Love by Beyonce. We fixed that. Photo: Weisberg It had come to this. There I was, seated at a table beside Jack Johnson at the Ocean Institute in Dana...
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Kelly Slater Leaves Quiksilver; Begins New Chapter with Kering Group
“You can go your own way.” Kelly Slater begins a new chapter. Photo: Branden Aroyan Of course this is how April Fool’s Day begins. A press release entitled “KELLY SLATER ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE FROM...
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