Meeting El Gato
When Mexico participated in the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Panama, three of their six national surfing team-riders hailed from Sayulita, Mexico. It’s no secret that this sleepy…
Surfing the Lord
Ask most any surfer what they did on any given Sunday morning and most will sarcastically say they were at church. Indeed, many surfers view their sport more as a…
Last Bastion of Surf
Surfers spend inordinate amounts of time idolizing the up and coming rider or mesmerized by the most progressive shaper. Yet they rarely give a second thought to the person they…
Trip Like I Do
Imagine selling it all, dropping everything tomorrow and hopping on a plane with a one-way ticket to some far off place with epic surf. A place where you don’t know…
The Endless August
If there were royalty in surfing’s microcosm, the August family would certainly qualify. Known as “Blackie” throughout the Southern California local scene, Orall W. August was introduced to surfing by…
Sustainable Stoke
As surfers, we are keenly in tune with nature. Spending countless hours in her oceans harnessing her energy in the purest sense. We are the veritable disciples of Gaia. Or…
Surfing’s Intifada
Literally translated as “shaking off” from Arabic, a few dozen surfers in the Gaza strip and some unlikely friends from an Israeli non-profit are engaged in their own "intifada" defying…
Aaron’s Pursuit
In many ways, Fallbrook local Aaron Lieber’s first and highly acclaimed surf movie, “The Pursuit” mimics his sudden rise to the surfing industry spotlight. The first surf movie to be…
SYRVing Nicaragua
Surf. Yoga. Charity. If there was ever the trifecta of good karma, Santa Monica local Monique Evans may have hit the mark when she founded SYRV, a non-profit outfit that…
Surfrider v5.0
When the Surfrider Foundation set out to look for the fifth heir to its environmental throne in 2004, they tossed out the green rule-book and hired a tech entrepreneur. James…