Remember the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? You may not, since most of us have the attention span of gnats and if it isn’t buzzing on our phones right this instant it doesn’t exist, but here’s a refresher. In April, 201[...]
As Michael Ciaramella helpfully pointed out last week over on Stab, a male Californian hasn't won a World Tour event in 10 years, when Bobby Martinez earned his second Teahupoo crown. This is consternating enough on its own, by why s[...]
Whales, dolphins, a functioning oceanic ecosystem—who needs any of that crap, amirite? What we need is more real loud noises pumping through the Atlantic Ocean like a Danzig song, deafening sea mammals from Delaware to Florida. A[...]
Ed. note: We recently ran a piece from Features Editor Justin Housman (“We Shal[...]
Politics, huh? Aren’t they a wonderful way to bring us together? Just a nice, c[...]
Can you name the best baseball player on earth? If not, don't feel bad. Mike Trout is[...]
I write you today hopelessly buried beneath a stack of surf mags and DVDs from the '8[...]
Today, it’s very windy. I’m watching whitecaps toss and churn beneath the Golden Gate Bridge from my desk. It’s not a surf day, but I’ll probably head down to a little cove near my house for a paddle, just the s[...]
It’s awfully hard to fault the Ziffs—owners of the WSL and, presumably, still the org’s pennybank—and the rest of the WSL brass for canceling the Margaret River Pro. In the heat of the moment as surfers were bei[...]
Can you imagine making the call to start running heats again at the Margaret River Pr[...]
Can you imagine making the call to start running heats again at the Margaret River Pr[...]
Halfway through a film festival at the Santa Cruz Patagonia store, a man handed me a [...]
Ever since the first footage was released of Kelly's Wave, the most important technol[...]
This is a very good day to go surfing. Most days are, to be sure, but it’s espe[...]
Imagine this, for a moment: flawless, eight-foot Honolua Bay, turquoise barrels spinning off down the point, just four surfers in the water, all of ’em in contest jerseys. It’s a Senior WSL heat featuring Taylor Knox, Shane[...]
The 2017 WCT kicks off this week with SO MANY QUESTIONS: Will Facebook save pro surfing? Will Fanning or Slater win agai….yawn, sorry, fell asleep just thinking about that possibility Who’s in charge of the WSL now anyway, [...]