Iconic surf photographer LeRoy Grannis (1917-2011) lived the type of surf life that most romanticize. He was surfing Malibu in the 1930s when six people in the water was considered “crowded.” When Grannis decided to pick up[...]
“They were poor but they were also rich because they were surfers,” John Grannis says as he flips through the archive of John “Doc” Ball’s photos of the Los Angeles’ South Bay’s early surf sc[...]
The naturally surreal aesthetic of Ireland’s Cliffs of Moher make the landscape seem like the backdrop of a Tolkien novel. The emerald colored water and the dramatic cliffs that jut 700 ft above the sea are a blatant reminder tha[...]
Since surfers began putting it on rail, a lot of memorable cutbacks have been capture[...]
All photos by Ted Grambeau. In the early 2010s, images of Australia's Laurie Towner p[...]
Carissa Moore is gifted both in style and technicality on a surfboard, and was even f[...]
It’s a shame that video rental stores are virtually extinct, because among the [...]
If you were to hop in a time machine and travel to Santa Barbara in 1979, you'd find a surf culture on the brink of sweeping change. Pro surfing was still in its infancy, the thruster was about 3 years away from being unveiled and a sm[...]
There are few surfers in the world who look cool just going down the line, but Michael February is one of them. You can study the placement of his knees or hands or every limb in between, but it probably won't get you anywhere--accordi[...]
According to master lensman Jeff Divine, there’s a lot to juggle when shooting [...]
A few months ago, photographer Duncan Macfarlane organized an Indonesian boat trip an[...]
Sunny, offshore and swell in the water. With ideal conditions like those, one would t[...]
This interview is published in SURFER Magazine, Volume 59, Issue 5, on newsstands now[...]
“SURFACE,” a ROAM Original, is the story of how award-winning photographe[...]
In this episode of “Behind the Photo,” Todd Glaser shares the story of how his instantly iconic photo (seen below) of 11x World Champion Kelly Slater and not-yet 2x World Champion John John Florence came to be. While workin[...]
When the forecast for Lagundri Bay started to look promising earlier this week with two big back-to-back swells heading straight towards Nias–SURFER staff photographer Ryan “Chachi” Craig hopped on a flight to Indo, r[...]