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  • Watch: "Hang Ten" featuring Carson, Moniz, Nuuhiwa, Bigler, more
    Video (10-05-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-2-2022: Ned Eckert Mooned us all . . . and we loved it!
    Sunday Joint (10-02-2022)
  • New: "The New Adam," Merv Larson profile by Drew Kampion (1970)
    Blog (10-01-2022)
  • New: Sandy Ordille, New Jersey's first WCT pro surfer
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-01-2022)
  • New: Sandy Ordille interview: "I kept my grades up, despite having the school record for the highest number of absences, and graduated in 1973"
    Interviews (09-30-2022)
  • Updated: JJ Moon: the Man, the Myth . . . mostly Myth
    Blog (09-29-2022)
  • New: Art Brewer interview: "You were lucky to find anyone on the beach before 10 because everyone was still sleeping off the night before"
    Interviews (09-28-2022)
  • New: Pat Curren interview: "When Tom was 18 months old, he would do a perfect lay-back somersault and I would catch him. Even then he had balance and style."
    Interviews (09-27-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-25-2022: Lisa Andersen and Emma Spreckels go all the way - to Page One
    Sunday Joint (09-25-2022)
  • New: 1888: Emma Spreckels wows 'em at Asbury Park, "standing on a plank like a goddess over the crests of the biggest breakers"
    Blog (09-22-2022)
  • New: East Coast Hall of Fame surf photographer Tom Dugan
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-19-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-18-2022: Battle of the Icemen
    Blog (09-18-2022)
  • New: Damien Hardman interview: "I remember thinking before the head, 'I need this five grand more than Tom Carroll does.'"
    Interviews (09-16-2022)
  • New: "Mystery Achievement," Damine Hardman profile by Phil Jarratt (1988)
    Blog (09-15-2022)
  • Watch: Damien Hardman at Bells, Narrabeen, Indo, more
    Video (09-13-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-11-2022: Vicki Flaxman brings the shade and the joy: "We don't ride the soup; we're in the curl, honey!"
    Sunday Joint (09-11-2022)
  • New: "Gidget Girls"—Newsweek article about Vicki, Aggie, Claire and the rest of the pre-Gidget Queens of Malibu (2002)
    Blog (09-09-2022)
  • New: Vicki Flaxman interview: "We don't ride the soup; we're in the curl, honey!"
    Interviews (09-07-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-4-2022: Here's a Bottle and an Honest Man - Matt Hoy by way of Roddy Doyle
    Sunday Joint (09-04-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-28-2022: Is that a Racing 16 in your Pocket, or are you just Glad to See Me?
    Sunday Joint (08-28-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-21-2022: One Col Smith is Great, two Col Smiths is Better
    Blog (08-21-2022)
  • Watch: Shane Beschen at Steamers, Lowers, G-land, more
    Video (08-18-2022)
  • Watch: 1996: Shane Beschen's 30-point heat at Billabong Pro, Kirra
    Video (08-17-2022)
  • New: Col Smith of Narrabeen: "I'm going for the big one!"
    Blog (08-16-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-14-2022: Dale Davis, Surf-King of Tinseltown
    Sunday Joint (08-14-2022)
  • New: "Call Them All," Nathan Myers on researching Encyclopedia of Surfing
    Blog (08-13-2022)
  • Updated: Col Smith of Newcastle, '78 Aussie Champ
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-09-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-7-2022: Schlock and Awe - A Beach-Horror Double Feature!
    Sunday Joint (08-07-2022)
  • Watch: "The Horror of Party Beach," full-length! (1965)
    Video (08-02-2022)
  • Watch: "The Beach Girls and the Monster" - 1965 full-length surf-horror flick
    Video (08-01-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-31-2022: Pam Burridge finds "Summertime" in the Winter of her Discontent
    Sunday Joint (07-31-2022)
  • New: "Summertime All 'Round the World," Excerpt from Pam Burridge biography
    Blog (07-26-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-24-2033: Riding the Red Line at Maalaea
    Sunday Joint (07-25-2022)
  • Watch: Maalaea '62, from "Angry Sea"
    Video (07-22-2022)
  • New: Owl Chapman on Maalaea: "All I can tell Rabbit is that his Kirra Point sucks!"
    Blog (07-21-2022)
  • New: Maalaea '72, by Yuri Farrant, featuring Jeff Hakman and Reno Abellira
    Blog (07-19-2022)
  • Watch: Maalaea '85, from "Amazing Surf Stories"
    Video (07-18-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-18-2022: Long Beach Flood Control - the Army Corps of Engineers Giveth, the Army Corps of Engineers Taketh Away
    Sunday Joint (07-17-2022)
  • New: Long Beach Flood Control: We Killed the Best Wave in Southern California to Save Democracy
    Blog (07-14-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-10-2022: Shane Herring, and the Ups and Downs of Feeling Alright
    Sunday Joint (07-10-2022)
  • Watch: Shane Herring: "Three years to the top, three years to the bottom"
    Video (07-07-2022)
  • New: Shane Herring profile by Tim Baker "Can a Surf Star Stay This Normal?" (1992)
    Blog (07-06-2022)
  • New: Shane Herring interview - "Kelly Slater would be thinking, 'How did this little Australian drunk beat me!'"
    Above the Roar (07-04-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-3-2022: the Ugly, the Grumpy, and the Dooley
    Sunday Joint (07-03-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint Addendum, 6-27-2022: What do you Expect? I'm a Drummer!
    Sunday Joint (06-27-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-26-2022: "What is it About Surfing that Draw so Many Dirty Characters?"
    Sunday Joint (06-26-2022)
  • Watch: Hanging Heels '67: Gary Propper, Claude Codgen, Dru Harrison
    Video (06-21-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-19-2022: The Ranch . . . Over the Rainbow and Behind the Gate
    Sunday Joint (06-20-2022)
  • New: "Status is: a Key to California's Best Private Beach," Ranch article by Matt Warshaw (1998)
    Blog (06-15-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-12-2022: Blissing Out on Ted Spencer
    Sunday Joint (06-12-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-5-2022: Aloha and RIP Dick Brewer, Joey Hamasaki, and Walt Phillips
    Sunday Joint (06-06-2022)
  • New: Mike Doyle: "The Peruvians loved watching us go berserk in their country!"
    Blog (06-03-2022)
  • New: Tom Parrish on Brewer, Lopez, Aipa, Merrick, McTavish, more
    Interviews (06-03-2022)
  • New: Walt Phillips interview for Joe Pyne, "America's First Shock Jock" (1965)
    Above the Roar (06-01-2022)
  • New: "Adventures of a Ranch Addict," by Ron Stoner (SURFER, 1968)
    Blog (05-31-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-29-2022: John Severson's Cover is Blown
    Sunday Joint (05-30-2022)
  • New: 1969 Surfriders Championships: Spencer, Drouyn, Treloar, more
    Contest (05-28-2022)
  • Watch: Ted Spencer at Burleigh, Bells, more
    Video (05-26-2022)
  • Watch: The Ranch, 1960 - filmed by John Severson
    Video (05-25-2022)
  • New: "The Ranch Reality," SURFER Magazine (1972)
    Blog (05-24-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-22-2022: Black is the New Red
    Sunday Joint (05-22-2022)
  • New: Remember Sandy, the original surfing dog
    Blog (05-20-2022)
  • New: "Mr Clean," Randy Rarick profile by Bruce Jenkins (1998)
    Blog (05-18-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-15-2022: The Seaside Stomp
    Sunday Joint (05-15-2022)
  • New: "Local Trouble," Surfing Magazine editorial (1972)
    Blog (05-13-2022)
  • New: "The Vibe Tribe," by Mike Purpus (1972)
    Blog (05-11-2022)
  • New: "Oregon: Love it or Leave it," by Mike Purpus (1972)
    Blog (05-10-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-8-2022: "Kissing a man without a beard is like drinking champagne without bubbles!"
    Sunday Joint (05-08-2022)
  • New: "Making 'Free Ride'," by John Grissim (1982)
    Blog (05-05-2022)
  • New: Ted Spencer: "When I surf, I dance for Krishna" (Tracks, 1974)
    Interviews (05-04-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-1-2022: Off to the Races - "Make or Break" is the Reality we Deserve
    Sunday Joint (05-01-2022)
  • Watch: Randy Rarick surfs Haleiwa, J-Bay, more
    Video (04-29-2022)
  • Updated: Pepe Lopes; one-man 1976 Brazilian Storm
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (04-27-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 4-24-2022: "Hey Gang, Let's Put on a Surf Contest!"
    Sunday Joint (04-24-2022)
  • Updated: "Stoner's Girl: Sweetness before Darkness" - Ron Stoner and Paulette Martinson
    Blog (04-19-2022)
  • Updated: 1868: Tsunami Destroys Big Island Town, Creates Big-Wave Legend
    Blog (04-18-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 4-17-2022: This Sport Will Be The Death of Me
    Sunday Joint (04-17-2022)
  • New: Monday Mai Tai, 4-11-2022: Premixed for your Pleasure
    Sunday Joint (04-14-2022)
  • New: "In or Out of the Surf, they're Something Else" - Calhoun family profile (LA Times, 1969)
    Blog (04-04-2022)
  • New: "Surfing is a Great Weight Reducer" - Marge Calhoun newspaper profile (1959)
    Blog (04-04-2022)
  • New: Marge Calhoun interview: "I was always good in big surf. That’s where I felt most comfortable."
    Above the Roar (04-04-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint: I Know Rabbit Holes. I Have The Best Rabbit Holes.
    Sunday Joint (04-03-2022)
  • Watch: Pepe Lopes surfs Rio, Pipeline, more
    Video (04-01-2022)
  • Updated: "The Final Word: Surfers Drop Into the Obituary Pages," Matt Warshaw (2005)
    Blog (03-31-2022)
  • New: "Civic-Minded: How the Civic Auditorium Helped Make Santa Monica a First-Rate Surf Town"
    Blog (03-25-2022)
  • Watch: Barton Lynch at Bells, Manly Beach, Pipeline, More
    Video (03-21-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 3-2-2022: Sharks Were Never the Issue for Kim McKenzie
    Sunday Joint (03-20-2022)
  • New: "Kim McKenzie: the Mooloolaba Sharkie," by John Grissim (1974)
    Blog (03-19-2022)
  • Updated: Josette Lagardere, the two-nation champ
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (03-15-2022)
  • New: Kim "Shark Girl" McKenzie
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (03-15-2022)
  • New: "She's Champ of the Surf," Kim McKenzie profile (1975)
    Blog (03-14-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 3-13-2022: the Bittersweet Ballad of Johnny Fain
    Sunday Joint (03-14-2022)
  • Watch: Johnny Fain: Beach Movie Extra
    Video (03-11-2022)
  • New: The Pipeliner, by Dick Brewer and Bing Surfboards
    Surfboard (03-09-2022)
  • New: "Man on a Permanent Vacation," Johnny Fain profile in Venture Magazine (1966)
    Blog (03-08-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 3-6-2022: Yin meets Yang in the new Gerry Lopez documentary
    Sunday Joint (03-06-2022)
  • New: "The Life and Work of Richard Brewer," by Drew Kampion (1999)
    Blog (03-01-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-27-2022: You Ride the Money or It Rides You—a Tribute to Gary Elkerton
    Sunday Joint (02-27-2022)
  • New: Gary Elkerton interview: "I've never had a problem in the ocean. I feel relaxed out there." (1996)
    Above the Roar (02-26-2022)
  • New: Gary Elkerton profile by John Ellis (Tracks, 1985)
    Blog (02-25-2022)
  • Watch: "Mad Wax," full length (1987)
    Video (02-24-2022)
  • Watch: Gary Elkerton at Bells, Sunset, More
    Video (02-24-2022)
  • Watch: "Kong's Island" (1982), full length
    Video (02-22-2022)
  • Updated: Gary Elkerton Tames the Beast
    Blog (02-22-2022)
  • New: "The Hottest Surfer You've Never Seen," Gary Elkerton profile by Nick Carroll (1983)
    Blog (02-21-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint: 2-20-2022
    Sunday Joint (02-20-2022)
  • New: Ron DiMenna interview: "What are we gonna do with more money? Buy some Ron Jon T-shirts?"
    Interviews (02-19-2022)
  • New: "The Long, Strange Tale of Ron DiMenna," by Matt Higgins (2011)
    Blog (02-17-2022)
  • Updated: Playing with Dynamite: the "Ron Jon" DiMenna Story
    Blog (02-15-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-13-2022: Our Sunset Years
    Sunday Joint (02-13-2022)
  • New: "Sunset Beach: the World's Premier Winter Surf Spot," by Michael Tomson (1985)
    Blog (02-11-2022)
  • New: Elkerton or Ho, Sunset Beach, 1992: "Who's the Best?"
    Blog (02-11-2022)
  • New: Sam George calls out Sunset Beach: "It's a dog!" (1990)
    Blog (02-10-2022)
  • New: "Sunset Beach," by Buzzy Trent, Petersen's Surfing Magazine (1964)
    Blog (02-09-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-6-2022: Canoe Surfing, Con Colburn, RIP Peter Cole
    Sunday Joint (02-06-2022)
  • New: Surf Lesson, from "The Young Sportsman's Guide to Surfing" (1966)
    Blog (02-01-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-30-2022: Kelly Slater, Gabe Medina, Billabong Pipeline Pro
    Sunday Joint (01-30-2022)
  • New: canoe surfing
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-29-2022)
  • Watch: 100 years of canoe surfing, Waikiki to Waimea Bay
    Video (01-28-2022)
  • New: Big-wave canoe surfing: "Project Avalanche," by Drew Kampion (1980)
    Blog (01-27-2022)
  • Updated: Kayak surfer Don Golden
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-27-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-23-2022: Cecil Lear, Randy Rarick, Miki Dora, Fabian
    Sunday Joint (01-23-2022)
  • New: Durban surfboard shaper Spider Murphy
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-22-2022)
  • Watch: Circle Back: Ode to the Spinner
    Video (01-20-2022)
  • New: The Spinner
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-20-2022)
  • New: Lay back and enjoy the Coffin
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-18-2022)
  • Updated: RIP Cecil Lear, co-founder of the Eastern Surfing Association
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-18-2022)
  • Watch: The Coffin: You Are Dead to Me
    Video (01-18-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-16-2022: Confessions of a South Bay Shop Boy
    Sunday Joint (01-16-2022)
  • New: Iain Buchanan, 5X New Zealand National Champ
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-14-2022)
  • Watch: Iain Buchanan
    Video (01-13-2022)
  • New: The Surfboard Shop
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-12-2022)
  • New: "Shop Talk," by Sam George (1989)
    Blog (01-11-2022)
  • New: "Why the Surf Shop is Sacred Ground," by Nick Carroll (2000)
    Blog (01-10-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-8-2022: Eve Babitz, Five Summer Stories, Billy Hamilton
    Sunday Joint (01-09-2022)
  • New: Surf Photographer Chris van Lennep
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-07-2022)
  • Watch: "Yes! We're Open" - Tribute to Surf Shops of the '60s and '70s
    Video (01-06-2022)
  • New: Sunday Joint: Candy Calhoun, the Wedge, and the "Closest Thing to Being Born"
    Sunday Joint (01-03-2022)
  • New: Wedge hardliner Ron Romanosky
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-31-2021)
  • New: Anella and Martha (Kula) Sunn in 1967 Honolulu Advertiser profile
    Blog (12-30-2021)
  • Updated: Kula (Martha) Sunn
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-30-2021)
  • New: "The Closest Thing to Being Born," Wedge article in Sports Illustrated (1971)
    Blog (12-28-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-26-2021: Hap Jacobs, Joan Didion, "Ride the Wild Surf"
    Sunday Joint (12-26-2021)
  • New: Joan Didion reviews "Ride the Wild Surf" for Vogue (1964)
    Blog (12-24-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-20-2021: "John From Cincinnati," HBO's Big-Budget Surf Fail
    Sunday Joint (12-22-2021)
  • New: Hap Jacobs interview: "When I told them I was going to build surfboards they wanted to have me analyzed."
    Above the Roar (12-20-2021)
  • New: "Bodysurfing the Pipeline," Candy Calhoun (1964)
    Blog (12-17-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-12-2021: Nancy Nelson, Beatles "Get Back," and Explosive Surf Movie Comedy
    Sunday Joint (12-15-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-5-2021
    Sunday Joint (12-05-2021)
  • Watch: Del Cannon - Surfing is Easy, Comedy is Hard
    Video (12-02-2021)
  • Updated: Jackie Baxter video and short interview
    Blog (12-01-2021)
  • Watch: Nancy Nelson; first woman to surf Pipeline?
    Video (11-30-2021)
  • New: Nancy Nelson interview: "Who said it was a man's sport?"
    Above the Roar (11-29-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-28-2021: Reno Abellira, Triple Crown Retrofit
    Sunday Joint (11-28-2021)
  • New: 1975 Triple Crown Retrofit: Shaun and Margo, runaway winners
    Contest (11-23-2021)
  • New: 1973 Triple Crown Retrofit: Jeff Hakman, again
    Contest (11-22-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-21-2021: I Lost it at the Movies – Live from the Florida Surf Film Festival
    Sunday Joint (11-21-2021)
  • New: Reno Abellira wins the 1974 Triple Crown Retrofit
    Contest (11-18-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-14-2021: Tactical Retreat - the Military and Surfing Go Their Separate Ways
    Sunday Joint (11-14-2021)
  • New: Surf Fashion: "We were Relaxed Fit 35 years before the phase was stamped onto Gap khakis"
    Blog (11-13-2021)
  • New: Triple Crown Retrofit: 1971
    Contest (11-10-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-7-2021: Steely Dan - Not Just For Dads Anymore
    Sunday Joint (11-09-2021)
  • New: Oscar "Chino" Malpartida
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (11-05-2021)
  • New: Corky and Joyce win 1968 Santa Cruz Pro-Am: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (11-04-2021)
  • New: Corky Carroll, Marcia Carr win 1967 Santa Cruz Pro-Am; Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (11-04-2021)
  • New: Tom Parrish interview: "I never looked at my as being the Messiah of design"
    Interviews (11-04-2021)
  • New: Drew Kampion profile on Tom Parrish, shaper to the stars
    Blog (11-02-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-31-2021: Bluey Mayes, Smirnoff Pro
    Sunday Joint (11-01-2021)
  • New: Bill Cleary interview: "My generation was expected to go into the military then come home and have babies. Surfers didn't want any part of that."
    Interviews (10-30-2021)
  • Updated: Writer-Surfer-Photographer Bill Cleary
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-29-2021)
  • New: Margo and Richards win '76 World Cup: Results, Report, and Photos
    Contest (10-28-2021)
  • Watch: Surf-Bust at Fort Point, San Francisco, 1973
    Video (10-26-2021)
  • Updated: Bluey Mayes: "the noisiest surfer in the Southern Hemisphere."
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-23-2021)
  • Watch: Nat Young interviews Bondi legend Jack "Bluey" Mayes (1985)
    Video (10-23-2021)
  • Updated: Laura Blears, Pro Surfing Trailblazer, Pinup, and ABC Superstar
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-20-2021)
  • New: "Margo: the Class of the Sport," Jim Murray, LA Times (1978)
    Blog (10-19-2021)
  • New: Poppler, Abellira win 1977 Smirnoff: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-19-2021)
  • New: "Is the endless summer about to fade into the fudicary fall?" Sports Illustrated on surfing's new professionalism (1976)
    Blog (10-18-2021)
  • New: Jericho Poppler and Mark Warren Win '76 Smirnoff: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-18-2021)
  • New: Tom Morey's Burial Wishes: "Imagine Me, And I Exist For You"
    Blog (10-17-2021)
  • New: Friday Joint, 10-15-2020: Aloha and Thank You Tom Morey
    Sunday Joint (10-15-2021)
  • Watch: Tom Morey, "The Boogie Song"
    Video (10-15-2021)
  • Watch: 18-Year Old Mark Richards Wins 1975 Smirnoff Pro
    Video (10-14-2021)
  • New: "Jazz Man," Tom Morey Profile by Steve Barilotti
    Blog (10-13-2021)
  • New: 1975 Smirnoff Pro: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-13-2021)
  • Watch: The Glory and Horror of the 1974 Smirnoff Pro
    Video (10-13-2021)
  • Watch: 1973 Smirnoff Pro, from "Super Session"
    Video (10-12-2021)
  • New: Reno wins 1974 Smirnoff Pro, at huge Waimea: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-12-2021)
  • New: Design Rap: Dru Harrison on "Speed Surfing" (1969)
    Blog (10-10-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-10-2021: If the Shoe Fits, Ride It
    Sunday Joint (10-10-2021)
  • New: 1974 Smirnoff Pro Report by Winner Reno Abellira: "It Leaves You Breathless!"
    Blog (10-09-2021)
  • Watch: 1971 Smirnoff—30 minutes worth!
    Video (10-08-2021)
  • New: Ian Cairns Wins 1973 Smirnoff Pro: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-08-2021)
  • New: Paul Neilsen Wins 1972 Smirnoff: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-07-2021)
  • New: 1967 International Surfing Magazine Hall of Fame Awards: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-06-2021)
  • New: 1970 Peter Drouyn Interview: "I wouldn't do it unless I got paid."
    Interviews (10-05-2021)
  • New: Nat Young Wins 1970 Smirnoff Pro-Am: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-05-2021)
  • New: Pat Cosgrove wins 1969 Santa Cruz Big-Wave Contest: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-05-2021)
  • New: Corky Carroll wins 1969 Smirnoff Pro: Results, Report, Photos
    Contest (10-04-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-3-2021: In Praise of Gurus and Machines
    Sunday Joint (10-03-2021)
  • New: Abel and Alan Gomes
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-02-2021)
  • New: Abel and Alan Gomes: "A Family Saga," by Bob Cooper
    Blog (10-01-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-26-2021: Victor Ribas, Wes Laine, Hatteras, Sebastian, More
    Sunday Joint (09-26-2021)
  • New: H2O Magazine, "The Magazine of Waterfront Culture"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-24-2021)
  • New: "Why Gays Don't Surf. Or Do They?" H20 Magazine (1979)
    Blog (09-23-2021)
  • New: "Why Blacks Don't Surf," H20 Magazine (1979)
    Blog (09-22-2021)
  • Updated: Victor Ribas: "He surfs like a scalpel!"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-21-2021)
  • Watch: Victor Ribas, floating and stinging
    Video (09-20-2021)
  • New: Kimo Hollinger on Paul Gebauer: "He Will Always Be My Mr. Sunset"
    Blog (09-15-2021)
  • New: Paul Gebauer: "What Doest the Contest Prove? Certainly Not Who the Best Surfer Is" (1964)
    Blog (09-15-2021)
  • Watch: Paul Gebauer video
    Video (09-14-2021)
  • New: "John from Cincinatti"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-13-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-12-2021: We are a Hot Salty Mess of a Sport
    Sunday Joint (09-12-2021)
  • New: "Big Wave Dave's" - 1993 CBS Sitcom Wipeout
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-09-2021)
  • Watch: Opening Titles from "John From Cincinnati" (2007)
    Video (09-08-2021)
  • New: Nat Young's "Magic Sam" surfboard
    Surfboard (09-07-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-6-2021: Surfing and Bullfighting
    Sunday Joint (09-05-2021)
  • New: Highway bullfighting scene from Big Wednesday
    Video (09-04-2021)
  • New: A Short Illustrated Look at Surfing and Bullfighting
    Blog (09-03-2021)
  • New: Bud Hendrick: Surfer, Sailer, Bullfighter
    Blog (09-03-2021)
  • New: "Black Surfers of the Golden State," by Jeff Duclos (1983)
    Blog (09-02-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint: 8-29-2021: Ultimate Surfer Has Arrived
    Sunday Joint (08-29-2021)
  • New: "Surf Girls," reality TV series (2003)
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-28-2021)
  • Updated: "Boarding House: North Shore"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-27-2021)
  • Watch: "Hatteras Surf-Feast" (Animal Remix)
    Video (08-26-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-22-2021: Going Viral in the Wrong Direction
    Sunday Joint (08-22-2021)
  • New: "Black Sea Blues," essay by William Finnegan (1999)
    Blog (08-21-2021)
  • New: Gwyn Haslock, "Godmother of Cornish Surfing"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-20-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-16-2021: I Can't Quit You, Fred Hemmings
    Sunday Joint (08-15-2021)
  • Watch: Fred Hemmings at Sunset, Puerto Rico, More
    Video (08-14-2021)
  • New: "Fred Hemmings: State Senator, Contest Organizer, Surf Legend," by Derek Rielly (2017)
    Blog (08-11-2021)
  • New: Fred Hemmings' Oral History (1985)
    Blog (08-11-2021)
  • New: "An Afternoon with Fred Hemmings," by Phil Jarratt (1975)
    Blog (08-10-2021)
  • New: Fred Hemmings Beats Polio, Pneumonia, Wrecked Knee, and Wins Makaha . . . Again and Again
    Blog (08-09-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-8-2021: Prank vs Hoax vs Scam—From a Distance, They're Pretty Much All Great
    Sunday Joint (08-08-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-1-2021: Postscript on the Olympics, Rich Harbour, Critta Byrne
    Sunday Joint (08-01-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-25-2021: Fernando Aguerre's Olympic Quest
    Sunday Joint (07-25-2021)
  • New: "The Long Warm-Up": Surfing and the Olympics, a Timeline
    Blog (07-23-2021)
  • New: Fernando Aguerre interview: "Marketing is a love-building machine—nothing else"
    Above the Roar (07-23-2021)
  • New: Fred Pawle: "Surfing never stood a chance [for] the Sydney Games. Which begs the question: Why bother?"
    Blog (07-22-2021)
  • New: SURFER Mag, 1966: "The outlook for surfing being accepted into the Olympics by 1972 is excellent”
    Blog (07-22-2021)
  • New: Gary Filosa: "We Can be an Olympics Sport by 1984"
    Blog (07-21-2021)
  • New: Steve Pezman on Surfing and the Olympics: "Haven’t we tapped the source enough in our lifetimes? Can’t we leave a little vestige of the soul intact?"
    Blog (07-21-2021)
  • New: Fernando Aguerre: "Olympic surfing will bring better and happier times for everybody in our beloved sport." (1996)
    Blog (07-19-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-18-2021: the High-Speed Glory and Heartbreak of Critta Byrne
    Sunday Joint (07-19-2021)
  • Watch: Chris "Critta" Byrne at Burleigh, J-Bay, Off-the-Wall, more
    Video (07-14-2021)
  • New: Michael Tomson interviews Critta Byrne: "People think I just surf and grommet-out on the beach. I do actually work."
    Above the Roar (07-13-2021)
  • New: Wollongong boardmaker Phil Byrne
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-13-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-11-2021: Magic Waves, Rory Russell, Doc Pomus, George Greenough
    Sunday Joint (07-12-2021)
  • New: Lewis Samuels in Greece: "The North Shore of Virgin Mary Worship."
    Blog (07-09-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint: Goodbye and Charge On, Greg Noll
    Sunday Joint (07-04-2021)
  • New: Greg Noll Plays Don Draper; Charges Surf Marketplace
    Blog (07-03-2021)
  • New: Greg Noll interview: "We didn't care about the letterman sweater or the squealing girls in the grandstands."
    Above the Roar (07-01-2021)
  • Updated: Greg Noll: 1937 – 2021
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-01-2021)
  • New: RIP Joe Quigg: 1925 - 2021
    Sunday Joint (06-27-2021)
  • New: Joe Quigg interview, 1997: "Simmons Cal Tech math was all backwards. I'm a hands-on trial-and-error man."
    Interviews (06-24-2021)
  • New: Joe Quigg interview, 1990: "I threw out the bad stuff and put all the good stuff into one board"
    Interviews (06-23-2021)
  • Updated: Joe Quigg
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (06-22-2021)
  • Watch: Joe Quigg Rides Malibu
    Video (06-21-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-20-2021: Return to "Surf City," and raise your Broadsword to Mad Jack Churchill
    Sunday Joint (06-20-2021)
  • New: 1966 International Surfing Hall of Fame Awards
    Contest (06-19-2021)
  • New: The Los Angeles Surf Fair: Surfing's First Trade Show
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (06-18-2021)
  • New: 1963 Los Angeles Surf Fair handbill: "Everything the Surfing Industry has to offer will be on exhibition"
    Blog (06-17-2021)
  • New: Los Angeles Surf Fair '62: Boards, Beach Boys, Woodys, More
    Blog (06-16-2021)
  • New: "Sumpter's Real Crime Is That He Always Wins" - Sydney Morning Herald, 1968
    Blog (06-12-2021)
  • New: Corky Carroll Remembers Rod Sumpter: "The dude was either really slick or really greasy."
    Blog (06-12-2021)
  • Updated: Rodney "Gopher" Sumpter," from England, Australia, SoCal, and maybe Irland. "People would come from all over to watch him!"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (06-11-2021)
  • Watch: Rodney Sumpter, Surfing's Original British Lion
    Video (06-10-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-6-2021: the Rise and Fall of "Surf City"
    Sunday Joint (06-06-2021)
  • New: Dean Torrence: Brian Wilson gave "Surf City" to Jan and Dean, instead of the Beach Boys – "Take it, it's yours!"
    Blog (06-05-2021)
  • Watch: Surf Trip '75: OBX to FLA by VW
    Video (06-03-2021)
  • New: OBX '69: "It's about time one of East's greatest spots gets recognized"
    Blog (06-02-2021)
  • Watch: Jan and Dean on the incredible T.A.M.I. Show; Best Rock Concert in History
    Video (05-31-2021)
  • Watch: Long-Lost "Surf City" Video by Jan and Dean
    Video (05-31-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-3-2021: Dudley, Woodbridge, and other Super-Rich Surfers
    Sunday Joint (05-30-2021)
  • Watch: "Skaterdater," full-length and HQ
    Video (05-29-2021)
  • New: Bill and Dudley Whitman; Miami's High-Society Surfing Pioneers
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (05-26-2021)
  • New: "There were crocodiles all over the place!" Interview with Miami surfing pioneer Dudley Whitman
    Above the Roar (05-25-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-24-2021: Slater, Boyer, Hamasaki, Lynch, Rolf, Bystrom, Hobie, and much more
    Sunday Joint (05-23-2021)
  • New: Spyderman Dennis Jarvis
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (05-22-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-17-2021: Embrace the Twang
    Sunday Joint (05-16-2021)
  • New: Mike Purpus, Jane McKenzie win 1973 Malibu AAAA
    Contest (05-12-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint - You've Heard of AA and AAA? We're Cranking it Up to AAAA!
    Sunday Joint (05-09-2021)
  • New: Jericho Poppler, Tiger Makin win 1971 Malibu AAAA
    Contest (05-07-2021)
  • New: Brad Barrett Presents the 1969 Malibu AAAA: Never-Before-Seen Photos
    Blog (05-03-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint - Brotherly Love, from Here to Honolulu
    Sunday Joint (05-02-2021)
  • New: Purpus and Godfrey win 1969 Santa Cruz AAAA
    Contest (04-30-2021)
  • New: Aurness and Godfrey win Malibu AAAA; full story and pix
    Contest (04-28-2021)
  • New: Report and Pics from '68 Gilgo Beach AAAA Event
    Contest (04-27-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 4-25-2021: I May Destroy You
    Sunday Joint (04-25-2021)
  • New: Mike Tabeling wins 1968 Canaveral Pier AAAA
    Contest (04-24-2021)
  • New: Aurness and Godrey win 1969 Oceanside AAAA
    Contest (04-23-2021)
  • New: Fain and Godfrey win 1968 Hermosa Beach AAAA
    Contest (04-23-2021)
  • New: Dale Dobson interview, 1968: "The experimenting is over for me. There is no place to go but up. I have that kind of confidence in my ability."
    Interviews (04-22-2021)
  • New: Brad Barrett Photo Gallery: 1968 Santa Cruz AAAA
    Blog (04-21-2021)
  • New: Dobson, Hoffman win the 1968 Santa Cruz AAAA; Drew Kampion Reports
    Contest (04-19-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 4-20-2021: Ken Bradshaw's Duke Trophy is Going, Going, Gone. Or is It?
    Sunday Joint (04-18-2021)
  • New: The Kahanamoku Bros: Step Aside Duke, Let's Have a Look at David, Bill, Sam, Louis, and Sarge
    Blog (04-15-2021)
  • New: Sarge Kahanamoku interview: "I never did get to ride a wave like my brother Duke. I always wanted to but I never made it."
    Interviews (04-14-2021)
  • New: Duke Interview: "You know, there are so many waves coming in all the time, you don’t have to worry about that. Just take your time—wave come."
    Interviews (04-12-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 4-10-2021: Paul Theroux Drops into "Waimea"
    Above the Roar (04-11-2021)
  • New: Life-sized David Kahanamoku statue featured in 1921 NYC Eugenics Congress
    Blog (04-08-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 4-4-2021: The Cruelty, Irony, and Joy of the Shaka
    Sunday Joint (04-04-2021)
  • New: 1923 - Sam Kahanamoku "generally acclaimed as the champion surfrider of the world"
    Blog (03-30-2021)
  • New: the shaka sign
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (03-28-2021)
  • New: Louis Kahanamoku interview: "Number one, we all wanted to learn to swim. Number two, we wanted to learn to surf."
    Interviews (03-26-2021)
  • New: The "Cowabunga" story, from Howdy Doody to beloved meme
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (03-23-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 3-21-2021: Margo Oberg Looked Like a Bird, Surfed Like a Lion
    Sunday Joint (03-21-2021)
  • New: Daniel Friedmann
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (03-17-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint: In Praise of the Richard Cram Cutback
    Sunday Joint (03-14-2021)
  • New: Richard Cram interview: "I was known as a surfers' surfer. Someone who drew proper lines and didn't waste waves."
    Above the Roar (03-12-2021)
  • Watch: The Richard Cram cutback will almost literally knock you out
    Video (03-11-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint: So Long and Thank You to Phil Becker and Mike Eaton
    Sunday Joint (03-07-2021)
  • New: Mike Eaton interview: "I shape a board in about an hour. If I spend much more time than that, it gets worse."
    Interviews (03-06-2021)
  • Watch: Ken Bradshaw, big-wave leatherman
    Video (03-04-2021)
  • New: Ken Bradshaw interview: "Skiing is ten times as dangerous as surfing big waves. Jogging on the sidwalk is more dangerous."
    Interviews (03-03-2021)
  • New: "The Nation of Ken," by Bruce Jenkins
    Blog (03-01-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-28-2021: Brazil '78, Tom Wolfe, and a swift apology to Joe Quigg
    Sunday Joint (02-28-2021)
  • New: "The Bay," by Allston James, 1990: the end of a big-wave era
    Blog (02-25-2021)
  • New: "The Best Rate the Best": Top Waimea Surfers, 1990
    Contest (02-25-2021)
  • New: "Pump House Gang" Bonus Material
    Blog (02-24-2021)
  • New: 1965 article on the Mac Meda Destruction Company: "Sounds like a joke, started as a joke, thrived as a joke"
    Blog (02-24-2021)
  • Watch: "Nas Ondas do Surf" (1978), the first full-length Brazilian-made surf movie
    Video (02-23-2021)
  • New: Long Read: "The Pump House Gang," by Tom Wolfe
    Blog (02-23-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-22-2021: Achtung, Tommy Zahn
    Sunday Joint (02-21-2021)
  • Watch: Mark Foo shakes his money-maker, rides the big ones
    Video (02-20-2021)
  • Updated: "The Divided Rulers of Waimea Bay," Foo-Bradshaw Profile by Matt Warshaw
    Blog (02-17-2021)
  • New: Mark Foo interview by Chris Carter: "I got famous so much so fast, everyone seemed to think it was undeserved. 'Why him and not me?'”
    Interviews (02-17-2021)
  • Updated: The Mark Foo Experience: More Hustling Means More Surfing
    Blog (02-17-2021)
  • New: "The Ultimate Thrill," Mark Foo profile by Matt Warshaw
    Blog (02-16-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-14-2021: Duke and Harry and Great Olympic Flag Caper; Tulie Clark; Ilima Kalama
    Sunday Joint (02-14-2021)
  • New: Interview with California Surfing Pioneer Tulie Clark: "I learned to surf on my mom's old ironing board"
    Interviews (02-12-2021)
  • New: Darrick Doerner interview: "The ocean was made for pistons"
    Interviews (02-11-2021)
  • Watch: Darrick Doerner, Waimea, Peahi, and "Point Break" bonus feature
    Video (02-10-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 2-7-2021: Surf Movie Hoaxes We Have Loved
    Sunday Joint (02-07-2021)
  • Watch: Peter Townend and the Rincon Hoax from "Fluid Drive"
    Video (02-06-2021)
  • Watch: Ilima Kalama at Trestles, Newport, HB Pier; Newly-Discovered Footage!
    Video (02-04-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-31-2021: Mick Dooley, Sam Reid, Bob Purvey and the Ugly
    Above the Roar (01-31-2021)
  • New: 1978 SURFER Poll Awards: Shaun Tomson, Margo Oberg, Story and Pics
    Blog (01-30-2021)
  • New: "A mature man will never remain a hot-dogger," and other readings from the Book of Sam Reid
    Blog (01-29-2021)
  • New: Sam Reid: the Original Grumpy Old Surfer
    Blog (01-27-2021)
  • New: Bob Purvey's "The Ugly" Model? Best Noserider Ever? Specs, Video, Story
    Surfboard (01-26-2021)
  • Updated: Sam Reid, American Surfing Pioneer
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-26-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-24-2021: Jock Sutherland, and a Short Rant on Legends
    Sunday Joint (01-24-2021)
  • New: "Goodbye Sunshine Superman," Jock Sutherland profile by Matt Warshaw
    Blog (01-23-2021)
  • Updated: Linda Davoli
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-20-2021)
  • Updated: Con Colburn, boardmaker and Keith Moon fashion muse
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-19-2021)
  • New: "Ben" - Ben Aipa Profile by Bill Hamilton and Gerry Lopez
    Blog (01-17-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-17-2021: Aloha and Farewell, Ben Aipa
    Sunday Joint (01-17-2021)
  • New: Ben Aipa - "Bertlemann was so far ahead of board design that I had to come up with something new"
    Interviews (01-16-2021)
  • Updated: Ben Aipa: 1942 - 2021
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-16-2021)
  • New: U-Turn on the "Night Trip"? Jock Sutherland Answers Allan Weisbecker
    Blog (01-15-2021)
  • Watch: Mick Dooley, Trim-and-Turn Master
    Video (01-11-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-19-2021: Bobby Brown; Massive Burn-Fest at '64 World Titles
    Sunday Joint (01-10-2021)
  • New: Burning Man '64: Dropping in on the World Championships at Manly Beach
    Blog (01-09-2021)
  • New: Mick Dooley interview: "I surfed Byron all by myself. I hated it, I wanted someone to talk to!"
    Interviews (01-08-2021)
  • Updated: Mick Dooley
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-07-2021)
  • Watch: Mr. Smooth, Bobby Brown, 1964
    Video (01-07-2021)
  • New: "Bobby Brown, the Surfer-Trendsetter," 1967 tribute by Midget Farrelly
    Blog (01-03-2021)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 1-2-2021: Becky Benson, Nancy Nelson, other Girls Who Can't (HA!) Surf
    Sunday Joint (01-03-2021)
  • New: Oral History: the Quiet, Brilliant, Tragic Bobby Brown
    Blog (01-01-2021)
  • New: Full Report: 1975 WISA-Hang Ten Pro at Malibu
    Contest (12-31-2020)
  • Watch: Watch the 1975 WISA-Malibu Contest, from "Super Session"
    Video (12-31-2020)
  • Updated: Women's International Surfing Association (WISA)
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-31-2020)
  • New: The Origins of Women's Pro Surfing, by Patti Paniccia
    Blog (12-29-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-27-2020: Kevin Brennan
    Sunday Joint (12-27-2020)
  • New: Oral History: Remembering Aussie Teen-Terror Kevin "The Head" Brennan
    Blog (12-26-2020)
  • New: "Broads Who Ride Boards," Phil Jarratt's 1977 Chauvinism Magnum Opus
    Blog (12-21-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-20-2020: Ho Show, Kelly Slater, Right Said Fred
    Sunday Joint (12-20-2020)
  • New: Ancient Hawaiian Legend: Bird Maiden Turns Cheating Surfer-Boyfriend to Stone
    Blog (12-19-2020)
  • Watch: Becky Benson, Bringer of Good Cheeer
    Video (12-19-2020)
  • Updated: Becky Benson, Makaha Champ at age 14
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-16-2020)
  • Watch: Stuart Bedford-Brown's "Too Sexy" Remix
    Video (12-15-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-13-2020: A Surfing Week Like No Other
    Sunday Joint (12-13-2020)
  • New: Ironman boardmaker Phil Becker: "It was always a neat job because I didn't have to drive to work."
    Interviews (12-12-2020)
  • New: Stuart Bedford-Brown, 1985: "You gotta get out of the pack as soon as possible."
    Interviews (12-12-2020)
  • New: Hot Surf Pulp! Cover Art and Synopsis for every "Operation Hang Ten" Book
    Blog (12-11-2020)
  • Updated: Phil Becker
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-11-2020)
  • New: 1969: Extra-Pulpy Excerpt from "Hang Dead Hawaiian Style"
    Blog (12-10-2020)
  • Updated: Surf-Pulp Fiction: "Operation Hang Ten"
    Blog (12-08-2020)
  • New: 1967: "Pulps and Pot: Surfing Problems," SURFER Mag editorial
    Blog (12-07-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 12-6-2020: Pam Burridge is Surfing's Mother Superior
    Blog (12-06-2020)
  • New: "Quiet Triumph," Pam Burridge Profile, by DC Green
    Blog (12-04-2020)
  • New: Pam Burridge interview: "I wanted to be a surfer, but had no interest in staying on the beach one second longer than I had to."
    Above the Roar (12-03-2020)
  • Watch: Pam Burridge is Surfing's Mother Superior
    Video (12-01-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-30-2020: The Eternal Sunshine of Donald Takayama
    Blog (11-30-2020)
  • New: Henry Cheever, 1843: "The Sport is so Attractive and Full of Wild Excitement"
    Blog (11-24-2020)
  • New: The Legend of Kelea, "Joyful at the Thought of Surfing"
    Blog (11-23-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-22-2020: 18,000 Thanks-Yous, Give or Take
    Blog (11-22-2020)
  • New: "In Trim: Donald Takayama," by Scott Hulet
    Blog (11-21-2020)
  • Watch: Wayne Bartholomew Plugs 2020 EOS Fundraiser
    Video (11-18-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 11-8-2020: Mike Purpus vs Angie Reno, 1974 Playgirl Capers
    Blog (11-08-2020)
  • Watch: Donald Takayama at Velzyland, Oceanside, Malibu, More
    Video (11-06-2020)
  • Updated: Mike Purpus Took a Pie in the Face for our Sins
    Blog (11-05-2020)
  • Updated: Jackie Baxter
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (11-04-2020)
  • Watch: Mike Purpus Surfed As Well As He Clowned
    Video (11-04-2020)
  • New: "I Always Dreamed Bigger Than My Friends." Mike Purpus interview
    Interviews (10-30-2020)
  • New: Mike Purpus vs Angie Reno: the Great Playgirl Wars of 1974
    Blog (10-29-2020)
  • Watch: Teen Dream Angie Reno at the Ranch, Pipe, Sunset
    Video (10-27-2020)
  • Updated: Eduardo Arena, King of the Amateur World Titles
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-26-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint: Felipe Pomar's Surf History Bun Fight
    Blog (10-25-2020)
  • New: 1846: "Tho' The Motion Is Swift, It Is Very Pleasant," Chester Lyman Surfs Waikiki
    Blog (10-22-2020)
  • New: 1849: "They Carried Their Feats in the Water to the Utmost Verge of Possibility" - SS Hill, Reporting from the Big Island
    Blog (10-21-2020)
  • New: 1868: Tsunami Destroys Big Island Towns, Creates Big-Wave Legend
    Blog (10-20-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-18-2020: Terry Fitzgerald, Barry Bennett, the Surfie-Rocker Wars
    Blog (10-19-2020)
  • New: 1865, Bringing the Heat: "Such Riding of Man and Woman on the Same Wave Results in Sexual Indulgence"
    Blog (10-18-2020)
  • New: 1890: "I Was Initiated Into the Mysteries of Surf-Riding," Henry Carrington Bolton
    Blog (10-17-2020)
  • Watch: "All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front," 1963 Newsreel
    Video (10-16-2020)
  • New: Ripped from the Headlines: the Surfie-Rocker Wars, 1962-'64
    Blog (10-15-2020)
  • New: "The Australian Surfboard Industry Could Not Have Survived Without Him." Barry Bennett's EOS Page is Up
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-14-2020)
  • New: "Work Was Often Neglected For The Prosecution of This Sport," from Thrum's Annual, 1896
    Blog (10-13-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-11-2020: Gidget, "Ninth Wave," Herman Melville
    Blog (10-12-2020)
  • New: 1957: "I felt so jazzed up I could have yelled!" Excerpt from Gidget, by Frederick Kohner
    Blog (10-11-2020)
  • New: 1917, Surf Lessons from the Duke: "O, The Wild Joy Of It!"
    Blog (10-10-2020)
  • New: "Jock's Night Trip," by Allan Weisbecker. Big Waves, LSD, Helicopters
    Blog (10-09-2020)
  • New: Kookslams, 1867: "A Great Sea Caught Me," by James Chalmers
    Blog (10-09-2020)
  • New: 1957: "Maybe I Was Just a Woman in Love With a Surfboard," Excerpt from Gidget, by Fredrick Kohner
    Blog (10-08-2020)
  • Updated: Will the Real Moondoggie Please Step Forward?
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-08-2020)
  • New: Surfing-Sexual Psychodrama: Excerpt from "The Ninth Wave," by Eugene Burdick
    Blog (10-07-2020)
  • New: 1849: "Rare Sport at Ohonoo," Excerpt From "Mardi," by Herman Melville
    Blog (10-06-2020)
  • New: Big-Wave Thrills: Excerpt from "A Native Son of the Golden West," by James Houston
    Blog (10-05-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 10-4-2020: RIP SURFER MAGAZINE
    Blog (10-04-2020)
  • New: "Accelerator: the Terry Fitzgerald Story," by Phil Jarrratt
    Blog (10-02-2020)
  • Watch: Terry Fitzgerald, the Sultan of Speed, Pedal to the Metal
    Video (10-01-2020)
  • New: 1964: Hang Ten Surfwear in a "Mad Race to Keep up with Orders"
    Blog (09-25-2020)
  • New: Hang Ten - The Original Department Store Surf Brand
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-24-2020)
  • New: Hang Ten cofounder Duke Boyd: "For three or four years, I couldn’t design anything that was not successful. Everything I did worked!
    Above the Roar (09-24-2020)
  • Watch: A Three-Minute Salute to Sofia Mulanovich
    Video (09-23-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-20-2020: Jack Murphy, Montgomery Burns, Jeffreys Bay, Derek Hynd
    Blog (09-20-2020)
  • New: Jack Murphy, aka "Murph the Surf"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (09-19-2020)
  • Watch: 1984 Country Feeling Classic, Jeffreys Bay
    Video (09-14-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-13-2020: George Freeth and Mae West, Together At Last
    Blog (09-13-2020)
  • New: George Freeth's Life and Times in Newprint: 1883 - 1919
    Blog (09-12-2020)
  • New: Surf Lessons from George Freeth, 1912: "It Requires Unlimited Nerve"
    Blog (09-11-2020)
  • New: Surf Pioneer George Freeth: Surf Hero or Law-Breaking Lifeguard-Brawing Stowaway?
    Blog (09-09-2020)
  • New: George Freeth: "They Hailed Me as the Reviver"
    Blog (09-08-2020)
  • Watch: Tommy Zahn, Blond Bombshell from the 'Bu
    Video (09-07-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 9-6-2020: "Hawaii," Gene Hackman, Brenden Margieson
    Blog (09-06-2020)
  • New: Tom Zahn interview: "Surfing, paddling, sailing—that was my thing. Everything else in life didn’t interest me much."
    Above the Roar (09-05-2020)
  • New: Tom Zahn's 1953 Nine-Hour 40-Mile Paddle from Molokai to Oahu
    Blog (09-04-2020)
  • Watch: Brenden Margiesen: 3.5 Minutes of Good Cheer and Incredible Surfing
    Video (09-03-2020)
  • New: Brenden Margieson interview: "I don’t walk around thinking that I’m the best bloody free surfer in the world, you know"
    Above the Roar (09-02-2020)
  • New: "A Royal Sport," Jack London's Operatic Ode to Surfing
    Blog (08-29-2020)
  • New: Charmian London, Surf-Lusty like Husband Jack, Takes to the Waikiki Waves
    Blog (08-27-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-23-2020: Diana Ross, Mike Doyle, Mike Hynson, and Reno Abellira
    Blog (08-23-2020)
  • New: "The Shoe," by Newport Paipo: Kneeboard or Surfboard? Your Choice
    Surfboard (08-22-2020)
  • New: Reverend William Ellis, 1823: "The Only Circumstances That Mar Their Pleasure is the Approach of a Shark"
    Blog (08-21-2020)
  • Watch: Reno Abellira Rides His Flip-Tip "Disc" in Victoria, 1970
    Video (08-20-2020)
  • New: The Weber Performer: All-Time Surfboard Model Champ?
    Surfboard (08-19-2020)
  • Watch: Weber Performer '67 - Dewey and Tabeling Hit the Contest Circuit
    Video (08-19-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-16-2020: Peter Crawford and St. Christopher
    Blog (08-16-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 8-9-2020: Rumble at the Ranch, Malibu '65, Why We Love Kooks
    Blog (08-09-2020)
  • New: Peter Crawford's "Slab" Kneeboard: as Homely as it was High-Performance
    Surfboard (08-07-2020)
  • New: "Infinite Games: the Final Days of Peter Crawford," by DC Green
    Blog (08-06-2020)
  • New: Missionary in Paradise: Excerpts from Hiram Bingham's Journals, 1820 and 1821
    Blog (08-06-2020)
  • Watch: Peter Crawford is Kneeboarding's High-Performance Pixie
    Video (08-04-2020)
  • New: "Surfing and the Olympics," by Steve Pezman
    Blog (08-02-2020)
  • New: Captain Bligh in Tahiti. Before the Mutiny, there was Surfing
    Blog (07-30-2020)
  • Updated: Chelsea Georgeson, the Forgotten Champ
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-29-2020)
  • New: Chelsea Georgeson, Smooth Operator
    Video (07-28-2020)
  • Watch: Malibu Surf Trip 1965: Encino to First Point
    Video (07-24-2020)
  • Watch: "Waves to Freedom," starring Mark Cunningham
    Video (07-23-2020)
  • New: Dept of Linguistics: We Should Have Stuck with "Sharkboards"!
    Blog (07-21-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-19-2020: Remembering Derek Ho
    Blog (07-20-2020)
  • Watch: Derek Ho Surfed like a Perfectly Thrown Dagger
    Video (07-19-2020)
  • New: "Do The Right Thing," Derek Ho Profile By Steve Barilotti
    Blog (07-18-2020)
  • New: "Hey Brudda, See You In The Top 16!" Derek and Michael Ho Profile
    Blog (07-18-2020)
  • New: "Remember when those guys pulled out of the contest at Waimea, ’cause they were scared shitless? I’d like to see more of that." Derek Ho Interview
    Above the Roar (07-18-2020)
  • New: Steve Bigler Wins 1966 Malibu Invitational: Story, Pics, Video
    Contest (07-17-2020)
  • Watch: Sun's Out, Guns Out: 1965 "War" at Malibu, with Miki Dora and Johnny Fain
    Video (07-16-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 7-12-2020: Michael Tomson's Oversized Life and Times
    Blog (07-13-2020)
  • New: Surfin' 1777: "The Most Supreme Pleasure"
    Blog (07-13-2020)
  • New: "The Insatiable Cravings of Michael Tomson," by Phil Jarratt
    Blog (07-11-2020)
  • Watch: Michael Tomson at Huge Pipe and More
    Video (07-10-2020)
  • New: Michael Tomson interview (1977)
    Above the Roar (07-09-2020)
  • New: Michael Tomson interview (1996)
    Above the Roar (07-09-2020)
  • New: Kit Horn, Stealth Big-Wave Charger
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-08-2020)
  • New: Kealoha Kaio as remembered by Downing, Pomar, Noll, others
    Blog (07-07-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 5-7-2020: Mark Cunningham, 4th of July Hijinks, and Chocolate-Covered Macadamia Nuts
    Blog (07-05-2020)
  • New: Point Panic, 1980; Bodysurfing Heaven
    Video (07-04-2020)
  • New: Mark Cunningham interview: "My long, skinny, gangly body just fit at Pipeline."
    Above the Roar (07-02-2020)
  • New: Mark Cunningham, "The Human Pintail," Profiled by Bruce Jenkins
    Blog (07-01-2020)
  • New: Mark Cunningham has Glided into EOS
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (06-30-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-28-2020: Surf Ranch - Who Pimped in Best? Tomson, Richards, Carroll, Slater, and More
    Blog (06-28-2020)
  • New: Carwyn Williams: "My parents thought I'd grow out of surfing, they really did."
    Above the Roar (06-26-2020)
  • New: Carwyn Williams, the Man from Mumbles
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (06-25-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-21-2020: Up in Smoke with the Incredible Patterson Brothers
    Blog (06-21-2020)
  • New: Bobby Patterson Hot-Foots to Victory in the '64 Malibu Invitational
    Contest (06-18-2020)
  • New: Joey Cabell Wins 1963 Malibu Invitational: Story and Pix
    Contest (06-18-2020)
  • Watch: Bobby "Flea" Patterson, Short and Sweet and Lightning-Fast Feet
    Video (06-17-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint, 6-14-2020: Nat Young, Mick Fanning, Chuck Klosterman, Chuck Berry
    Blog (06-15-2020)
  • New: Really REALLY Long Read: "Animal Tracks," Nat Young Profile by Drew Kampion
    Blog (06-12-2020)
  • Watch: Nat Young Six-Minute Supercut Video
    Video (06-08-2020)
  • New: Sunday Joint: Bude River Madness, Bobby Owens, Bo Diddley
    Blog (06-07-2020)
  • New: The Sunday Joint: "Malibu U," Jim Morrison, Surfing Dogs
    Blog (05-31-2020)
  • Watch: "Malibu U" full 1967 episode: Ricky Nelson, Marvin Gaye, Dionne Warwick, More
    Video (05-28-2020)
  • Updated: Jim Morrison Didn't Like the "Malibu U" TV Show, But He (Kind Of) Appeared On It Anyway
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (05-26-2020)
  • New: Long Read: "Bobby Owens, the Quiet Competitor," by Paul Holmes
    Blog (05-22-2020)
  • New: Bobby Owens Interview: "It's really hard for me to be more flamboyant than I am."
    Above the Roar (05-21-2020)
  • Watch: Bobby Owens: the Four-Minute Flow-State Edit
    Video (05-21-2020)
  • New: Fred Hemmings on Creating the Pipe Masters: "I wanted to develop something for the average schmuck in Middle America!"
    Blog (05-17-2020)
  • New: "Before the Herd," Mike Armstrong Profile by Kevin O'Sullivan
    Blog (05-14-2020)
  • Watch: 1979 Pipe Masters Final - Full Length
    Video (05-12-2020)
  • Watch: Long-Lost Ted Deerhurst Sequence from "Storm Riders"
    Video (05-12-2020)
  • New: Larry Blairs Wins '78 Pipe Masters - His FIRST Contest in Hawaii!
    Contest (05-11-2020)
  • New: The Sunday Joint: Hot Curl, Little Richard, the Cardiff Kook, More
    Blog (05-10-2020)
  • New: "Hot Curl Surfboards: the Bottom Line," by Mark Fragale
    Blog (05-09-2020)
  • New: Raise Your Beer to Michael Dormer and Hot Curl, the Michelangelo and David of Surfing
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (05-07-2020)
  • New: The Hot Curl Surfboard
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (05-05-2020)
  • New: "Father, Son, Holy Spirit," Pat Curren Profile by Bruce Jenkins
    Blog (05-03-2020)
  • New: Tom Curren in Above the Roar: "I was obsessed with Occy. I was caught up in his whole thing."
    Above the Roar (05-01-2020)
  • New: "The Private World of Tom Curren," 1985 SURFER Profile by Matt George
    Blog (04-30-2020)
  • New: Full-Length 1985 Tom Curren Profile in Sports Illustrated
    Blog (04-30-2020)
  • Watch: Seven-Minute Tom Curren Supercut
    Video (04-29-2020)
  • New: Russell Beats Lopez in '76 Pipe Masters; Article and Pix
    Contest (04-24-2020)
  • New: 1973 Pipe Masters: Lopez Repeats, Armstrong Runner-Up for Third Year in a Row; Story and Pix
    Contest (04-23-2020)
  • New: 1975 Pipe Masters: "It was a nightmare. It was life and death out there," Rory Russell
    Contest (04-23-2020)
  • New: 1972 Pipeline Masters: Lopez 1st, Armstrom 2nd, Bertlemann 3rd; Story and Pix
    Contest (04-22-2020)
  • New: Hakman Wins First Pipeline Masters: Story and Pix
    Contest (04-22-2020)
  • Watch: Owl Chapman is a True Surfing Original
    Video (04-21-2020)
  • New: The Sunday Joint: Alcohol, Drugs, Nicky Wood, the Isley Brothers
    Blog (04-19-2020)
  • New: Owl Chapman: "Sunset Beach is on its own trip. It’s Sunset and you are you, and you can’t lay your trip on it."
    Above the Roar (04-18-2020)
  • Watch: Kim Mearig and Ernie Isley Soar Together on "Who's That Lady
    Video (04-14-2020)
  • New: The Sunday Joint: SURFER Poll, Three Dog Night, Margo Godfrey
    Blog (04-12-2020)
  • New: "The Phantom," Nicky Wood Profile by Derek Hynd
    Blog (04-10-2020)
  • New: Nicky Wood interview - "If you take a lot of drugs it fuckin' disorganizes you."
    Above the Roar (04-10-2020)
  • New: "Nicky Wood's Smoke-Filled Melancholy"
    Blog (04-09-2020)
  • Watch: Nicky Wood Footage is Hard to Find, But Here's Three-and-a-Half Minutes of the Best
    Video (04-07-2020)
  • New: The Sunday Joint: COVID-19, Miki Dora, Mitch Thorson
    Blog (04-05-2020)
  • New: Hoffman, Doyle, Repeat Winners in 1965 SURFER Poll. Full Results, Plus Party Pix
    Blog (04-04-2020)
  • New: Nuuhiwa, Hoffman win 1966 SURFER Poll. Report, Results, Pix
    Contest (04-04-2020)
  • New: Sutherland and Godfrey Win 1969 SURFER Poll. Report, Results, Pix
    Contest (04-04-2020)
  • New: Mitch Thorson Profile, by Nick Carroll. "Aussies think they’re so much better than anyone else that they walk around like they’re God."
    Blog (04-02-2020)
  • New: "Booby" Mystery . . . Solved! How James Jones Got His Humbling Nickname
    Blog (04-01-2020)
  • Watch: Mitch Thorson is Your One-Man Department of Water and Power
    Video (03-31-2020)
  • New: 1960s Duke Contest Power Rankings - Doyle #1
    Blog (03-28-2020)
  • New: 1970s Duke Contest Power Rankings - Hakman #1
    Blog (03-28-2020)
  • New: 1980s Duke Contest Power Rankings - Mike Ho #1
    Blog (03-28-2020)
  • New: 1980 Duke - Warren Wins Waimea!
    Contest (03-27-2020)
  • New: One Born Every Minute Dept: "Winner Take All - Mickey Dora's Challenge"
    Blog (03-26-2020)
  • Watch: James Jones, Surfing's Biggest Little Big Man, Had The North Shore Wrapped Around His Tiny Fingers
    Video (03-25-2020)
  • New: Phil Edwards Wins 1963 SURFER Poll Awards; Full Results, Story, Pix
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (03-25-2020)
  • New: "You need to have some sort of force in your—it could be anything. For me, it’s surfing." James Jones Interview
    Above the Roar (03-24-2020)
  • New: 1967 SURFER Poll Results: Corky and Joyce on Top!
    Contest (03-21-2020)
  • New: Mark Richards Wins '79 Duke On Way To Four-Year Surf-World Domination
    Contest (03-20-2020)
  • New: Bertlemann Wins '74 Duke; Hakman Injured in Horse Accident
    Contest (03-19-2020)
  • New: Hawaiians Sweep 1977 Duke; Eddie Aikau Wins
    Contest (03-19-2020)
  • New: Hawaiians Sweep Top Spots in '76 Duke; Booby Jones Wins
    Contest (03-19-2020)
  • New: Pops Aikau to Michael Ho Before '78 Duke Finals: "Go Out And Win it For Eddie." He did.
    Contest (03-19-2020)
  • Watch: "Extra - An EOS Tribute to Plus-Size Surfers"
    Video (03-18-2020)
  • New: Cairns Wins '75 Duke Over M. Ho at Waimea Bay
    Contest (03-17-2020)
  • New: Clyde Aikau Wins '73 at Waimea Bay; Eddie Makes the Final
    Contest (03-13-2020)
  • New: 1971 Duke Classic: Jeff Hakman Wins His Third Duke Title; Hamilton a Close Second
    Contest (03-12-2020)
  • New: 1972 Duke: Booby Jones by a Whisker over Jeff Hakman at Big Perfect Sunset Beach
    Contest (03-12-2020)
  • New: Boards, Bones, and Bombs on Christmas Island with Parmenter, Sunn, Chouinard, and Sam George
    Blog (03-11-2020)
  • New: Nick Carroll: "Parmenter doesn’t fit in a Southern California surfing scene where a tattoo and a single-digit IQ are positive career moves."
    Blog (03-11-2020)
  • New: Dave Parmenter Lights Up the Central Coast, Stubbies Comp, and Natividad
    Video (03-10-2020)
  • New: Jeff Hakman Reports on his Big Win at 1970 Duke
    Contest (03-09-2020)
  • New: Time Machine: Tracks Magazine's 1974 Awards
    Blog (03-07-2020)
  • New: Linda Benson Dazzles in Vintage GAF View-Master Reel!
    Blog (03-06-2020)
  • Watch: Rob Bain is the Feel-Good Surfer of the Week
    Video (03-03-2020)
  • Watch: Ron Drummond is Thrilling and Dangerous at Dana Point
    Video (03-01-2020)
  • New: Ron Drummond interview: "It was an earthquake wave, and I rode it all the way in till I skidded up on the beach."
    Blog (02-28-2020)
  • New: Canoe Surfer Ron Drummond Tries to Jump-Start the Artificial Surfing Reef
    Blog (02-27-2020)
  • Watch: Skip Frye of San Diego is Half-Man, Half-Pelican
    Video (02-24-2020)
  • New: The '68 Duke Contest Goes Pro, and Surfers Begin to Sniff a World Tour
    Blog (02-22-2020)
  • New: Joey Cabell Wins '69 Duke; Full Coverage and Pix
    Contest (02-21-2020)
  • Watch: Jock Wins '67 Duke: Full-Length TV Presentation
    Video (02-20-2020)
  • Watch: Mike Doyle Wins '68 Duke; Full-Length "Wide World of Sports" Coverage
    Video (02-18-2020)
  • Watch: Ricky Grigg Wins '66 Duke; Full-Length "Wide World of Sports" Presentation
    Video (02-18-2020)
  • New: Jodie Cooper Interview: "It’s so Neanderthal. Surfing has a long way to go."
    Above the Roar (02-14-2020)
  • Watch: Jodie Cooper is Tough as Nails, Cheerful as Christmas
    Video (02-13-2020)
  • New: The East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (02-12-2020)
  • Watch: Hakman Wins '65 Duke: Full-Length CBS Presentation
    Video (02-08-2020)
  • Watch: Rizal Tanjung is Balinese Fire and Flow
    Video (02-06-2020)
  • New: Rizal Tanjung, In His Own Words
    Above the Roar (02-06-2020)
  • Watch: Severn Bore 1967: You'll Feel This One Right in the John Thomas
    Video (02-04-2020)
  • New: Postmortem: the Makaha International, 1953 - 1974
    Blog (02-02-2020)
  • Watch: Baby Larry Bertlemann Shreds 1970 Makaha Contest in Original "Five Summer Stories"
    Video (02-01-2020)
  • New: Read All About It! Gerry Lopez, Cub Reporter for the Honolulu Advertiser
    Blog (02-01-2020)
  • New: Ho, Blears, Downing Clean Up at '72 Makaha
    Contest (01-31-2020)
  • New: Strauch and Sunn Take 1969 Makaha International; George and Keone Downing Both Make Finals
    Contest (01-31-2020)
  • Watch: Hemmings and Young Battle it Out at '66 Makaha!
    Video (01-30-2020)
  • New: Joey Cabell, Martha Sunn, Reno Abellira Take Out '67 Makaha
    Contest (01-30-2020)
  • New: Margo, Cabell, and 15-Year-Old Keone Downing Win '68 Makaha
    Contest (01-30-2020)
  • New: Makaha '65: Nancy Nelson and George Downing BOTH Win Their Third Makaha Titles
    Contest (01-28-2020)
  • New: Mike Doyle on the Hard Math and Even Harder Politics of Makaha
    Blog (01-28-2020)
  • New: Midget, Nancy Nelson Take 1962 Makaha Champs: Pix, Vid, Results, More
    Contest (01-27-2020)
  • Watch: Point Surf '62! Big Stuff Hits the Makaha International, and John Severson Gets it on Film
    Video (01-27-2020)
  • New: Downing and Anona Naone Take Out '61 Makaha. Pix, Results, Full Report
    Contest (01-26-2020)
  • New: Time Machine: Read The Makaha Surf Club's Midcentury Newsletters
    Blog (01-25-2020)
  • New: The Mighty Waikiki Surf Club: "All Creeds and Colors Welcome"
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (01-24-2020)
  • New: John Lind and the Origins of the Makaha Championships
    Blog (01-21-2020)
  • New: Buffalo K Takes 1960 Makaha International: Full Report and Pix
    Contest (01-20-2020)
  • Watch: Never-Before-Seen Super-8 Footage of the '59 Makaha Contest
    Video (01-19-2020)
  • Watch: 1958 Makaha Contest Thrills and Spills, in Living Color!
    Video (01-17-2020)
  • New: Froiseth and Benson Take 1959 Makaha Contest: Pix, Video, More
    Contest (01-17-2020)
  • New: Jamma Keanu and Little Vicky Heldreich Are Surprise Winners In 1957 Makaha Contest
    Contest (01-16-2020)
  • New: Peter Cole and Marge Calhoun Dominate 1958 Makaha Contest: Full Report, Pix, Video
    Contest (01-16-2020)
  • New: 1956 Makaha Contest: Ethel Kukea Makes it Two in a Row
    Contest (01-15-2020)
  • New: 1955 Makaha Contest: Results, Articles, Pix, Video
    Contest (01-14-2020)
  • New: George Downing Wins 1954 Makaha Contest: Article, Pix, Full Results
    Contest (01-13-2020)
  • Watch: Joey Cabell at Rincon, Makaha, Mauritius and More
    Video (01-11-2020)
  • New: Joey Cabell's "White Ghost": Fastest Gun in the West
    Surfboard (01-10-2020)
  • New: Munoz, Doyle, Young talk about Joey Cabell
    Blog (01-10-2020)
  • New: Joey Cabell Interview: "Surfing for me was like bullfighting. How close can you come to the horns?"
    Above the Roar (01-09-2020)
  • Watch: Keone Downing Goes from Teen Grom in '70 World Titles to Giant-Killer at '90 Eddie
    Video (01-07-2020)
  • New: Paul Neilsen: "If you’re doing what you love and can make money off it, then better still!"
    Above the Roar (12-31-2019)
  • Watch: Four Minutes Of Joy With Gold Coast Kingpin Paul Neilsen
    Video (12-28-2019)
  • New: Shaun Tomson Wins 1975 Hang Ten American Pro
    Contest (12-26-2019)
  • New: Swing And A Miss! Did The Pro Tour Almost Launch in 1975?
    Blog (12-26-2019)
  • New: Jeff Hakman wins 1972 Hang Ten; Full Report by Drew Kampion
    Contest (12-25-2019)
  • Watch: 1974 Hang Ten American Pro, from "Super Session"
    Video (12-24-2019)
  • New: Jeff Hakman Wins 1974 Hang Ten American Pro
    Contest (12-24-2019)
  • New: Fail Files: The Objective Scoring System
    Blog (12-23-2019)
  • New: Charlie Bunger, A New York Original
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-21-2019)
  • New: John Hannon is the Father of New York Surfing
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-20-2019)
  • New: Davey Smith: "Last summer I put 30,000 miles on my car!"
    Above the Roar (12-19-2019)
  • New: John Hannon: "Like all good surfboard builders, I went out to my mother’s garage and got busy!"
    Above the Roar (12-19-2019)
  • New: Watch the Fast and Futuristic Davey Smith
    Video (12-18-2019)
  • New: When The Weird Turn Pro: Readings From "The Surfer's Almanac," by Gary Filosa
    Blog (12-14-2019)
  • New: The Rise And Fall of Gary Filosa
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-13-2019)
  • New: Gail Couper: "There are too many spectators in the world—with all sports, not just surfing."
    Above the Roar (12-11-2019)
  • New: Midget Farrelly Stringerless: Best OG Longboard Ever Made?
    Surfboard (12-10-2019)
  • New: The Indestructible Gail Couper, 10x Bells Winner
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-10-2019)
  • New: Buttons K and Mark Liddell Interviewed by Chris Carter
    Above the Roar (12-06-2019)
  • Watch: Mark Liddell In "Everyone's a Winner"
    Video (12-06-2019)
  • New: OG New Jersey Boss Dan Heritage
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (12-05-2019)
  • New: Full 30-Ounce Matt Hoy Profile by Derek Rielly
    Blog (12-04-2019)
  • New: Matt Hoy: "I've Got Nothing To Be Ashamed Of. Except My Man-Boobs."
    Above the Roar (12-03-2019)
  • New: Matt Hoy: Drinking Beer And Throwing Hammers
    Video (12-02-2019)
  • New: Hemmings Takes '64 Makaha Titles! Full Report by Fred Van Dyke
    Contest (11-30-2019)
  • New: Florida Man Takes on World Champ! Valluzzi vs Townend at Sebastian Inlet
    Blog (11-21-2019)
  • Watch: Ten Red-Hot Minutes From The 1977 Florida Pro. Crawford vs Bugs in Final!
    Video (11-20-2019)
  • New: Bruce Valluzzi Reports from the 1977 Florida Pro
    Contest (11-19-2019)
  • New: Springsteen: "The Only Things I Cared About Were Girls, Cars and Surfing"
    Blog (11-16-2019)
  • New: "Survivor: the Dean Randazzo Story," by Kimball Taylor
    Blog (11-15-2019)
  • Watch: Dean Randazzo Slays Huge Honolua, and More
    Video (11-14-2019)
  • New: Full-Length Dean Randazzo Interview
    Above the Roar (11-14-2019)
  • Updated: Dean Randazzo: the Jersey Devil
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (11-13-2019)
  • New: Fundraiser Nets 27K! Thank You EOS Supporters!
    Blog (11-12-2019)
  • Watch: 1990 Quiksilver-Eddie, Uncut and Horrifying
    Video (11-06-2019)
  • New: Brock Little Reports From the 1990 Quiksilver-Eddie
    Contest (11-06-2019)
  • Watch: 1984 Quiksilver-Eddie. The One Nobody Talks About!
    Video (11-05-2019)
  • Watch: 1986 Quiksilver / Eddie - 40-minute director's cut!
    Video (11-05-2019)
  • New: Denton Miyamura Wins '84 Eddie In Slightly Overhead Waves
    Contest (11-05-2019)
  • New: "Chubby" by Kimo Hollinger. Aloha by the Ton
    Blog (11-03-2019)
  • New: Level Up: The 2019 EOS Fundraiser is ON!
    Blog (10-31-2019)
  • New: Nat Young Remembers Mr. Smooth, Russell Hughes
    Blog (10-31-2019)
  • New: Tom Blake Wins 1928 Titles! Results and Reporting
    Contest (10-28-2019)
  • New: Tom Curren's Black Beauty: Specs, Comments, Pix, Video
    Surfboard (10-27-2019)
  • New: John Witzig Reports From Bells on 1967 Aussie National Titles
    Contest (10-26-2019)
  • New: 1938 National Surfing and Paddleboard Championships, Long Beach, CA
    Contest (10-25-2019)
  • Watch: Tom Curren and Black Beauty are 1986 Perfection
    Video (10-25-2019)
  • New: 1986 Stubbies Pro International, Full Coverage from Surfing Mag
    Contest (10-24-2019)
  • Watch: 1986 Stubbies Pro International, Oceanside (59 Minutes Worth!)
    Video (10-23-2019)
  • Watch: 2019 EOS Fundraiser Promo (Chubby Version)
    Video (10-23-2019)
  • Watch: 2019 EOS Fundraiser Promo (Long Version)
    Video (10-22-2019)
  • New: Santa Cruz '68: Dale Dobson Just Says "No" To The Shortboard Revolution
    Blog (10-17-2019)
  • Watch: Dale Dobson: Long, Short, And Back Up Again
    Video (10-15-2019)
  • Updated: Dale Dobson: San Diego Ironman
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-14-2019)
  • New: Hide and Seek: the Joey Hamasaki Archive
    Blog (10-11-2019)
  • Watch: "Balsa Bill" Yerkes on "What's My Line?" (1966)
    Video (10-10-2019)
  • New: Joey Hamasaki interview
    Above the Roar (10-09-2019)
  • Watch: Joey Hamasaki was the Steph Gilmore of 1967
    Video (10-08-2019)
  • New: Surfing's Most Famous Nazi Salute, Explained
    Blog (10-05-2019)
  • New: "Linda Benson: the Pace-Setter" - Profile by Paul Holmes
    Blog (10-04-2019)
  • New: Linda Benson: "I was homecoming queen!"
    Above the Roar (10-03-2019)
  • New: "Smokin' Joe: A Tale of Triumph and Tragegy," by Nick Carroll
    Blog (10-02-2019)
  • Watch: Joe Engel at Burleigh, Bells, Nias, More
    Video (10-02-2019)
  • Updated: Joe Engel
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (10-01-2019)
  • New: Failure to Launch: Shortboards Before the Shortboard Revolution
    Blog (09-28-2019)
  • Watch: Jim Foley, Santa Cruz, 1959
    Video (09-26-2019)
  • New: New Zealand '59, And The Accidental Shortboard Movement
    Blog (09-23-2019)
  • New: "Notes From The Deep End": Reporting from the 1985 Allentown Wavepool Fiasco
    Blog (09-21-2019)
  • New: Wavepool 1911: "A Miniature Indoor Ocean"
    Blog (09-19-2019)
  • Watch: Shawn Briley has More Bounce to the Ounce
    Video (09-18-2019)
  • New: Shawn Briley: "I say it’s a gift. Some people say it’s a curse."
    Above the Roar (09-16-2019)
  • Watch: Hector Velarde Will Make Your Heart Pound And Your Eyes Bulge
    Video (09-14-2019)
  • New: Bob Pike Profile in "Teenagers' Weekly" (1962)
    Blog (09-11-2019)
  • Watch: Bob Pike of Australia: Toughest Man in Surfing?
    Video (09-09-2019)
  • New: Brad McCaul: "I'm always stoked!"
    Above the Roar (09-06-2019)
  • Watch: Brad McCaul at JBay, Malibu, Bells, more
    Video (09-05-2019)
  • New: Eddie Albert takes a break from "Green Acres" to wax poetic about surfing!
    Blog (09-04-2019)
  • Watch: 1970 Torquay Surf Scene, as seen on "Weekend Magazine"
    Video (09-03-2019)
  • New: 1968 World Championships—an Oral History
    Blog (08-30-2019)
  • New: "1968 World Championships [Whatever That Means]" by Dick Graham and Duke Boyd
    Blog (08-29-2019)
  • Watch: 1968 World Championships: 33 HQ Minutes!
    Video (08-27-2019)
  • Updated: George Thompson
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-27-2019)
  • New: "Riding the Surf in Hawaii," by Alexander Hume Ford (1909)
    Blog (08-24-2019)
  • New: "Why Do I Feel Like Stomping the Haole?"
    Blog (08-24-2019)
  • Updated: Jack London
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-23-2019)
  • New: Marvin Foster was the Hottest Coolest Mess in Surfing
    Blog (08-20-2019)
  • Updated: South Africa's George Thomopolous
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-19-2019)
  • Watch: Marvin Foster
    Video (08-16-2019)
  • Updated: Peterson Rosa
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (08-14-2019)
  • Watch: Peterson Rosa Goes Full Bronco
    Video (08-13-2019)
  • New: Weber vs Velzy! Is That a Knife In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
    Blog (08-10-2019)
  • Watch: Dewey Weber in Living Color!
    Video (08-09-2019)
  • New: "Makaha is the Worst!" Old-School Rant by Dewey Weber
    Blog (08-06-2019)
  • New: Dewey Weber
    Above the Roar (08-05-2019)
  • New: "I've Just Got My Head Above Water," Shane Powell Profile by Nick Carroll
    Blog (08-04-2019)
  • Watch: Shane Powell
    Video (08-03-2019)
  • New: "Creature of the Night," Shane Powell Profile by Andrew Farrell
    Blog (08-01-2019)
  • Updated: Dan Merkel
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-25-2019)
  • New: "The End of History" - HOS' Final Chapter
    History of Surfing (07-23-2019)
  • New: "Surf in a Box" - The Wavepool Gets Serious
    History of Surfing (07-22-2019)
  • New: "Hide in Plain Sight" - Mark Martinson profile by Drew Kampion
    Blog (07-21-2019)
  • Watch: Mark Martinson
    Video (07-19-2019)
  • Watch: Duke K. in Long-Lost Comedy Short!
    Blog (07-13-2019)
  • New: Dave Sweet interview, by Steve Pezman
    Above the Roar (07-11-2019)
  • Watch: "Surf Contest: Hermosa Beach, 1970"
    Video (07-10-2019)
  • New: Western Surfing Association (WSA)
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-09-2019)
  • New: John Bradbury
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-08-2019)
  • New: Aussie shaping legend Nev Hyman
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (07-06-2019)
  • Watch: "This Is Not Goodbye My Darling" - Ode to the Kickout
    Video (07-04-2019)
  • New: "Nature Gets a Makeover"
    History of Surfing (07-01-2019)
  • New: "POTO: VETEA DAVID," BY NICK CARROLL
    Blog (06-30-2019)
  • Watch: Vetea David
    Video (06-29-2019)
  • Updated: Vetea David
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (06-28-2019)
  • New: "A Dance With the Past"
    History of Surfing (06-24-2019)
  • New: Jax Beach '64: The Coppers Win This One!
    Blog (06-22-2019)
  • New: "My Names is Keala Kennelly," by Matt George
    Blog (06-21-2019)
  • Watch: Keala Kennelly
    Video (06-20-2019)
  • New: "The Beast and Beyond"
    History of Surfing (06-17-2019)
  • New: Rochelle Ballard
    Above the Roar (06-14-2019)
  • Watch: Rochelle Ballard
    Video (06-13-2019)
  • New: "Andy Irons' Poetic Fury"
    History of Surfing (06-10-2019)
  • Watch: Rolf Aurness
    Video (06-07-2019)
  • New: Rolf Aurness Profile by Drew Kampion
    Blog (06-05-2019)
  • Watch: 1970 World Championships
    Video (06-04-2019)
  • New: Rolf Aurness Interview
    Above the Roar (06-03-2019)
  • New: 1970 World Championships, by Geoff Luton
    Blog (06-01-2019)
  • New: "Morocco: Surf Madness," by Bruce Valluzzi
    Blog (05-30-2019)
  • Watch: Bruce Valluzzi
    Video (05-29-2019)
  • New: Bruce Valluzzi
    Above the Roar (05-28-2019)
  • Watch: Flavio Padaratz
    Video (05-27-2019)
  • New: Thirty is the New Twenty
    History of Surfing (05-27-2019)
  • Watch: Robert August
    Video (05-25-2019)
  • New: An Illustrated History of the Hollywood Surf Guru
    Blog (05-23-2019)
  • New: Terry Richardson
    Above the Roar (05-14-2019)
  • Watch: Terry Richardson
    Video (05-13-2019)
  • Watch: Bob Cooper
    Video (05-07-2019)
  • New: Searching for the Perfect Phrase
    History of Surfing (05-03-2019)
  • New: Sunny Garcia
    Video (05-02-2019)
  • Updated: Joe Roland
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (04-28-2019)
  • New: Joe Roland
    Video (04-28-2019)
  • Watch: Lance Carson
    Video (04-26-2019)
  • New: Gerry Lopez on Stanley "Savage" Park
    Blog (04-25-2019)
  • Watch: Ben Aipa
    Video (04-23-2019)
  • New: "Last Call For Print Media"
    History of Surfing (04-22-2019)
  • New: "Laird Hamilton: Last Man Standing," by Dan Duane
    Blog (04-10-2019)
  • New: Tahitian Scream
    History of Surfing (04-10-2019)
  • New: "Big-Wave Danger: a Hoax!" by Peter Van Dyke
    Blog (04-09-2019)
  • New: Laird Means Lord
    History of Surfing (04-08-2019)
  • New: "The Next Realm" by Bruce Jenkins. Tow Surfing Begins!
    Blog (04-06-2019)
  • New: Ma and Pa Bendall
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (04-05-2019)
  • New: Misfire! Why Didn't Tow Surfing Happen 30 Years Earlier?
    Blog (04-05-2019)
  • Watch: Baddy Treloar, 1969
    Video (03-29-2019)
  • Watch: Dru Harrison
    Video (03-29-2019)
  • Watch: Baddy Treloar, 1969
    Video (03-27-2019)
  • Watch: Mavericks 1994
    Video (03-27-2019)
  • New: Mark Foo's Last Ride
    History of Surfing (03-26-2019)
  • New: A Monster in Half Moon Bay
    History of Surfing (03-25-2019)
  • Watch: Rory Russell
    Video (03-24-2019)
  • Watch: Liftoff: Aerial Surfing in the '80s
    Video (03-21-2019)
  • New: I Believe I Can Fly: Aerial Surfing in the '80s
    History of Surfing (03-19-2019)
  • New: Derek Hynd
    Video (03-18-2019)
  • New: "In Trim: Gary Propper," by Paul Holmes
    Blog (03-16-2019)
  • New: "Manual of Surfboard Technique," by Tom Blake
    Blog (03-14-2019)
  • New: Tom Blake's Hollow Creation
    Blog (03-13-2019)
  • New: DIY '35: Build a Plank Surfboard
    Blog (03-11-2019)
  • New: DIY '39: Build a Hollow Surfboard
    Blog (03-09-2019)
  • Watch: Mark Sainsbury
    Video (03-09-2019)
  • Watch: Linda Merrill
    Video (03-07-2019)
  • New: Linda Merrill
    Above the Roar (03-07-2019)
  • Watch: Johnny-Boy Gomes
    Video (03-06-2019)
  • New: Rebel For Hire
    History of Surfing (03-05-2019)
  • Watch: The Hollow Surfboard
    Video (03-04-2019)
  • Watch: The Plank Surfboard
    Video (03-04-2019)
  • Watch: Kelly Slater on The Today Show (1994)
    Video (03-03-2019)
  • Watch: Tom Curren on MTV (1995)
    Video (03-03-2019)
  • New: Gard Chapin: an Oral History
    Blog (02-27-2019)
  • New: Gard Chapin: The Living End
    Blog (02-27-2019)
  • New: Kelly Slater is Just Warming Up
    History of Surfing (02-26-2019)
  • Watch: Pauline Menczer
    Video (02-23-2019)
  • New: Killer Cute
    History of Surfing (02-21-2019)
  • Watch: Phyllis O'Donell
    Video (02-18-2019)
  • New: Lisa Andersen
    Above the Roar (02-16-2019)
  • New: "Lisa Andersen Surfs Better Than You"
    History of Surfing (02-15-2019)
  • Watch: "Waterborn," by Bill Delaney (1987)
    Video (02-13-2019)
  • Watch: Bill Delaney interview, 1995
    Video (02-13-2019)
  • New: Randy Rarick Remembers Jimmy Blears
    Blog (02-10-2019)
  • New: "Motel Hell: Surfers Sack Travelodge!"
    Blog (02-08-2019)
  • New: Drew Kampion on the '72 Titles
    Blog (02-08-2019)
  • Watch: Jimmy Blears
    Video (02-06-2019)
  • Updated: 1972 World Surfing Championships
    Video (02-05-2019)
  • Updated: Mike Doyle
    Blog (02-01-2019)
  • New: Mike Doyle
    Above the Roar (01-31-2019)
  • Watch: Mike Doyle
    Video (01-29-2019)
  • New: "Is Surfing Hip?"
    History of Surfing (01-28-2019)

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