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  • Watch: Hector Velarde Will Make Your Heart Pound And Your Eyes Bulge
    Video (2019-09-14)
  • New: Bob Pike Profile in "Teenagers' Weekly" (1962)
    Blog (2019-09-11)
  • Watch: Bob Pike of Australia: Toughest Man in Surfing?
    Video (2019-09-09)
  • New: Brad McCaul: "I'm always stoked!"
    Above the Roar (2019-09-06)
  • Watch: Brad McCaul at JBay, Malibu, Bells, more
    Video (2019-09-05)
  • New: Eddie Albert takes a break from "Green Acres" to wax poetic about surfing!
    Blog (2019-09-04)
  • Watch: 1970 Torquay Surf Scene, as seen on "Weekend Magazine"
    Video (2019-09-03)
  • New: 1968 World Championships—an Oral History
    Blog (2019-08-30)
  • New: "1968 World Championships [Whatever That Means]" by Dick Graham and Duke Boyd
    Blog (2019-08-29)
  • Watch: 1968 World Championships: 33 HQ Minutes!
    Video (2019-08-27)
  • Updated: George Thompson
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-08-27)
  • New: "Riding the Surf in Hawaii," by Alexander Hume Ford (1909)
    Blog (2019-08-24)
  • New: "Why Do I Feel Like Stomping the Haole?"
    Blog (2019-08-24)
  • Updated: Jack London
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-08-23)
  • New: Marvin Foster was the Hottest Coolest Mess in Surfing
    Blog (2019-08-20)
  • Updated: South Africa's George Thomopolous
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-08-19)
  • Watch: Marvin Foster
    Video (2019-08-16)
  • Updated: Peterson Rosa
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-08-14)
  • Watch: Peterson Rosa Goes Full Bronco
    Video (2019-08-13)
  • New: Weber vs Velzy! Is That a Knife In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
    Blog (2019-08-10)
  • Watch: Dewey Weber in Living Color!
    Video (2019-08-09)
  • New: "Makaha is the Worst!" Old-School Rant by Dewey Weber
    Blog (2019-08-06)
  • New: Dewey Weber
    Above the Roar (2019-08-05)
  • New: "I've Just Got My Head Above Water," Shane Powell Profile by Nick Carroll
    Blog (2019-08-04)
  • Watch: Shane Powell
    Video (2019-08-03)
  • New: "Creature of the Night," Shane Powell Profile by Andrew Farrell
    Blog (2019-08-01)
  • Updated: Dan Merkel
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-07-25)
  • New: "The End of History" - HOS' Final Chapter
    History of Surfing (2019-07-23)
  • New: "Surf in a Box" - The Wavepool Gets Serious
    History of Surfing (2019-07-22)
  • New: "Hide in Plain Sight" - Mark Martinson profile by Drew Kampion
    Blog (2019-07-21)
  • Watch: Mark Martinson
    Video (2019-07-19)
  • Watch: Duke K. in Long-Lost Comedy Short!
    Blog (2019-07-13)
  • New: Dave Sweet interview, by Steve Pezman
    Above the Roar (2019-07-11)
  • Watch: "Surf Contest: Hermosa Beach, 1970"
    Video (2019-07-10)
  • New: Western Surfing Association (WSA)
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-07-09)
  • New: John Bradbury
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-07-08)
  • New: Aussie shaping legend Nev Hyman
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-07-06)
  • Watch: "This Is Not Goodbye My Darling" - Ode to the Kickout
    Video (2019-07-04)
  • New: "Nature Gets a Makeover"
    History of Surfing (2019-07-01)
  • New: "POTO: VETEA DAVID," BY NICK CARROLL
    Blog (2019-06-30)
  • Watch: Vetea David
    Video (2019-06-29)
  • Updated: Vetea David
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-06-28)
  • New: "A Dance With the Past"
    History of Surfing (2019-06-24)
  • New: Jax Beach '64: The Coppers Win This One!
    Blog (2019-06-22)
  • New: "My Names is Keala Kennelly," by Matt George
    Blog (2019-06-21)
  • Watch: Keala Kennelly
    Video (2019-06-20)
  • New: "The Beast and Beyond"
    History of Surfing (2019-06-17)
  • New: Rochelle Ballard
    Above the Roar (2019-06-14)
  • Watch: Rochelle Ballard
    Video (2019-06-13)
  • New: "Andy Irons' Poetic Fury"
    History of Surfing (2019-06-10)
  • Watch: Rolf Aurness
    Video (2019-06-07)
  • New: Rolf Aurness Profile by Drew Kampion
    Blog (2019-06-05)
  • Watch: 1970 World Championships
    Video (2019-06-04)
  • New: Rolf Aurness Interview
    Above the Roar (2019-06-03)
  • New: 1970 World Championships, by Geoff Luton
    Blog (2019-06-01)
  • New: "Morocco: Surf Madness," by Bruce Valluzzi
    Blog (2019-05-30)
  • Watch: Bruce Valluzzi
    Video (2019-05-29)
  • New: Bruce Valluzzi
    Above the Roar (2019-05-28)
  • Watch: Flavio Padaratz
    Video (2019-05-27)
  • New: Thirty is the New Twenty
    History of Surfing (2019-05-27)
  • Watch: Robert August
    Video (2019-05-25)
  • New: An Illustrated History of the Hollywood Surf Guru
    Blog (2019-05-23)
  • New: Terry Richardson
    Above the Roar (2019-05-14)
  • Watch: Terry Richardson
    Video (2019-05-13)
  • Watch: Bob Cooper
    Video (2019-05-07)
  • New: Searching for the Perfect Phrase
    History of Surfing (2019-05-03)
  • New: Sunny Garcia
    Video (2019-05-02)
  • Updated: Joe Roland
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-04-28)
  • New: Joe Roland
    Video (2019-04-28)
  • Watch: Lance Carson
    Video (2019-04-26)
  • New: Gerry Lopez on Stanley "Savage" Park
    Blog (2019-04-25)
  • Watch: Ben Aipa
    Video (2019-04-23)
  • New: "Last Call For Print Media"
    History of Surfing (2019-04-22)
  • New: "Laird Hamilton: Last Man Standing," by Dan Duane
    Blog (2019-04-10)
  • New: Tahitian Scream
    History of Surfing (2019-04-10)
  • New: "Big-Wave Danger: a Hoax!" by Peter Van Dyke
    Blog (2019-04-09)
  • New: Laird Means Lord
    History of Surfing (2019-04-08)
  • New: "The Next Realm" by Bruce Jenkins. Tow Surfing Begins!
    Blog (2019-04-06)
  • New: Ma and Pa Bendall
    Encyclopedia of Surfing (2019-04-05)
  • New: Misfire! Why Didn't Tow Surfing Happen 30 Years Earlier?
    Blog (2019-04-05)
  • Watch: Baddy Treloar, 1969
    Video (2019-03-29)
  • Watch: Dru Harrison
    Video (2019-03-29)
  • Watch: Baddy Treloar, 1969
    Video (2019-03-27)
  • Watch: Mavericks 1994
    Video (2019-03-27)
  • New: Mark Foo's Last Ride
    History of Surfing (2019-03-26)
  • New: A Monster in Half Moon Bay
    History of Surfing (2019-03-25)
  • Watch: Rory Russell
    Video (2019-03-24)
  • Watch: Liftoff: Aerial Surfing in the '80s
    Video (2019-03-21)
  • New: I Believe I Can Fly: Aerial Surfing in the '80s
    History of Surfing (2019-03-19)
  • New: Derek Hynd
    Video (2019-03-18)
  • New: "In Trim: Gary Propper," by Paul Holmes
    Blog (2019-03-16)
  • New: "Manual of Surfboard Technique," by Tom Blake
    Blog (2019-03-14)
  • New: Tom Blake's Hollow Creation
    Blog (2019-03-13)
  • New: DIY '35: Build a Plank Surfboard
    Blog (2019-03-11)
  • New: DIY '39: Build a Hollow Surfboard
    Blog (2019-03-09)
  • Watch: Mark Sainsbury
    Video (2019-03-09)
  • Watch: Linda Merrill
    Video (2019-03-07)
  • New: Linda Merrill
    Above the Roar (2019-03-07)
  • Watch: Johnny-Boy Gomes
    Video (2019-03-06)
  • New: Rebel For Hire
    History of Surfing (2019-03-05)
  • Watch: The Hollow Surfboard
    Video (2019-03-04)
  • Watch: The Plank Surfboard
    Video (2019-03-04)
  • Watch: Kelly Slater on The Today Show (1994)
    Video (2019-03-03)
  • Watch: Tom Curren on MTV (1995)
    Video (2019-03-03)
  • New: Gard Chapin: an Oral History
    Blog (2019-02-27)
  • New: Gard Chapin: The Living End
    Blog (2019-02-27)
  • New: Kelly Slater is Just Warming Up
    History of Surfing (2019-02-26)
  • Watch: Pauline Menczer
    Video (2019-02-23)
  • New: Killer Cute
    History of Surfing (2019-02-21)
  • Watch: Phyllis O'Donell
    Video (2019-02-18)
  • New: Lisa Andersen
    Above the Roar (2019-02-16)
  • New: "Lisa Andersen Surfs Better Than You"
    History of Surfing (2019-02-15)
  • Watch: "Waterborn," by Bill Delaney (1987)
    Video (2019-02-13)
  • Watch: Bill Delaney interview, 1995
    Video (2019-02-13)
  • New: Randy Rarick Remembers Jimmy Blears
    Blog (2019-02-10)
  • New: "Motel Hell: Surfers Sack Travelodge!"
    Blog (2019-02-08)
  • New: Drew Kampion on the '72 Titles
    Blog (2019-02-08)
  • Watch: Jimmy Blears
    Video (2019-02-06)
  • Updated: 1972 World Surfing Championships
    Video (2019-02-05)
  • Updated: Mike Doyle
    Blog (2019-02-01)
  • New: Mike Doyle
    Above the Roar (2019-01-31)
  • Watch: Mike Doyle
    Video (2019-01-29)
  • New: "Is Surfing Hip?"
    History of Surfing (2019-01-28)

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