I happened to catch a post on Greg Long's Instagram this week about a pledge to take an active role in the plastic pandemic that is currently overtaking the wor...
Every once in a while, one falls down the rabbit hole and discovers something amazing in the depths of the interwebs. Such was my recent trip. The discovery: Be...
The vietnam war took a profound toll on the U.S., both in terms of lives and societal turmoil: Approximately 2.7 million Americans served in the war, and over 5...
StokeShare, Surfrider / West Los Angeles / Malibu and the LAPD Cadets are joining forces again for the international Hands Across The Sand event on May 20. In a...
Patagonia hosted a screening of Cyrus Sutton's new film, Island Earth, a few days ago in Santa Monica. It's a rather somber look at our food supply chain and sp...
Tucked away on a chill side street in Newport Beach’s Cannery Village sits The Board Club. Housed in an old 1930’s beach house, its rooms now hold a pretty terr...
If you've been following Scott Bass' Down the Line Podcast, you're aware that he's had a co-host for the past 3-4 years, David Lee Scales. David's the Creative ...
It's VERY rare that something comes out of Stab about a woman that doesn't include a bikini and a sandy butt. I follow and unfollow them on a regular basis in ...
For those of us who can't wait another moment for summer, Alana Blanchard takes us to the warm waters of Cabo in this cute short. I'm not sure why Chris Cote is...
"I think sometimes you need to kinda clarify and define something; to state your intentions. I wanna win a world title this year. I’m going to give it every...
On the afternoon of the World Surf League Big Wave Awards, former Big Wave Commissioner Pete Mel sat down with (soon to be) award winner and super charger Jamie...
Saturday evening Huntington Beach’s newest upscale hotel, the hotel Pasea, hosted the WSL Big Wave Awards. The annual event recognizes the surfers, photographer...
If you follow Dane Gudauskas on Instagram, you might have noticed his big frosty grin sometime back in February. The Brothers Gudauskas left the warm safety of ...
As a part of World Surf Day activities, The Bungalow in Santa Monica hosted a screening of ‘It Ain’t Pretty’, a documentary about a San Francisco based group of...
Mark Healey is sort of an anomaly to me. Equal parts frat boy and serious waterman with a rather odd sense of humor and a love of goats. -At least that's some o...
“Nate Fletcher stands up on his jet ski from the safety of the channel and watches closely as a man on a dark green board strokes into a massive wave outside the bowl at Mavericks. After a perfectly executed ride (as seen at 2:30) Nate screams:“That’s not the commissioner, that’s the Executioner!”As is evident from Kyle Buthman’s edit of Pete Mel’s NorCal winter, the WSL commentator made the most of the off- season. From his home base of Santa Cruz, Pete took advantage of pumping waves at Steame...
It would come as no surprise to learn that the creative director behind one of Australia’s hippest fashion labels has put together an amazingly stylish vacation...
There's been a lot of chatter about inflatable safety vests in the big wave line up as of late. On one hand, it's an obvious responsible decision for an experie...
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