This week’s news is a bit sharky. Foot-chomping at New Smyrna Beach New Smyrna Beach, Florida—the so-called “shark bite capital of the world”—delivered again. On July 18, 18-year-old surf instructor
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Surf Culture for Beginners
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Do you know that statistic that you’re more likely to get killed while driving to the beach than from a shark attack? But don’t be lulled into a false sense
Pipeline. As surfers, we should probably know a thing or two about it—so we can stay as far away from it as possible if we want to live. The takeoff
I was going to write about the shortboarding revolution, and I will, but first, I want to share the story of how we ended up surfing the way we do
Beginner surfers banned from Cloud 9, Siargao (allegedly) Siargao Island has been on our 25 best beginner surf spots list for months. We’ve always recommended Jacking Horse—and staying away from
It’s my birthday today. A brilliant excuse for reflection. For a while now, I’ve wanted to write a retrospective on what I’ve learned since I got into surfing. It’s been
I went out surfing this morning—a very fun surf. It was 1–2 ft, 2–3 ft observed, poor to fair (my favorite), and barely anyone in the water at Venice Breakwater,
Welcome to my kookery class! In which I explain where kook came from. It’s more complicated than you think. The etymology theory This is going to be a tough one.
You can listen to The Wipeout Weekly episode with Crystal Dombrow, the beginner shortboarder extraordinaire below or on your fav pod platform. This Wipeout Weekly podcast episode transcript was abbreviated
Farewell to the legend of Clyde Aikau The New York Times celebrated the life of Clyde Aikau in the report on the paddle out in his honor in Waikiki. More
