Kaboom. The worlds collide. This week’s word of the week and wave of the week and surf spot of the week and a surf news of the week is cloudbreak
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Kaboom. The worlds collide. This week’s word of the week and wave of the week and surf spot of the week and a surf news of the week is cloudbreak
This is one of those articles that start as one thing and thankfully turn into something completely different. Because, let’s face it, who wants to hear about surfing Nazis or
If you’ve never heard about The Endless Summer are you even a surfer? At least after today’s episode, you can pretend you’ve watched it. I have a framed The Endless
Word of the week—or more like concept of the week—is tow surfing, or tow-in surfing. That other kind of surfing that we don’t usually do, because we’re not nuts enough
Sunday Surf Poem is here. And today we’ll be sharing Hurricane Warning: Surfers. It was published in May 1998 and written by Peter Makuck, an American poet, short story writer,
I was a little shocked by this week’s question from one of our readers. Like, you are aware of my entire job description, yes? Anyway. We persist. Today’s question: Must
We skipped last Thursday’s roundup, because it was too depressing, and it was Thanksgiving in the USA. This week, we have just a couple of pieces of news that may
If something like this has happened to you too, I’m sorry. But what are we supposed to do when a relationship ends and we’re still tied to the same surf
I didn’t see this coming, but here we are—we’re going to be talking about wearing helmets in the lineup. Whether you’re ready or not, the helmet revolution may be arriving
Would you believe it—not many surfer poets out there?! But we did find this poem by Zoe Bonik about her first wave. After a little bit of social media snooping,






