"Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder. Not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder." - Lance Mountain, Bones Brigade ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ. Bedriddenย for…
In 2017 the World Surf League removed a natural wonder of a wave, Lower Trestles in San Clemente, from the World Championship Tour. The Freshwater Pro, held in the desert…
"๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐?" The World Championship Tour of Surfing is supposed to be, "The Greatest Show On Earth" where the gladiators of surf compete like its bloodsport, hacking and…
"๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ." Zach Manon first surfed Lake Michigan in 2015 at a place lake surfers sometimes refer…
Imogen Barneaud always dreamed of living like a hippie.ย As a child in the seventies, Imi's parents introduced her to a nomadic lifestyle. By the age of 11, she had already…
From the river's edge, Janina Zeitler steps onto her surfboard. ย The standing wave of the Eisbach river rapidly carries her nearly fifty-feet to the other side of the canal. ย She…
Latinos Unidos is a group of surfers with a common interest in rebuilding values in Venezuela.ย They collect surfboards and technology such as laptops, smartphones, and tablets throughout the Americas. The…
San Salvador City, El Salvador 1980's Shot in the back---Juan's father was killed while trying to cross the street as a gun battle raged between the U.S.-backed, government soldiers and…
Shredding a supernova. ย Surfing on a distant star in a galaxy far, far, away. ย Walking out on the nose of your boardย for a cheater-five, riding a nebulous cloud through…
Not That You Really Need Any Convincing At All. You work harder than a one-legged Sherpa during climbing season in the Himalayas. ย So you decide to tell your non-surfing boss…
Angie grew up with a passion for nature; caring for every little creature that walked across her path and spending as much time in the garden with her mother as…
Surf at your own peril. Heavy rain spatters against contaminated city streets, which are designed to avoid flooding by directing all stormwater toward the ocean. ย The filthy detritus carries with…
"Stop making goals. ย Instead put your dreams on the horizon and chase them every day. ย You'll find a new meaning of success." Ryan Minarik used to have a corporate job…
Summertime. ย San Diego. ย They're all around you... You paddle out into the lineup at your favorite local surf-break seeking to shred some waves. ย You give a head nod to a…
8 million metric tons of plasticsย enter our ocean every year on top of the 150 million metric tons (1 metric ton = 2205 pounds) of plastics that currently circulate our…
Tides are the longest of all waves, with a wavelength that can equal half of the Earth's circumference. ย As surfers, we wake up every morning thinking about the tides and…
"The surfboard market is saturated with the same unsustainable oil-derived product. People are taking notice of this and there are lots of new eco-friendly materials that guys are shaping nowadays.…
Marisa Personius was diagnosed with cancer, stage III Hodgkin lymphoma, at age 22. ย Doctors kept her in ICU and she was unable to do anything without assistance. One night after…
"I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the Sea." ย -ย Captain James Cooke, upon witnessing surfing…
Charge after your dreams even if it seems tough. ย That's what Rylee Owens tells the group of local young girls she mentors; that's what she does in her own life.…
The Smartfin Project is an innovative program helping researchers fill gaps in ocean data so they can learn more about the effects of climate change on our world's coastal ecosystems.…
California is a creative, kooky place. ย The desert heat can warp minds and bend imagination. Twisted metal life forms of artistย Ricardo Breceda (@ricardo.breceda_metal.artist). Ricardo's inspiration for his scrap-metal, sculpted, animal…
"For me, surfing is all about connection. No matter what is going on in my life, when I'm out there bobbing in the waves I feel connected to the Earth.…
