“Skateboarding doesn’t make you a skateboarder. Not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder.” – Lance Mountain, Bones Brigade Makita Duggan had been having seizures all day. Bedridden for months since being diagnosed with Lyme disease, she was incapable of venturing out into the California sun. A prisoner in her Oceanside home. She wanted […]
Bring Back Lower Trestles to the WCT | Sign The Petition
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 at Kelly Slater’s artificial wave pool in Lemoore—100 miles from the California coast—replaced it. Together we can bring surfing back to the ocean, where it […]
Timber Surf Co. | The Surf Industry’s Transition Towards Oceanic Preservation
“The very best part of surf culture is to help, not harm, our beloved Ocean,”says California native and lifelong surfer, Ryan Lynch, founder of Timber Surf Co. “Building hollow wooden surfboards is one way we’re taking steps to minimize foam and plastic from our waters.” For the last 75 years or so, most surfboards are […]
Surflife | Angie Chiuzzi
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 possible. Tending to the environment in front of her has always been a way of life. “I really believe that by being in nature you […]
Swing For the Moon | The Tides
Tides are the longest of all waves, with a wavelength that can equal half of the Earth’s circumference. As surfers, we wake up every morning thinking about the tides and how they may affect the quality of the overall surf. (Will the tide be drained, shallow, causing surfable waves at our reef or beach break […]
Surflife | Deadboard Co. | Ben Gagnon
“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. There is a slow but steady movement away from foam core boards.” Ben Gagnon started surfing the summer after he finished high school. Upon receiving […]