Tides are the longest of all waves, with a wavelength that can equal half of the Earth’s circumference. Â As surfers, we wake up every morning thinking about the tides and how they may affect the quality of the overall surf. Â (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 […]
Surflife | Marisa Personius
Marisa Personius was diagnosed with cancer, stage III Hodgkin lymphoma, at age 22. Â Doctors kept her in ICU and she was unable to do anything without assistance. One night after a chemotherapy infusion (a treatment where the cancer-fighting drugs are delivered to the patient intravenously through an IV drip) Marisa was lying on the couch, […]
The Most Supreme Pleasure
“I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by the Sea.” Â –Â Captain James Cooke, upon witnessing surfing for the first time, Tahiti, 1777. Riding a wave with precision and skill requires a confident, well-concentrated effort. Â It can be a major adrenaline rush. […]
Surflife | Rylee Owens
Charge after your dreams even if it seems tough. Â That’s what Rylee Owens tells the group of local young girls she mentors; that’s what she does in her own life. Â Growing up in Texas, Rylee would occasionally skip school so she could surf the Gulf of Mexico and it was there that surfing caught its […]
Surflife | Sean Robison
“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. It’s really the total package for Earthly connection. It can be social. It allows you to walk away covered in salt and sand (Earth). It […]