William Finnegan’s new book, Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life looks like a choice read. Dig the excerpt in The New…
The artistry of photographers Ron Stoner and LeRoy Grannis (among others) contributed mightily to the boom in…
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Kelly Slater surfed the elimination round today in the Hurley Pro at Trestles in California. Facing off against…
Another story that's worth your time. Erik Hedegaard's memoir piece for Outside:
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"Music by CUT SNAKE."
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A Hawaii man has a pig that enjoys surfing, and somehow it isn't a plot for a children's movie (yet).
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That little speck in the distance is Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle, riding the storm surge off Nazaré, Portugal, a…
Jeff Horton was on the waves off Kauai's north shore Sunday morning, when what he estimated to be a 12-foot tiger…
Photographer Allen Hughes captured this amazing shot of an unknown surfer, late for his competition, leaping into…
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It’s probably safe to assume that these dogs are stoned, not because surfers of all breeds adhere to the stoner…
In February 1950, LIFE published a feature on what the magazine called "the gold-bricking existence" of ski bums at…