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Tonight it's the jet skis. There's a saying that relates: On a boat, anything that can break will break. Which means there are still a hundred things that can break […]

That wave has been on my mind for a while. I paddled it once, when it was only about 4- to 6-foot. I didn't have much success. I only caught […]

HIGHLIGHTS FORM THE NORTH PACIFIC'S DREAM RUN It was the answer to our prayers. A cyclical collection of warm water in the North Pacific that set in motion swell events […]

* Before the infection, and the coma, and the surgeries, and the rehab, and the freezing, wind-blown places he now scours for surf, Timmy Turner had Indonesia. And that life--his […]

THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS TO TAPUERANGI. IT HAS NO ELECTRICITY, NO RUNNING WATER, NO MODERN CONVENIENCES AT ALL. THE PEOPLE THERE LIVE THE MOST BASIC LIVES OF ANYONE ON THIS […]

This winter was the best of Greg Long's life. In October, he drove 850 miles roundtrip from San Clemente to Half Moon Bay three times to surf Maverick's. Before Thanksgiving, […]

"Lemongrass is really nice as a tea," says Asher Pacey. He's standing on the balcony outside his home, surrounded by vegetation. He's just picked a handful of fresh blades, and […]

THE PERFECT DAY DATE: MARCH 14, 2007 LOCATION: SALT CREEK, CALIFORNIA The arrival of spring was especially welcomed this year in California, mostly because the surf decided to take a […]

The term "prepackaged surf trip" has become a cliche, handily served up to describe any excursion that's not considered "acceptably hardcore." And, to be fair, its use does make a […]

THE PERFECT DAY DATE: JANUARY 5, 2007 LOCATION: JAVA, INDONESIA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Malaria-infested jungles, bloodthirsty tigers, and mind-numbing isolation greeted Bob Laverty and Bill Boyum when they discovered G-Land in […]

GAMBLING UNDERCURRENTS The Hawaiian season was quickly turning into what could only be classified as a disappointment. "This has been the worst winter I can remember," said Jesse Merle Jones […]

The smell of fish curry bubbling in a pot wafts from a house on the North Shore of Oahu. It's lunchtime, and the Indonesian contingent has just come back from […]

Morocco is fascinating. What else can you say about a place with blazing deserts, Kasbahs, Arabian horses, seething souks, 12,000-foot snow-covered peaks, and goats that climb trees? And the waves […]

The cramped excuse for an aircraft came careening over the fields of pines below and dropped, along with the pit of my stomach, onto the tarmac. Unfazed by the bumblebee […]

A bit of history: King James II of Scotland banned golf in 1452, which, coincidentally, is the year and event that marks the sport's first official appearance in the pages […]

"We've got one flexible day," said Jake Paterson. craning his neck to get a look at the surf. "I reckon that's plenty. I mean, today's bad, but it's heaps better […]

Somewhere West of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, 1587 The blood on the decks of the Santa Ana had barely dried, and the ship was beginning to sink when Captain […]

THERE'S THIS WAVE, inconspicuously tucked somewhere along Mexico's 3,000-plus miles of coastline, that has been the source of myths and legends over the years. The closely guarded tales revolve around […]

THE MISTY WET BLANKET All surf contests have an intended rhythm, and by Day Five of the 2005 O'Neill Cold Water Classic presented by Jeep, the final stop on the […]

EXIT STAGE RIGHT TRUDY TODD SAYS GOODBYE WITH A WIN AT THE 2005 RIP CURL MALIBU PRO. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Malibu was on fire when the women came to town, but […]

There's something you need to understand about Long Island. The place is a paradox, a combination of opposite poles that'll make your head spin: rich/poor, wet/dry, hot/cold, big/flat ... you […]

David Weare stands knee-deep in the shorebreak at Lowers, a long way from his native South Africa, wearing an expression that's equal parts happiness, exhaustion and relief. He also looks […]

While high-school surf teams have been around for decades now, truth is, being a team member once carried a stigma. Surfers were nothing next to the star quarterback, the slam-dunking […]

Recently, a lot of lip service has been paid to the WCT rookie class. As the largest group to ever qualify, they've been subjected to a good amount of speculation […]

When the President announced his intentions in March to open offshore oil drilling along the mid-and southern-Atlantic, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and off portions of Alaska, Surfrider--along with […]

You've been encased in rubber for six months. You're pale. You're sick of your job, cold water, and subpar surf. So you book a trip. You deal with the airport, […]

This summer, the future, of under-18 American competitive surfing looked brighter than it had in a decade. The USA Surf Team--fielded by the sport's national governing body, Surfing America--had returned […]

Our lives, as surfers, revolve around angles--the gradient of the bottom, the cant of a fin, the direction of a swell. In Micronesia, angles abound. Not the type that make […]

The moods of the oceans often demand that we travel: hemispheric lulls, month-long flat spells, bad sandbars, cold water. All these elements and more conspire to send us on the […]

When you spend most of the year living out of a boardbag, a partitioned garage can seem like a palace. "It's the Taj Mahal of garages," says Rusty Long of […]

Alex Knost calls a storage and shipping module in Costa Mesa, California, home. From the outside, it looks like just another anonymous small business with deeply tinted windows in a […]

The inside of Fernando Aguerre's house is like a surf museum with couches. There are boards everywhere--and most bear deck-dents made by guys with names like Lopez, Slater, and Irons. […]

Photographer Art Brewer has been shooting surfing--and surfers--since 1968. During the course of his 40-year career, he's traveled everywhere from Russia to Thailand, shot dozens of covers, and developed a […]

INSIDE THE SPRAY ROOM AT MOONLIGHT CLASSING San Diego native Peter St. Pierre has been building surfboards by hand since the '60s. He founded Moonlight Glassing in northern San Diego […]

INSIDE BENJI'S RECREATIONAL VEHICLE The Drive Thru crew spends a lot of time living in RVs. Crammed into a tin can with a toilet for fourteen days at a time, […]

INSIDE THE HILLSIDE MOUNTAIN LOVE LODGE The last time Steven "Sli Dawg" Chew showed up in the pages of SURFER, it was in "The Dharma Bums," an article penned in […]

Pipeline was dismal when the World Tour and the WQS were in town for their annual visits to the North Shore, but when Da Hui tossed up their tents for […]

The atmosphere of the Quiksilver Surf Shop Challenge doesn't necessarily lend itself to high drama. Designed to honor core shops from around the nation and as an excuse to get […]

The device itself looks more like something your landscaper would haul out of his truck, but it's actually Josh Sleigh's new favorite toy. "Winching has been around since 1996," says […]

Until recently, home schooling, while common, was not the norm amongst aspiring pro surfers. The past three world title winners--Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, and C.J. Hobgood--all attended local schools and […]

"I shattered my ankle during the test run," said superhuman skater Danny Way while recounting his leap over the Great Wall of China. "But I wasn't about to go home […]

When Stephanie Gilmore set foot on the WCT stage as a wildcard in 2005, she shocked the world by winning the first event she entered. In 2006, she continued to […]

World champions don't just appear from thin air anymore. In its infancy, when competitive surfing was far less structured and the global pool had far fewer players, talent alone seemed […]

It's not every day you see a giant sponge running down the beach with the words "Revo Man" spray-painted in drippy black letters across its chest. But then, when you […]

We'll start with the bang: This year, down in Puerto, the West smoked, yes smoked, the boys from back East, putting up a final score of 103.30 versus the East's […]

No, this has nothing to do with videos advertised in late-night informercials. Chicks astride something massive? Sure. But just not in a Tijuana mule's sort of way. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Here's […]

With the 2005 WCT season winding down, it's beginning to look like a monumental change is on the horizon. "Next year, we're going to have the biggest number of new […]

I In light of the news that Jack Nicholson's daughter, 19-year-old Lorraine Nicholson, has been cast to play Alana Blanchard in the upcoming feature film Soul Surfer (yes, she does […]

A Canadian courtroom is probably the last place you'd think to find the frontlines of surf etiquette. But that's exactly where the debate ended up after Donald Crowe and Jeffery […]

On August 24, roughly 150 surfers--a group that included watermen Darrick Doerner and SURFER Guest Editor Joel Tudor--slipped into the East River in lower Manhattan. Their task: to circumnavigate the […]