Not to sound too deep or weird, but I think that the times when you really appreciate surfing are the times you’re really sort of becoming one with nature. – Kelly Slater
I don’t wanna be a star, have my picture in magazines, have a bunch of kids looking up to me. I’m a drunk … a screw up. I just surf cause its good to go out and ride with your friends. - Matt Johnson, Big Wednesday
During our special 12 days of Christmas review we looked at the DPop by DennoPop, a surf aid product designed to help surfers of all levels in lifting their chest from the surfboard during paddling, as well as give them a boost in their pop-up. (original article here) The staffers at iJS recently had an [...]
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard Whether you care about adventure sports, the fate of the natural world, or pure brand maintenance and business success, Patagonia, Inc. is one of the earth’s most interesting and inspiring companies. For almost forty years, its reputation for unsurpassed high quality, [...]
A new surf break is always an exciting thing for surfers, since it offers an opportunity to revisit one’s skills and growth with respect to surfing. I recently visited a “new to me” surf break with some friends, and discovered something new about my after surf habits that introduced me to a very helpful surf-related [...]
Personality, like ego, is a concept invented by your mind. It doesn’t exist in the real world. Personality is a word for the general impression that you give through your words and actions. – Author Unknown
I secretly believe that good surfers are like artists, they become aesthetically offended at the sight of clumsy, unrefined effort. – Susan Edlinger
This is probably nothing new for you. I am sure you have a good idea of how you fit into your local break. People know your name and you know people’s names. Along with their basic CV of familial relations and work status, you have probably tried to put them in some category of surfer. [...]
There’s something that happens in that delivery room, when a woman becomes ten times more a woman, and a guy becomes six times less a man. You feel really dopey and useless and like a spectator. I did, anyway. - Paul Reiser
“Don’t knock rationalization. Where would we be without it? I don’t know anyone who’d get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They’re more important than sex. Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?” – Michael, The Big Chill
Surfing as a past time can always be improved upon by the company of good friends! There is nothing like getting your entire crew together, piling into an old hoopty, stacking your boards on top, and heading out into the surf until the sun goes down. But if you have ever stacked more than one surfboard [...]
The past several years, I have kept a small plastic bin in the trunk of my car that has housed surf-related items. Apparently, over the course of many surf sessions I have amassed what has become my very own personalized surfer’s survival kit … a tried and true list of items that continues to ensure [...]
“Well, let’s say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. Based on this morning’s reading, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long, weighing approximately six hundred pounds.” – Egon, Ghostbusters “Well, let’s say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. [...]
“I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.” – Ty Webb, Caddyshack
Yesterday I went surfing with some friends. We were all on mals, including Bruce, who I had only just met. Bruce surfs a lot, but this was the first time he’d ever ridden a longboard! As we dried off and changed back at our cars, I asked him if he enjoyed it? Yeah! It was [...]
