A surfer’s wish this holiday season eh? ‘That’s easy’ you say with a Grinch-like grin! No, dear friends, it is not for a bigger quiver of surfboards or a surf break alone to myself every dawn session (although those things are quite desirable too!). It has been many years since I have indulged in that [...]
It’s 4:30 a.m. in Santa Cruz. While most exhausted parents are fast asleep, big-wave surfing couple Sarah and Mike Gerhardt are tiptoeing past their children’s room and starting their day together with wetsuits, surfboards and prayer. “We get up early, and that’s our time to connect,” Mike says. “We read the Bible together, we pray [...]
A surfboard atop a vehicle, 700 miles from the nearest ocean, is your first clue that the surf’s up in Wyoming. Along the Snake River, just south of Jackson, Mother Nature provides a unique venue for the surf-obsessed in a region better known for wolves, grizzly bears, bison and the rugged Grand Teton and Yellowstone [...]
Surfers are a fun-loving group of people, often times hooting and laughing as the waves roll into their specific break. But don’t let this outer layer fool you … it is not secret that surfers are territorial. Let’s face the fact that as a rule, the goal is to protect the beaches, the breaks, and [...]
WIN A SET OF RECYCLED RECORDS surfboard coasters courtesy of OVNY. We loved these functional and protective coasters made from recycled wetsuits (neoprene), and the safety they provided in protectin our surfboards from stress fractures as well as the unsightly wax residue as a result of board on board contact (ewww!). Win yours today by [...]
Green army men. My childhood memories are full of countless hours of being on my stomach, floor or dirt, staring down dozens upon dozens of brightly colored green army men. Frozen in amazingly epic poses, these little soldiers exploded through my young mind in an imaginary telling of battles and wars that out-exploded and out-dramatized [...]
My recent surf session was a great success! I paddled out not so enthusiastically about going, but I am after all still on my voyage to attaining surf passion … I paddled out and caught the very first wave that came across my path, surprisingly even before I could even sit up to wait around [...]
You have seen them in Waikiki hundreds of times … groups of surfers in identical rash guards bearing some surf school logo, dragging foam-topped blue longboards, or massive plumeria adorned rental surfboards. From the famous Waikiki “Walls” to “Rockpiles”, surf school instructors can be seen leading groups of first-time surfers into the great blue ocean. [...]
If you are a surfer, the very thought of leaving your prized surf stick in the car or truck, even for quick errand or a zippy after-surf meal, must make you nervous. Yes, lock it in your car with the seats down … even keep the car parked close to the restaurant door so you [...]
In the living room of my house my surfboards and couch are on opposites walls facing each other. As I sat on the couch with a friend we started talking about surfing. “So you hang out on the nose when you surf?” No, not really hang out, I replied. “You surf North Shore when it’s [...]
Who can afford a quiver anymore? Gone are the days of the $200 bro-deal. The $400 factory shape now goes for closer to $600. The handcrafted, resin-tinted single-fin that we all yearn for goes for upwards of $800, $1,200, or $1,400. We’re still surfers, right? And as surfers we don’t have $1,400 to pay for [...]
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 [...]
