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Alexander Haro

Alexander Haro

Senior Editor

Title: Senior Editor

Email: Alex@theinertia.com

Location: Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada

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Expertise

Topics of Expertise: Travel, Environment, Surf

Years in This Expertise: 10

Education & Certifications

Education: Degree in Communications

Years of Writing: 20, for publications like SURFER magazine, Surfing magazine, Air Canada enRoute, Color magazine, SBC Surf, and Drift Surfing.

Experience

Alexander Haro has been writing about surfing, the environment, and the outdoors with The Inertia for 12 years. Prior to that, he worked at SURFER magazine after spending nearly 10 years doing various labor jobs in Northern British Columbia.

Based in Canada, Alexander still dreams of writing a novel. In the meantime, he can be found somewhere outside with his dogs, riding his motorcycle, surfing, camping, hiking, or reading when he should be doing something else that’s more important.

Career Highlights

Team trips to Hawaii.

Getting to know Portugal while writing about his experiences.

Having the opportunity to travel to interesting places and surf amazing waves with a handful of surfers who he used to only see in magazines.

Troy Hamner with a foam hammer.

Wavestorm Makes a Whole Line of Surfboards I Never Knew Existed

4 min read Jun 2, 2018

A great white shark attack on an underwater drone camera shows what it's like to be inside the mouth of a shark.

A Giant Great White Shark Tried to Eat an Underwater Camera Drone, and the Footage Is Unreal

2 min read Jun 1, 2018

It happened in the fourth round of the 2018 Corona Bali Protected. Watch Jordy Smith and Gabriel Medina splash their passion all over each other, kicking and scratching and biting and grunting!

Watch This Epic Paddle Battle Between Jordy Smith and Gabriel Medina

2 min read Jun 1, 2018

Corsets are not a good look for a turtle. Image: Saltwater Brewery

Here’s a Company Making Six-Pack Rings Animals Can Actually Eat

2 min read May 29, 2018

Kelly Slater, shown here not on the level he wants and needs to be to compete. Image: Screenshot/Surfer

Opinion: Admit It, Kelly. You’re Surfing Well Enough to Compete…You’d Just Rather Surf Perfect Waves!

6 min read May 28, 2018

Explosion of San José during Wager's Action. Oil on canvas by Samuel Scott. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Here’s the Fascinating Story of How the ‘Holy Grail’ of Shipwrecks With Treasure Worth Up to $17 Billion Was Discovered Off Colombian Coastline

5 min read May 26, 2018

"The IOC and the Tokyo 2020 organisers have determined that surfing will take place in the ocean in Tokyo, at Tsurigasaki Beach in Chiba."

ISA President Fernando Aguerre Squashes Olympic Wave Pool Rumors… Sort Of

5 min read May 25, 2018

Bill Murray and Kelly Slater mid-way through 18 holes

Here’s What Happened on Bill Murray and Kelly Slater’s Amazing Golf Date

4 min read May 22, 2018

In the last few days, Kilauea's molten barf has produced yet another hazard: laze.

Kilauea Lava Flows Hit the Ocean, Creating Toxic Acid Steam Clouds

3 min read May 22, 2018

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Photos: WSL

Here’s How The Founders’ Cup Made Everyone Love the Oi Rio Pro

3 min read May 20, 2018

Paddling for Happiness follows an army vet named Martin who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan. Martin speaks about how surfing helped him cope with a host of issues stemming from the war and his injuries.

Paddling for Happiness: How Surfing Helped an Army Vet Come to Grips With His Crippling Injuries

3 min read May 19, 2018

The best for your stick? Image: Bitty Surf Wax

This New Surf Wax Shaped Like Breasts and Butts Is Guaranteed to Piss Off a LOT of People

6 min read May 18, 2018

A sick Japanese reef. 99 percent of Japan's largest reef is dying. Image: Shutterstock

Study Finds Only 1.4 Percent of Japan’s Largest Coral Reef Is Healthy

4 min read May 18, 2018

In early 2016, Darryl Fornatora, a 46-year-old Palm Beach resident, vanished without a trace while on a surf trip in the Dominican Republic. He's never been found.

Crime Watch Daily Is Airing an Investigative Piece on Missing Surfer Darryl Fornatora

3 min read May 15, 2018

Kelly Slater and Kalani Miller shared a Surf Ranch barrel.

Kelly Slater Shared a Surf Ranch Tube With Girlfriend Kalani Miller

2 min read May 15, 2018

Mick Fanning retired from competing, not surfing. And look how great his life off-tour is!

This Is What Mick Fanning Retired For

2 min read May 13, 2018

Four minutes showing every angle of the new wave pool in Texas.

4 Minutes That Show Every Angle of the New Wave Pool in Texas

2 min read May 13, 2018

President Trump Declares ‘Major Disaster’ for Kilauea Eruption

3 min read May 12, 2018

On the night of May 9th, those researchers looked at the numbers that little buoy was sending back and saw something incredible: the largest wave ever recorded in the Southern Ocean.

Massive Storm Produces Record-Shattering Wave in the Southern Ocean

3 min read May 12, 2018