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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.

Is Kelly Slater secretly celebrating the fact that he has created the cure for crowds?

Opinion: Wave Pools Are the Best Things That Ever Happened to Surfers

3 min read Sep 19, 2017

Everything is fast now, from our phones to our internet to our transportation. We live in an age of instant gratification, and when gratification is instant, it's short-lived.

The Malloy Brothers’ Film, “Slow Is Fast,” Is a Metaphor For Life

3 min read Sep 16, 2017

Robbie Maddison rode his dirt bike at Cloudbreak and just about ran a guy over while doing it.

Robbie Maddison and His Dirt Bike Just About Killed a Guy at Cloudbreak

2 min read Sep 15, 2017

Seaweed beer.

This Brewery Is Making Beer From Seaweed

4 min read Sep 9, 2017

From the left: Hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose. Photo: NESDIS

Irma, Katia and Jose: Atlantic Hurricane Triple-Threat Stuns Researchers

3 min read Sep 9, 2017

That surfboard is made from old concept cars! Photo: Jaguar Land Rover

Land Rover Is Making Surfboards From Old Concept Cars

3 min read Sep 9, 2017

Narrowneck Reef is getting a $2 million facelift. Image: City of Gold Coast.

$2 Million to Be Spent on Gold Coast Artificial Reef Renovation; Officials Expect Better Surf

2 min read Sep 8, 2017

Overall, 83% of the water tested came back positive for microplastics.

Research Finds That Billions of People are Drinking Microplastics Straight Out of the Tap

4 min read Sep 8, 2017

Kelly Slater touched a pen to surfboard and made it worth $25,000. Photo: SurfAid

A Board Kelly Slater Signed Sold for $25,000 in Under an Hour

3 min read Sep 8, 2017

Kiting on Canada's west coast affords some of the most spectacular views on earth.

Kiting in One of Earth’s Most Beautiful, Remote Places

2 min read Sep 4, 2017

Alex Botelho and João de Macedo enjoying some Mexican fruit, pre-travel warning.

Mexico Tourism Sees Steep Decline After State Department Issues Travel Warning

5 min read Sep 2, 2017

For a few months now, a legitimate hellman named Igor Hossmann has been figuring out the best way to not die on Rio's newly discovered slab.

This Newly Discovered Slab in Rio Is Just Plain Ridiculous

2 min read Sep 1, 2017

Zachary Kingsbury got pulled over for speeding, ran into the ocean, and almost ran into a shark.

Man Evades Police by Swimming Out to Sea; Drone Footage Spots Shark Beside Him

3 min read Sep 1, 2017

The fog hit English beaches on Sunday, sending over 100 people to the hospital.

Mysterious Toxic Fog Hits English Beach, Putting 133 People in Hospital

4 min read Aug 29, 2017

Kenyans use an average of 24 million plastic bags a month. Photo: Joshua Amponsem

Kenya’s Harsh New Plastic Bag Ban Includes a 4-Year Prison Sentence and a $38,000 Fine

3 min read Aug 29, 2017

Crew members of the Chinese-flagged ship confiscated by the Ecuadorean Navy arrive in court in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands on August 25, 2017. Photo: AFP

Chinese Fishing Vessel Caught in Galápagos Islands with 6,600 Poached Sharks

3 min read Aug 29, 2017

The family ran aground on a nearly invisible reef 1,500 miles from New Zealand.

Family Runs Catamaran Aground on Remote South Pacific Reef; Miraculously, Rescue Ship Anchored Nearby

2 min read Aug 28, 2017

Italy has dog lifeguards. Real dog lifeguards.

Italy Has a Team of Dog Lifeguards, and They Are AMAZING

3 min read Aug 26, 2017

The Chinese Olympic surf team, along with coach PT and the San Clemente surf team. An Electric afternoon!

The Chinese Olympic Surf Team Just Got Sponsored by Electric

3 min read Aug 26, 2017