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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.

Owens and Wright during their arrests for the attempted kidnapping and rape of a 15-year-old San Diego girl.

Two Arrested in Attempted San Diego Kidnapping of 15-Year-Old Surfer

2 min read Jul 29, 2017

Malibu, back in the day.

Malibu Lagoon Project Manager Responds to Allegations That Lagoon Restoration Is Ruining Surfrider Beach

12 min read Jul 28, 2017

The City of Imperial Beach is among the three counties suing 37 fossil fuel companies. Photo: California Beaches

California Coastal Communities Are Suing 37 Oil and Gas Companies Over Rising Sea Levels

3 min read Jul 28, 2017

Kyara, the last orca whale born in SeaWorld captivity, died on July 24th. Photo: SeaWorld

A Three-Month Old Baby Orca Whale Just Died at SeaWorld

3 min read Jul 25, 2017

The team will use a vessel similar to this one to drill into Zealandia. Image: International Ocean Discovery Program

A Team of Researchers Is Going to Drill Into Zealandia, the Sunken Continent

3 min read Jul 24, 2017

By now you have surely heard the news that Michael Phelps is going to race a great white shark. It is, in nearly every sense of the word(s) the purest form of click bait ever created.

Nearly Everything You Wanted to Know About Michael Phelps’ Shark Race

3 min read Jul 22, 2017

Malibu Lagoon from the air. Adamson House sits west of the Pacific Coast Highway and south from the lagoon. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Doc Searls

Locals Enraged at California State Parks’ Malibu Lagoon Restoration Project

4 min read Jul 22, 2017

A beached hoodwinker sunfish, the new species described by researchers from Murdoch University. Image: Murdoch University

After Four-Year Search, a New Massive Sunfish Species Was Discovered

4 min read Jul 21, 2017

An artist's rendition of dumping a jug of piss on your head.

I Dumped My Own Piss All Over My Head Today

4 min read Jul 21, 2017

Something needs to be done... but some researchers think that this isn't it.

Detractors of The Ocean Cleanup Think “It’s Such a Waste of Energy”

3 min read Jul 17, 2017

Fukushima Nuclear Waste to be Dumped Directly Into the Ocean

3 min read Jul 15, 2017

Marzo's accountant has been sentenced to 35 months in a federal prison.

Clay Marzo’s Thieving Accountant Is Going to Federal Prison

2 min read Jul 15, 2017

A piece of the Larsen Ice Shelf snapped off, creating one of the largest icebergs ever recorded. Image: EPA

A Trillion-Ton Iceberg Just Snapped off Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf

2 min read Jul 14, 2017

What Would the Zombie Apocalypse Look Like for Surfers?

1 min read Jul 11, 2017

Jack O'Neill's family didn't request an official from Guinness World Records, but the team will look at video and consider it for the record books.

Jack O’Neill’s Enormous Paddle Out Unofficially Smashes World Record

2 min read Jul 11, 2017

Only in China, right? Literally. This is only in China. Photo: China Merchants New Energy

China Built a 248-Acre Solar Power Plant Shaped Like a Giant Panda

3 min read Jul 10, 2017

The butthole of the Jetson beast. Photo: Jetson

Here’s the Jet-Assisted Surfboard You Didn’t Know Existed: Meet the Jetson

4 min read Jul 8, 2017

After pulling into a Puerto closeout, Jamie Mitchell's board smashed him in the chest and broke his sternum.

Jamie Mitchell Broke His Sternum at Puerto Escondido

2 min read Jul 8, 2017

One possible response to Iceland's sewage problem. Image: Caddyshack screenshot

A Broken Icelandic Sewage Pump Has Been Spewing 750 Liters of Raw Sewage Into the Ocean Every Second

2 min read Jul 7, 2017