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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.

Dave Kalama dropping Laird Hamilton off at Jaws in the middle of the tow-revolution.

Disruptors: The History Behind the Invention of Tow Surfing

4 min read Nov 8, 2015

Listen: Jack Johnson’s New Song for John John Florence’s View From a Blue Moon

2 min read Nov 4, 2015

Photo: Joao Bracourt.

3 Reasons Why Surfing Makes Your Non-Surfing Life Better

4 min read Nov 4, 2015

Ian Walsh is a serious contender, no matter what the conditions.

Ian Walsh Takes Win at HIC Sunset Pro; Granted Wildcard to Triple Crown

1 min read Nov 3, 2015

Map showing the rates of mass changes from ICES at 2003-2008 over Antarctica. Image: Jay Zwally/ Journal of Glaciology

New Study From NASA Shows Antarctic Ice Sheet is Actually Increasing in Size

4 min read Nov 2, 2015

Predatory tunicate.

Meet the Venus Fly Trap of the Sea

2 min read Nov 2, 2015

"If you could open up my head, thousands of love hearts would fly away."

Watch a Blind Man Absolutely RIP at the Wavegarden

2 min read Nov 2, 2015

"Hi, I'm Bede... I mean Mike."

Someone Stole Bede Durbidge’s Photo and Made a Tinder Profile With it

2 min read Nov 1, 2015

On October 30th, Gabeira strapped in and rode a wave at the spot that almost took her life.

Maya Gabeira is Reclaiming Her Spot at Nazaré

3 min read Nov 1, 2015

Take your results with a grain of salt and a sense of humor.

Find Out What Kind of Surfer You Are in 5 Easy Steps

1 min read Oct 25, 2015

While initial forecasts called for "catastrophic damage", the category 5 storm weakened considerably to the relief of everyone involved.

Hurricane Patricia Weakens; Mexico Breathes Sigh of Relief

2 min read Oct 24, 2015

This whale, an intelligent creature, is quite simple bored out of its mind... and the fact that we pay to watch it is pretty damn disturbing.

This Time-Lapse of a Depressed Killer Whale is the Saddest Thing You’ll See Today

2 min read Oct 24, 2015

She tired of a few women setting stereotypes that apply to all women... and most of all, she just wants to surf.

Pauline Ado’s New Edit is a Great Big F*ck You to the State of Women’s Surfing

2 min read Oct 24, 2015

Hurricane Patricia became "the strongest storm ever measured on the planet."

Hurricane Patricia is the “Strongest Storm Ever Measured”; Mexico Prepares for Worst-Case Scenario

2 min read Oct 23, 2015

Laird, not wearing anything from his line of clothing.

Business & Media

Laird Hamilton is Making Clothes, Just Like Kelly Slater!

2 min read Oct 22, 2015

Caribbean reef sharks are just one of many species of shark that love Cuban waters.

Cuba Just Implemented a Shark Protection Plan

2 min read Oct 22, 2015

Just a couple of dudes being bros and getting honored for being good dudes being bros.

Here’s How to Win a Trip to Fiji with Kelly Slater and Shane Dorian

3 min read Oct 22, 2015

There is nothing cooler than going into a massive wipeout with not a care in the world.

Cory Lopez’s Mainland Mex Bomb is the Just About the Greatest Wave of All Time

1 min read Oct 19, 2015

shark attacks

Oahu Sees Two Shark Attacks in One Day; Both Victims in Critical Condition

2 min read Oct 18, 2015