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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.

At an event at Cloud 9, Brent Symes was beaten with "bats and bottles." Photo courtesy: Symes

Competitor Beaten With Bats at Local Trials Event in the Philippines

4 min read Sep 25, 2015

This is not what I did, nor do I think it would help... but you get the idea.

Can the Ocean Fix Migraine Headaches?

4 min read Sep 25, 2015

Nope, not real. But isn't this what we immediately picture when we think shark?

Selfies Kill More People Than Shark Attacks (Actually)

3 min read Sep 24, 2015

Tom Carroll, leader of one of the most important movements in surfing history.

Disruptors: Tom Carroll’s Boycott of Surfing in Apartheid-Era South Africa Was One of Surfing’s Most Important Moments

6 min read Sep 24, 2015

Octopuses are very strange creatures.

You Won’t Believe What This Octopus Has Under His Tentacles

2 min read Sep 20, 2015

The ocean is constantly changing; judging fairly from heat to heat with something as moody as Mother Nature is impossible. But at Surf Snowdonia, every wave can be created equal.

Will the Red Bull Unleashed Event Usher in a New Era of Professional Surfing?

2 min read Sep 20, 2015

The site of the Chilean earthquake.

Chile Hit Hard By Tsunami

2 min read Sep 19, 2015

In a massive concrete tank called the Delta Flume, they created the world's biggest man-made wave–just over 5 meters, or 15 feet.

Dutch Scientists Make World’s Biggest Man Made Wave; Can’t Make Half Decent Video

3 min read Sep 18, 2015

This pod of orcas decided to use their boat's wake as a jungle gym.

Orcas Chase Boat, Boaters Freak Out

1 min read Sep 17, 2015

A small snapshot of the report.

According to a New Study, Humans Have Killed Off HALF of All Marine Life

4 min read Sep 17, 2015

Are you ready to stand awkwardly on a stand up paddle board and push two janky, spinning paddles back and forth, all while moving very slowly through the water?

This is One Watersport That Will Never Catch On

1 min read Sep 17, 2015

If foam is so easy to work with, why do we keep making more of it instead of reusing the stuff that we have?

This is Something Every Surfer Should Be Doing

2 min read Sep 16, 2015

There are a few people who stand out as surfing pioneers. Fred Van Dyke was one of them. Earlier this week, Van Dyke passed away at the age of 86.

Big Wave Pioneer Fred Van Dyke Dies at the Age of 86

2 min read Sep 15, 2015

Whether it's waves, fish, deer, or pigs, he's in it for the chase.

Matt Meola on Chasing Waves and the Art of the Hunt

3 min read Sep 14, 2015

Could this be the answer to all our shark problems?

This New Surfboard Device Might Be the Shark Repellent We’ve All Been Looking For

2 min read Sep 13, 2015

Snapper, protected.

Burleigh Point to Snapper Rocks Nominated as World Surf Reserve

2 min read Sep 12, 2015

Unless you're a professional, more fun=better surfing.

Why Your Surfboard Might be Completely Wrong for You

3 min read Sep 10, 2015

Pascale Honore has passed away at age 52

Duct Tape Surfer Pascale Honore Passes Away at Age 52

5 min read Sep 7, 2015

Surfing is in the Now Smithsonian

2 min read Sep 6, 2015