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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.

This Is What It Looks Like When a 4-Year-Old Gets His Board Stolen

#Superbummed: 4-Year-Old Gets His Board Stolen

1 min read Jul 26, 2014

The most important lesson can be summed up in the words of the immortal Turtle: "When the wave breaks here, don't be there, or you're going to get drilled."

3 Simple Ways to Avoid Bloodshed While Learning to Surf

3 min read Jul 25, 2014

If they had thrown a few stiff-fingered shakas and quoted a few lines from Fast Times, it might have been just as forced as the title the Today Show went with: Kelly Slater and Coco Ho Hang Ten on the Today Show.

Kelly Slater and Coco Ho Hang Ten on the Today Show

1 min read Jul 24, 2014

In an amalgam of near-disgusting cuteness Rob and Ricochet hopped on a big surfboard and commenced pleasing everyone watching. Get your awe-face ready.

Rob Machado and Ricochet the Surf Dog: The Ultimate Paw-ty Wave

1 min read Jul 21, 2014

Buzzy Trent, Makaha.

Makaha’s Rediscovery Sets Off a Big Wave Surfing Revolution

4 min read Jul 21, 2014

"I wanna love down on YOOOOUUUUUU."

Carissa Moore Tries Her Hand at Singing; Wants to Love Down on You

2 min read Jul 19, 2014

How to Surf Crap Waves on a Shortboard

6 min read Jul 17, 2014

Photo: Matt Dunbar

The First Pipeline Masters: How It All Began

4 min read Jul 14, 2014

Battle of the titans

Tom Curren and Mark Occhilupo Are Going Head to Head at J-Bay

2 min read Jul 11, 2014

From a wave pool in London to this. The evolution of the wave pool.

The Beginning of a New Era: World’s First Wave Pool Opens

5 min read Jul 7, 2014

Yup, those are barnacle balls.

The Most Disgusting Sea Creature You’ve Never Heard Of

4 min read Jul 5, 2014

Oh, Canada!

Oh, Canada! 12 Photos to Celebrate Canada Day

3 min read Jul 1, 2014

Home, school, and everything in between. Photo: Paskowitz Family

Doc Paskowitz and the Path of the Nomad

4 min read Jun 30, 2014

The bamboo outriggers on a Filipino 'bangka' boat may have been designed for stability, but they're also pretty handy for carrying surf boards around a place like Siargao.

Call of the Wild

The 5 Best Surfing Boat Trips You’ll Ever Take

6 min read Jun 30, 2014

Woah. The pill bug to end all pill bugs. Photo: Reddit

Crazy Creature of the Week: The Giant Isopod

3 min read Jun 28, 2014

Migaloo

Rare and Beautiful All-White Whale Spotted

2 min read Jun 26, 2014

Chicama, Peru is quite possibly the world's longest wave. From the point to the pier – which, according to locals, has been covered on a single ride – it runs for just over a mile. The entire cape where the waves break is around two-and-a-half miles long, and with a playing field that large, the amount of surfers is surprisingly small.

Chicama, Peru: Home of the World’s Longest Left

3 min read Jun 25, 2014

Gerry Lopez, Pipeline, December 29, 1967. A few years into the love affair. Photo: Tim McCullough

Gerry Lopez Surfs Pipeline For the First Time

3 min read Jun 20, 2014

“Blake altered everything. He almost single-handedly transformed surfing from a primitive Polynesian curiosity into a 20th century lifestyle.” - Drew Kampion

Tom Blake Becomes First to Surf Malibu; Changes Surfing Forever

5 min read Jun 18, 2014