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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.

Early morning mayhem. Photo: André Botelho/Billabong XXL

Winter Storm Hercules Begins to Hammer Europe

2 min read Jan 6, 2014

Thanks For Tuning In

2 min read Jan 1, 2014

The future looks amazing! Photos: (L)Screenshot/(R)ASP/Cestari

7 Bold Predictions for 2014: GMOs, Butts, and Slater’s Retirement

5 min read Jan 1, 2014

Don't want to see this in the water, but it's just as bad to see it out.

Giant White Shark Doesn’t Wash Up On Beach

2 min read Dec 30, 2013

Anti-Cull Campaigners Threaten Sabotage in WA

2 min read Dec 30, 2013

Hawaii is a beautiful place. It's all of those things you see on postcards and in old movies: swaying palm trees, warm evening breezes, eye-exploding sunsets, and tanned, beautiful people. It's pretty simple, really: Don't be a jerk, and you'll get along just fine. Photo: Tim Hogan

Call of the Wild

A Haole’s Guide to Getting Along on the North Shore

3 min read Dec 19, 2013

The surfing world has watched Maya Gabeira’s near-death experience in Portugal ad nauseum. But what is really interesting is the relationship between two people that knowingly risk their lives in pursuit of something so fleeting and dangerous. And, even more interesting is the fact that they’re willing to risk their own lives for one another.

Maya Gabeira, Carlos Burle, and the Tow Partner Relationship: On the Edge of Death

11 min read Dec 18, 2013

Kelly Slater. Stolen boards or not, he's going. Photo: ASP

Kelly Slater’s Pipe Quiver Stolen in North Shore Heist

2 min read Dec 14, 2013

Shark Attack Victim’s Mother Questions West Australia’s New Culling Policy

2 min read Dec 13, 2013

WA's government announced their new policy on shark control. Photo: Shutterstock

Shark Cull Approved in Western Australia

2 min read Dec 10, 2013

Mexico Cliffs K58

Reflections on Shaping My First Board on the Way to Mexico

4 min read Dec 10, 2013

Pipe: the ultimate decider. Photo: Ruddy Photo

Who’s On First: The ASP’s 2014 Qualification Schedule

3 min read Dec 3, 2013

Bruce Brown's final interview. Photo: The Inertia/Smolowe

10 Most Influential Surfers of All Time

16 min read Nov 25, 2013

Ball chafe is the worst. Like, the worst. Walking around all bow-legged like we've been riding an extra wide horse for a week, grimacing while trying to look casual – it's bad. But there is relief, thank God. I've taken the liberty of testing some for you. And no, there will not be photos.

The 4 Best Ball Creams Out There

6 min read Nov 22, 2013

A greenland shark, not looking for moose.

Shark Chokes on Moose, Subsequently Rescued by Canadians

2 min read Nov 21, 2013

The only real experience I have with Mexico is sitting in pee-filled pools at a swim up bar while flabby tourists suck back neon drinks. I want real Mexico, with dirty street chicken and those perfect waves that take more than just a flight and an all-inclusive to get to.

A Mad Dash to Mexico

4 min read Nov 19, 2013

Brooklyn Free-Diver Dies in Record Setting Attempt

3 min read Nov 18, 2013

A good road trip is something every surfer talks about at some point. Surfing has a certain something, a certain je ne sais quoi, that just begs for the empty road. There is plenty of surf in places where creature comforts are readily available, but where’s the fun in that?

Call of the Wild

5 Amazing Road Trip Destinations

11 min read Nov 13, 2013

“Grab the camera. He’s going to get bit,” said James Moskito, the expedition leader aboard the Superfish. He was pointing at a small outcropping of rock just off South East Farallon Island, one part of a desolate, barren chain of windswept islands thirty miles west of San Francisco. Photos: Seth Migdail

Facing Fear, Finding More: Diving With Great White Sharks

9 min read Nov 12, 2013