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Rory Parker

Rory Parker

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Here's Zach and Alex having a good 'ol time at The Inertia's relaunch party in 2014. Photo: Meg

The Inertia’s Zach Weisberg and Alex Haro Appear on Rory Parker’s Podcast

2 min read Aug 22, 2017

Homelessness is a serious problem around the world. Photo: Michael Maggs/Wikimedia Commons

Homelessness in Hawaii Is an Emergency of Tragic Proportions

6 min read Aug 10, 2017

high performance longboarding

I Confess: I’m a High-Performance Longboarder

4 min read Feb 21, 2017

Opinion: If You’re Enraged by Mick’s New ‘Top Secret’ Wave, You’re a Complete Hypocrite

5 min read Feb 16, 2017

This installment brings us another delightful chat with Cori Schumacher, former ASP pro surfer, 3x women's longboarding champ, Carlsbad city council member.

This Is the Surf Podcast You’ve Been Missing

2 min read Feb 13, 2017

KLM Airlines Sanuk

5 Kinda Late (But Exceptionally Prescient) Predictions for Surfing in 2017

8 min read Feb 7, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg vs. Kauai: From a Transplant’s Perspective

6 min read Jan 26, 2017

5 Things Surfers Should Never Say Out Loud

4 min read Feb 26, 2015

I was dying. And I made her watch.

Forcing My Wife to Watch Me Drown

9 min read Jan 28, 2015

Ricardo Dos Santos. Photo: Instagram

A Life Taken Too Early: RIP Ricardo Dos Santos

5 min read Jan 23, 2015

But, whatever... let's just close our eyes, jam ourselves neck deep in the sand and pray the whole affair doesn't scare off any potential consumers.

Noa Deane, Xanax, F-Bombs, and Why No One Should Care

3 min read Dec 9, 2014

"We have the time to play in the ocean, the money to spend on overpriced accessories. We don't really have it so bad. But the people of Ferguson, I think they do."

Business & Media

Ferguson Affects Everyone: An Opinion from the Privileged, White Surfer

5 min read Nov 29, 2014

Dude, you're such a surf turkey.

7 Things All Surfers Are Thankful for (But Too Scared To Admit)

6 min read Nov 27, 2014

Surfing's not all roses.

5 Unpleasant Truths About Surfing that Everyone Needs to Hear

5 min read Sep 23, 2014

10 Reasons America Is The Best Surfing Nation On Earth

7 min read Jul 4, 2014

Nice gams, bro.

8 Things About Surfing That Should Die and Stay Dead

5 min read Jun 2, 2014

5 Ridiculously Offensive Surfing Reality Shows

5 min read Apr 21, 2014

Tourists get smashed at Waimea Bay.

7 Videos of People Getting Their Asses Handed to Them by the Ocean, Part 2

5 min read Mar 25, 2014

Whether a result of hubris, ignorance, or pure bad luck, the schadenfreude I reap always manages to turn my frown upside down. What follows is a collection of my favorite examples of frail humanity being pummeled by Mother Nature.

7 Videos of People Getting Their Asses Handed to Them by the Ocean

2 min read Mar 19, 2014