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Next Wave: An Update from the Surfrider Foundation

2 min read Feb 16, 2014

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Surfing Arts, Science and Issues Conference Presented by Groundswell Society and Sustainable Surf

2 min read Feb 14, 2014

He wasn’t even sure he wanted to go. Tracking the swell, big-wave surfer Andrew Cotton, known more commonly as Cotty among friends and fellow surfers, was considering the outer banks of the nearby Emerald Isle instead.

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Andrew Cotton’s Big Break: On Being an “Average Surfer,” Garrett McNamara, and the Wave that Almost Wasn’t

11 min read Feb 13, 2014

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Review: Dane Reynolds’ Loaded

3 min read Feb 5, 2014

Can John John channel his inner-Richard Sherman this year? We hope so.

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Why Richard Sherman Can Teach Surfing and Sports a Few Lessons

6 min read Jan 30, 2014

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Beyonce and Jay Z Surfing the Grammys on Their Surfboard: What Does It Actually Mean?

4 min read Jan 28, 2014

We go wild for impossible feats, and seemingly wilder when that impossibility is realized. And with each additional view, the business models of the GoPros and Red Bulls receive affirmation. It’s not too many shades away from torture porn.

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Limitless: Viral Video Pushes Extreme Sports To Dangerous, Sometimes-Fatal Levels

6 min read Jan 23, 2014

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Aloha China: China Surf Report Becomes First Chinese Surf Publication

4 min read Jan 10, 2014

Portraits of John John Florence and Eddie Rothman from Welcome to Paradise Now Go to Hell. Photos: Justin Jay

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Review: Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell by Chas Smith

9 min read Jan 10, 2014

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Introducing Shurfing: Sharing Surfing

2 min read Dec 28, 2013

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2013 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Sets Viewing Audience Record

1 min read Dec 19, 2013

Photo: The Surf Channel | Emily Bates

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The Real Winners of the World Title Race: The ASP and Pro Surfing Fans

5 min read Dec 16, 2013

Pristine lineups are certainly being “discovered” by more people and crowded out, but this is just as much a function of extreme demographic pressures in well-known surfing areas as it is any effect of spots being revealed in the media through photos or the odd contest.

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My Spot? Your Photos? The Ethics of Exposing Secret Waves

6 min read Nov 27, 2013

Photo: Surf Channel | Selma Al-Faqih

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Marketing Women in Sports Beyond the Bikini

4 min read Nov 1, 2013

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Eddie Would Go. Should Maya Think Twice?

8 min read Nov 1, 2013