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Winter Strikes Back! 3-4 Feet Predicted for Sierras This Week

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Urbnsurf Melbourne is finally breaking ground next month. Image: Screenshot
Surf

The Melbourne Wave Pool Is Finally Breaking Ground

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News

Surf Ranch to Host WSL’s First Team-Style, Region-versus-Region Event

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Ross Clark-Jones Nearly Drowned at Nazaré, and the Footage Is Terrifying
Surf

Ross Clarke-Jones Nearly Drowned at Nazaré, and the Footage Is Terrifying

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Britt Merrick comes from serious surfboard stock.
Surf

Britt Merrick on His Life of Surfing, Shaping, and Growing Up in the Shaping Bay

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Consider, for example, an athlete’s warm-up, eating habits and bedtime. All of these may appear minor to the non-athlete, but they are instrumental in preparing the athlete for competition. Disrupting this process can interfere with an athlete’s sense of confidence and readiness.
Mountain

Why Olympic Athletes Choke at the Winter Games

8 min read
When Steve O'Donnell was eight-years-old, he found something that would form the central theme of his entire life: surfing.
Surf

Meet Steve O’Donnell, the Man Who’s Been Shaping Surfboards for Half a Century

2 min read
Photo: Shutterstock
Environment

How Plastics Made From Plants Could be the Answer to the World’s Waste Problem

5 min read
Just a few feet away, there's enough nuclear waste to decimate the planet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Environment

Workers Are Moving Nuclear Waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

7 min read
Shipstern Bluff ain't a place to go for a relaxing longboard session.
Surf

Meanwhile at Shipstern Bluff

1 min read
Burch doesn't ride surfboards. He rides waves. The surfboard is secondary; a simple vessel for the glide.
Surf

Ryan Burch and a Collection of Surfboards You Have to See to Believe

2 min read
This was nuts! Good job, Tom Lowe! Image: Provided by Tom Lowe
The Inertia Now

The Inertia Now: We Learned How to Game the Olympics and Solve Pro Surfing’s Problems!

5 min read
Have you been to Baja? Have you driven that 1000-mile immaculate stretch of perfect, empty waves punctuated by vast stretches of the most beautiful country?
Surf

Mexico Sucks. Don’t Go

1 min read
Mountain

Lindsey Vonn Will Be Missed for Her Skiing; I’ll Miss Her for Being an Unapologetic Smart Ass

6 min read
Photos

How I’ve Learned that It’s a Privilege to Be a Surf Photographer

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