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The Encyclopedia of Surfing: 8 Parts That I’m Not Sick Of

It was a three-year forced commando march to get this bastard of a project online. I loved it. Except when I hated it. Yet many parts of EOS, a surprisingly big number in fact, still sparkle, even to my jaded yellowing eyes. Here are eight of them.

BY Matt Warshaw |

It was a three-year forced commando march to get this bastard of a project online. I loved it. Except when I hated it. Yet many parts of EOS, a surprisingly big number in fact, still sparkle, even to my jaded yellowing eyes. Here are eight of them.

home-without-nav2: EOS homepage

Huntington Beach surfer Ryan Mahar designed the site. When he showed me the first set of design options, this version came last, and I don’t think Ryan thought for a second I’d go for it. This was the slightly experimental one. The other designs were super nice, but this one popped up onscreen and without even thinking I said “That’s it.” Every day, for more than two years now, I’ve been looking at this orange-trimmed homepage grid, and every day it quietly challenges me to live up to its level of grace, form and function.

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