KL Pontz

Bicycle Surfboard Rack: Cheap n’ Easy

By KL Pontz · March 13, 2010
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Let’s start at the beginning and assume nothing.
Assumption 1: You are a surfer.
Assumption 2: You live near the ocean.
Assumption 3: You probably always drive to the beach.
Assumption 4: A larger portion of you live close enough to the beach to a ride a bike.
Assumption 4.1: Of that portion who could ride a bike, I imagine [...]

Wave Pool Found in Ocean off Africa

By KL Pontz · February 3, 2010
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I had the very very long pleasure of watching the new …Lost 5′5″ x 19 1/4″: Redux surf epic. As with anything that runs on and on for six hours, it was hard to maintain focus. After watching plenty of barrels and plenty of airs, the movie slowly lulled me into a hypnotic state of [...]

Surfers all a Twitter

By KL Pontz · May 28, 2009
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It is inescapable. Even for professional surfers.
The migration away from large media conglomerates received another proverbial nail in its collective coffin when Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to the millionth follower on Twitter. Not to be blown into irrelevance by the winds of time, pro surfers have begun tweeting as well.
The pro surfing lineup on twitter [...]

Amputee Stoked on Surfing

By KL Pontz · May 26, 2009
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One young man from Afghanistan, Mohammad Malek, lost both his legs to land mines. But the lack of legs has not stopped him from surfing.
He came to Los Angeles in 2005 to receive treatment for his wounds, and after a trip to the beach in his wheelchair, he expressed an interest in surfing. With a [...]

Extreme Connectivity - thenextpro.com

By KL Pontz · May 20, 2009
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“Hello. How did you sleep?”
“Well. Who are you?”
“I am here to make your transition into society smoother.”
“Smoother?”
“Yes. Smoother. A lot has changed in the 15 years that you have been in a coma. After your surfing accident in 1996, the world has changed in a myriad of ways.”
“What do you mean?”
“For one, everyone is on [...]

Surfer Magazine Late to the Party

By KL Pontz · May 19, 2009
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Not that I want to diminish Surfer Magazine in their 50th year - but sometimes it just needs to be said. Even said loud and clear for the world to hear. Especially when it concerns Pontz. So I have scrambled atop my dailystoke.com soap box and I am ready to shout: “Surfer Magazine! Stop riding [...]

The Longest (and Ugliest) Wave in World

By KL Pontz · May 3, 2009
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Pororoca in the Amazon lays claim to the longest wave in the world. A tidal bore travels against the flowing current of the Amazon river creating a wave that can travel 8 miles. As tempting and illustrious as this wave may sound, the video seems to reveal a whole other side. The wave is a [...]

Highwater: A Film Review of a Movie I Have Never Seen

By KL Pontz · May 2, 2009
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Highwater is the newest film from the Brown family dynasty. Bruce Brown’s son, Dana, is back on the surf beat after Step Into Liquid to document the final leg of the pro-surfing tour in Oahu, The Vans Triple Crown.
The movie is set to release sometime in the Spring this year. The trailer is up. [...]

Rippin’ the Curl Old School

By KL Pontz · May 2, 2009
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As it tends to be the case in this day and age, I was on Google searching for some images. I believe I had typed, “vato surfers,” into the search box. Instead of receiving an innumerable amount of vatos surfing, Google magically unearthed this awesome image of the silver caned surfer. I guess I should’ve [...]

Style of Another Kind - Daryn McBride Surf Art

By KL Pontz · April 30, 2009
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For some reason I can’t get off this surf art kick.
It may have to do with the spring season in San Francisco. The spring in San Francisco is a windy affair. Unlike the cold and wet winter, the spring is clear, sunny, and windy–onshore to be precise. This inevitably leads to some problems. The [...]