Kustom Air Strike - Julian Wilson’s 2007 winner

As our writer, Messy Jesse pointed out a month back, the boys at Kustom are throwing big money down for the sickest air of the year, and the entries are flowing in.  Check out the event site for the latest entries:
http://www.kustomairstrike.com/
Leading the field of entrants at the moment is California’s own, Ryan Carlson, with a [...]

Career Opportunities in Big Waves?

Here’s a silly question: will concentrating on big wave riding ensure a longer surfing career? 31 year old Sean Holmes inked new multiple contract deals with Billabong, Kustom, and Von Zipper recently. Holmes is a well-known big wave charger from South Africa and also known as the “The Nemesis” for continuously beating out top-rated WCT surfers as [...]

When a Pun Goes Too Far: The Intel Surfboard

Have you ever been out surfing and thought, “I wish my board had wifi?” No. Me neither. But, the largest semiconductor company in the world, Intel, has decided that was exactly what you wanted.
Intel, in conjunction with Jools Matthew of Jetstream Surfboards, has made a board with a Tablet PC, a video camera, solar panel, [...]

Bruce Brown Never Took the Endless Summer Here…

The Amazon River is some evil looking sh!t, and why anyone would want to surf there is beyond me. It looks like a giant snake crawling over the world. I’ve heard of people finding some weird tide-changing wave there and riding it until their legs just can’t take anymore, or an Anaconda jumps up and [...]

Ever wondered how a machine shapes a surfboard?

This video gives a quick peak about just how your precious little surfboard was probably shaped, hopefully in the United States and America! It is pretty cool to see the machine in action, and the video touts the benefits of such an investment. Dudes, it just makes sense! Starting at $25,000, these shapers can even [...]

Rippin Stephanie Gilmore in “Happy Gilmore by Rip Curl”

Let’s be honest. Stephanie Gilmore rips better than you. It’s a fact, dude.

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Puerto Rico Surfing in December - nice vid

Nice vid showing some guys on little stuff in Puerto Rico - but fun nonetheless. When the entire east coast north of the OBX is cold as sh!t, a lot of east coasters head to the Caribbean, and Puerto Rico is a popular, if crowded and slightly localized, spot.

How to Duck Dive

A pretty good primer on duck diving in this video. The reason this technique is the right technique is because many surfers will use their shin or their knee to try and get the tail of their board under water, and it just isn’t enough. Here, the surfer pushes the board deep, then creates enough [...]

Bodysurfing Pipeline: Interview with Waterman Mark Cunningham

When you think about surfing, I guarantee you do not think about hipsters. But low and behold the hipster canon of magazines—Vice Magazine—has put together a decent show on surfing. As with all hipsters, the show Hi Shredability is wary of anything corporate and mainstream, and as annoying as hipsters can be, in this case, [...]

Alex Knost unplugged, the world pukes in its collective mouth a little

Okay, so most of the surfing world already knows that Alex Knost is a guy you either love or hate.  You can admire his surfing both on a longboard, where his unique style and progressive surfing is almost unrivaled, or on a shortboard, where he can hang with the best.  Ultimately, it will be his [...]