Subject: Extreme Sports

• Gears for Fears

  June 5, 2008

• Big Wave Riding Awards 2008

  April 12, 2008

• The U.S. Open of Surfing & RVCA Team Signings

  The U.S. Open of Surfing might bring obnoxious swarms of people to Huntington Beach every summer, but it also brings the world's best surfers, BMXers, skaters and motocross riders to town. The event spans over nine days which includes surf competitions for men, women, juniors and long boarders. The Open has a couple of boasting points which help secure that "Surf City USA" title Huntington snatched from Santa Cruz not too long ago: it's the only six-star Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP

  July 25, 2008

• And the Wet Envelope Goes to ...

  If you're burning $2,000 for a VIP table at Surfer Magazine's 36th annual Surfer Poll and Video Awards ceremony Tuesday night at the Grove of Anaheim, at least you can feel warmed that you are helping two worthy causes. Proceeds from VIP table sales at the annual, invite-only event that honors the best in surfing and surf cinematography will be shelled out to the Save Trestles campaign and Surfers for Cetaceans. Surfrider Foundation's Save Trestles has been one of the leading opponents of the

  September 3, 2008

• Hang Tension

  July 1, 2004

• [Summer Guide] Elliott Almond Brings an OC Native's Eye to His How-to Book About Surfing

  June 4, 2009

• Skitch Hitchcock and the Rest of the Salt Creek Beach Crew Left Their Mark on the Skateboarding World

  January 15, 2009

• [Best of OC 2008 Post Cards] Diversions: Greetings From Alex Knost

  October 9, 2008

• Curl and Pearl

  September 4, 2008

• [Trendzilla] Skater-Boy Fashion

  August 7, 2008

• No Kooks

  April 24, 2008

• E-surf's Up!

  Impress your friends without ever really having to set foot on a beach!

  June 7, 2007

• Trunk Show

  July 28, 2005

• It's Good to Be Natural

  October 19, 2006

• Brand-New Keys

  Huntington Beach FunRoll

  September 28, 2006

• Gleaming the Camp

  July 13, 2006

• Chillaxing

  June 29, 2006

• Be the Board

  June 22, 2006

• Stuff We Live For

  June 8, 2006

• Out-of-State Envy

  March 16, 2006

• Aptly Named

  January 19, 2006

• Any Bad Times Are now Behind You

  November 24, 2005

• Toll Road Rage: Pave Trestles?

  November 10, 2005

• So Board With the USA

  Seeking low wages and lax environmental laws, OC boardmakers reluctantly find themselves in Asia

  October 6, 2005

• Wiped Out

  September 15, 2005

• Abercrombie & Fish

  July 7, 2005

• Skate and Destroy

  June 9, 2005

• Sk8er Girl in Z-Boy Land

  June 2, 2005

• Wipe Out!

  June 2, 2005

• De-evolution of a Species

  May 26, 2005

• Re-Stoked

  May 5, 2005

• Prozac on Wheels

  May 5, 2005

• Uglier Losers

  RVCAs New Image skate art show has everything Beautiful Losers doesnt

  January 27, 2005

• Lets Roll

  December 2, 2004

• The Ultimate Stoke

  July 29, 2004

• Surfs Way Up

  July 8, 2004

• Summer Guide

  May 20, 2004

• Who Stole Christmas?

  Grinch and bear it

  December 18, 2003

• Huntington Beach Hillbillies

  September 25, 2003

• Halfpipe Dreams

  September 4, 2003

• Surf-a-Rama

  June 11, 2009

• Mike Hynson, Co-Star of 'The Endless Summer,' Resurfaces With Tales of the Brotherhood

  July 9, 2009

• Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing

  July 16, 2009

• 2009 Maloof Money Cup Opening Ceremony This Afternoon

  The official opening ceremony and course christening--my, aren't we being Christian--for the 2009 Maloof Money Cup skateboarding competition begins at 3 p.m. at the Orange County Fairgrounds, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa.Created by Joe Maloof, who will attend the opening with his brother and Palms Hotel/Sacramento Kings ownership partner Gavin Maloof, this second annual event is considered the biggest money contest in the skateboarding as the sport's biggest pros chase after a half million dollar pur

  July 9, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Surfboards in the Sand Event in Huntington Beach

  ​Surfers are being asked to participate in an event called Surfboards in the Sand September 19th in Huntington Beach. Basically, participants will lug their boards and whatever basic creature comforts they can carry down to the sand. There, they will stand shoulder to shoulder, boards sticking nose-first into the beach, posing en masse for an ambitious photo project to be shot by Transworld Surf Magazine.

  September 11, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Chris Hawk to be Inducted into Surfers' Hall of Fame

  Huntington Beach native and surfing legend Chris Hawk will be inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame this Friday, September 18. Along with his brothers, Chris played a key role in creating Huntington Beach's surf culture in the 1960s and 1970s. He won national renown for his surfboard shaping, a skill which he diligently learned alongside greats like Reno Abellira, Davie Abbott and Dick Brewer. Surfers all over California knew his reputation and his boards. Chris has been diagnosed with throat

  September 16, 2009

• [BEST OF OC] El Patinador (the Skater): Christian Hosoi

  October 8, 2009

• [BEST OF OC] El Artista (the Artist): Aaron Kraten

  October 8, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Fight at Newport Point

  by Nolan Hall The Point This is a true story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent, the anonymous and the downright idiotic.You don't see many surfing-related fights in Orange County. Surf spots in San Diego, L.A., and especially Ventura Counties have much more violent reputations. But when the waves are good, tempers can flare. Also, it's only a matter of time before we start seeing conflict erupt between surfers and the growing population of standup paddlers. Shortboarders

  October 20, 2009

• Wax On, Wax Off: Chris Hawk Memorial Paddle-out

  by John GilhooleyHuntington Beach native and surfing legend Chris Hawk passed away at home in San Clemente October 23rd, finally succumbing to throat cancer after a long fight with the disease. Hawk played a key role in creating Huntington Beach's surf culture in the 1960s and 1970s. He won national renown for his surfboard shaping, a skill which he diligently learned alongside greats like Reno Abellira, Davie Abbott and Dick Brewer. Surfers all over California knew his reputation and his

  November 2, 2009