Kelly Slater

The Complete Bros' Guide to the U.S. Open of Surfing

OC's premier surfing event explained for non-surfing idiots like you and me!

Bobby Martinez's Rebel Cry

Can the enfant terrible's harsh words and crisp moves reform the corporatized surf scene dominated by Orange County's action-sports industry?

Kelly Slater Opts For the Dramatic, Winning on the Final Wave of the Hurley Pro

Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThe man still loves to win; Slater, moments after the final scores were recorded.​​"That was full Michael Jordan for three with half a second on the clock," replied the commentator, moments after the five judges had recorded their scores. It was every bit the accurate co ... More >>

Kelly Slater Mind-F*cks His Way to First U.S. Open Win in 15 Years

Nike US Open of SurfingHow can you not like and admire this dude?​There never has been and never will be another Kelly Slater. That much is clear in the contest resume he has pieced together over 20 years of circling the globe for surf contests, which includes an unprecedented 10 world titles. Eve ... More >>

Wunderkind Kolohe Andino and "the Best Wave Ever Surfed at Lowers"

Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThe kid surfs better than you and everyone you know.​The young man known as Brother continues to grow his legend. This past Saturday was just another awe-inspiring day in the life of San Clemente's Kolohe Andino. He won the Under-18 division of the Quiksilver USA Surf ... More >>

[UPDATE: Photos!] Kelly Slater Has Given Surfing Quite a Lot, Huntington Beach is Giving Him Key to the City

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyKelly Slater. Click here to see more images from the ceremony.​UPDATE, JUNE 22, 2011, 12:07 P.M.: A fixture in the surf world for over 21 years, professional surfer Kelly Slater was presented the Key to the City of Huntington Beach on June 21, the first day of summer. ... More >>

[UPDATE: Brazilian Takeover Complete; Gudauskus Second] World's Best Surfers Descend on Trestles--Nike 6.0 Lowers Pro

Chasen Marshall/OC WeeklyThe Brazilians will be celebrating Pupo's (yellow jersey) win tonight.​​UPDATE, MAY 7, 9:28 P.M.: In the end, Tanner Gudauskas couldn't be perfect. He was the only surfer left holding back the utter domination by the Brazilians. He held on until there were just minutes t ... More >>

8 Intriguing Surf/Snow/Skate Flicks at the Newport Beach Film Festival

​It's hard to say on what "list" (A, B, C or D, etc.) Stoked & Broke director Cyrus Sutton would appear. He's a stellar surfer, a blogging savant and an up-and-coming filmmaker, but chances are if he sauntered down the red carpet at the Newport Beach Film Festival gala with Alana Blanchard on ... More >>

'Local Hero' Chuck Linnen Among Three to Be Inducted Into HB Surfers' Hall of Fame This Summer

​This summer, the Surfers' Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach will add to its ranks a big-wave surfing pioneer, an AAP World Tour veteran and one of HB's local legends. George Downing, Taylor Knox and Chuck Linnen will be enshrined on the sidewalk in front of Huntington Surf & Sport at a ce ... More >>

Courtney Conlogue: The Fighter

The Santa Ana teen hopes her kick-ass training regimen will carry her through her rookie season as a pro surfer

Wave of the Future

Surfer magazine's sometimes-wild, sometimes-mild 50-year ride

Watch 'Melali: The Drifter Sessions' for Free, with Rob Machado and His Band

Dustin Humphrey/Reel SessionsRob Machado in Melali: The Drifter Sessions​The wanderlust deep in the hearts of surfers--going anywhere for the "perfect" wave--and the inevitable spirtual and intellectual growth that results from that travel, was the focus of Surfer Hall of Fame inductee (twice!), p ... More >>

Sunday News Notes

​News highlights include:They've fallen and we can't get upGet paid about three times the normal rate for a city government job. Move into a taxpayer subsidized apartment. The catch? Well, you've got to vote to keep the city's incumbent politicians in power, reports the Los Angeles Times on the la ... More >>

What You Missed: Gear Show, Orange International Street Fair, Cold Cave, FYF Fest, Costa Mesa Wood Racquet Classic

Star Foreman/OC Weekly Want to know what you missed this weekend? As the last few days of summer came to an end, our weekend was packed with music, food, beer, tennis, and a whole lot of naked people. We ventured out of Orange County to go to the first annual Gear Show in Los An ... More >>

Brett Simpson Holds Off Kelly Slater in Epic Semi-Final Matchup

​The winningest surfer in the history of the ASP World Tour, Kelly Slater, had the finals of the U.S. Open of Surfing within his sights today. In his way, however, was Huntington Beach hero and defending Open champion Brett Simpson, who held on by a mere hundredths of a point to beat the legend in ... More >>

U.S. Open of Surfing: 'Simpo' Wins Another One for Huntington Beach

​Huntington Beach, you have your hero.Brett Simpson won his second U.S. Open of Surfing championship in as many years, the only surfer to repeat at this event since Mark Occhilupo did it in 1985 and '86. He's also the first local to take the prize in the tournament's over 50-year history.He did it ... More >>

Open Season

The U.S. Open of Surfing returns to local shores

The Simpo Life

[2010 U.S. Open of Surfing] Brett Simpson might be the most popular guy in Huntington Beach

Legends Kelly Slater and Rob Machado Go Head-to-Head at U.S. Open of Surfing

​Nine-time surfing world champion Kelly Slater went head-to-head with his long-time rival, the legendary Rob Machado, today at the U.S. Open of Surfing in the seventh heat of the day.Hundreds crowded the pier and the beach to watch these two titans go at it in one of greatest surfing competitions ... More >>

See You At The Liquid Aloha Fest! Marc B Talks Summer Soundtracks

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The Mysterious Indie Peddler, Kim Conlan, Revealed

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Director's Own Words: Mark Jacobs of Jesse's Story

​"The story of Jesse becoming a quadriplegic while surfing is so emotional. His story of getting back in the water and surfing 15-foot waves in Fiji, diving with Great White Sharks, skydiving, etc., etc. has changed my life and those that have seen it are affected (so I've been told) for days ... More >>

"BoardHeads" Meet Homeboys in HB

A homeboy shares the stoke in BoardHeads.​Homeboy Industries, whose mission is to take former gang members off the streets and show them there is more to life than gang-bangin', brought young men and women from Los Angeles to Huntington Beach last summer for surf lessons.

Today's Don't Miss: "Cypher Vision"

​This is tough, because recommending a corporate surf film goes against my, comrade Kim Jong-Il and Barack Obama's training.

Kelly Slater and Raimana Van Bastolaer Hit IMAX

Jeff Hornbaker​Nine-time world championship surfer Kelly Slater is gracing the giant IMAX screen with an educational and thrilling 3-D surf ride, in The Ultimate Wave Tahiti. The three year project directed by Stephen Low uses the same technology as box office mega hit Avatar to take its viewers t ... More >>

Greg Long Fights Off Kelly Slater, Wins Another Big Wave Crown

The Billabong video above from last spring chronicles San Clemente's Greg Long catching one of the greatest big wave paddle-in tubes of all time during the Red Bull Big Wave Africa contest at Dungeons, Cape Town South Africa. It also earned him Ride of the Year honors and $50,000 at the 2009 Billabo ... More >>

Wax On, Wax Off: A Growing Connection Between Surfing and Golf?

by Jonah Probell Half Moon BayOk, so I almost never use the first person to write about surfing in Wax On, Wax Off. But I also never show up for a round of golf at Half Moon Bay to find that big wave legend Jeff Clark is teeing off right behind me. Jeff is the guy who essentially discovered M ... More >>

Wax On, Wax Off: Big Waves and Hurlington Beach

by John Gilhooley​This past weekend, our coast was bombarded with the biggest waves we've had in a year. Rumors raged across the county of freak triple overhead closeouts, broken leashes and far worse. We all shuddered and thought of our own near-death surfing moments when we heard that Monte Kevi ... More >>

"Highwater" Premiere Draws Kelly Slater, Tom Curren, "Wingnut"

Dana Point documentary filmmaker Dana Brown will not be the only person associated with the production attending the Orange County premiere of his latest film Highwater at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Regency Lido in Newport Beach. Rich Wilson and Wes Brown, who were members of the production team for Hi ... More >>

Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing

Huntington Beach Pier

Step Into Highwater With Dana Brown

Dana Point filmmaker Dana Brown returns to the surf for his next documentary, Highwater, which is scheduled to make its Orange County premiere at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 24, in the Regency Lido in Newport Beach.As he did with Step Into Liquid and Dust to Glory, which both marked their local debuts w ... More >>

[Newport Beach Film Fest] Orange County Connections Abound Among This Year's Entries

Curl and Pearl

Boost Mobile Pro

YouTube Saves Trestles

The Save San Onofre Coalition really hopes the Coastal Commission is a buncha voyeurs. See, the SSOC (made up of Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Endangered Habitats League, Laguna Greenbelt, Surfrider Foundation, Audubon California, the California State Parks ... More >>

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: The Princess Bride

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Tron

Young Guns 3 World Premiere in HB

Watch Quiksilver's "hottest up-and-coming surfers" in the Thursday, July 26 world premiere of Young Guns 3. Like our editorial assistant Amanda, you too might be asking yourself: What is a Young Gun? "It means you travel so much you get new pages in your passport every six months," according to ... More >>

Soup Dreams

Huntington Beach High surf-team documentary catches air

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: To Kill a Mockingbird

Open-Air Cinema

Watch movies outside? Where?

Grub Guide

Orange County's best damn dining guide

This Week in Picking Restaurants by Pointing Blindly at My Computer Screen

Abercrombie & Fish

The Quiksilver Indies Trader blends sex, surf and science

Summer Guide

Its very hot right now. Heres why

Dreaming in Blue

Surfing the Ranch with Dana Brown and "Wingnut" Weaver

Radical Maneuvers

San Clemente surfer Shane Beschen changed the rules

Aloha, New York

Manhattan turns west, toward Quiksilver

Diary of a Mad County

People I Havent Slept With

You and you and probably you!

Bowling for Dullards

Scowling, butt-grinding guy is on the loose