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Surfing

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Promised Land Sees Israel Through the Eyes of Surfers

    ​A film about surfers of different faiths coming together in Israel, of all places, makes its U.S. premiere at a sold-out screening in Dana Point this evening.Promised Land, which was directed by Todd Morehead and produced by Morehead and Carlsbad Christian nonprofit Walking on Water, screens at 6 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Stoked to Be Studying: New Surf Research Center at San Diego State University

    ​San Diego State University's Center for Surf Research may not be quite what you may think or hope it is. The curriculum will not include watching North Shore, analyzing the behavior of Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High or studying the hydrodynamics of a surfboard riding upon ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    Visiting the Surf Ghetto

    [SUMMER GUIDE] No. 16 of the 100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

  • News

    June 16, 2011

    The Family Business: Herbie Fletcher, Sons Christian and Nathan, and Grandson Greyson

    Keeping up with the First Family of Surfing is no easy task.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Sion Milosky, a Hawaiian Big-Wave Charger, Drowns While Surfing Maverick's

    theeddie.quiksilver.comSion Milosky was an "Eddie" alternate.​Tragedy struck once again at Maverick's--a challenging surf spot 25 miles south of San Francisco--yesterday, taking the life of Sion Milosky, one of Hawaii's up-and-coming big-wave chargers.Milosky, 35, had been surfing for several hour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    '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 >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    The Cali Rally Paddles Through OC

    The Transworld Surf magazine-sponsored, race/scavenger hunt livened up the Ritz-Carlton pool

  • Culture

    August 5, 2010

    Open Season

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

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2010

    "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.

  • Film

    April 15, 2010

    Going to Extremes to Get the Shot

    [Newport Beach Film Fest] You think action-sports athletes push the limit? Check out the people filming them

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Wax On, Wax Off: Documentary on Early Newport Surf Scene

    An anonymous reader was kind enough to send in this video about the early Newport Beach surf scene, circa 1950s and 60s. Apparently an early look at an enigmatic documentary project called Living it Forever  (coming in spring 2010) the clip includes conversations with a diverse selection of New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Wax On, Wax Off: Surfing in Storm Conditions

    Flickr user BenIn the days of Surfline buoys, swell forecasts and LOLA models, the kind of surfer who possesses an intimate, intuitive understanding of the sea is becoming rarer. But even today, good surfers enjoy a certain self-taught nautical awareness that puts them in touch with the ocean and it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Wax On, Wax Off: "Giving Back to Gabby" Benefit Show

    Mike Gaborno, better known to fans and friends as "Gabby," has had a long presence in Southern California's music world. Over the years of his hard-living music career, Gabby fronted a slew of punk and rock acts that have been hugely influential in our local surf scene and beyond. Bands like the Cad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Looking Back: 2009 Orange County Deaths

    ​Turn on the weepy, string ensemble music: It's time for us to look back on the year that (almost) was and remember some of the figures from Orange County who have left us. There was unexpected tragedy, there were some suspicious circumstances, there were rich legacies... there's even the possibil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Report from Oceanside's California Surf Festival

    by Aaron MendozaThe California Surf Festival, held in Oceanside this past weekend, was like a ghost town most of the time. There was no bustling festival on the streets, no heady atmosphere full of people. Many of the film screenings were nearly empty. Perhaps it was the decently shaped west combo s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Surfing, Violence and You (Pt. 3) - Fight at Newport Point, Continued

    Flickr user audio1bob(...continued from Wax On, Wax Off: Fight at Newport Point) But let's face it, there are two sides to every story, especially every fight story. Thomas Bird, the artist formerly known as "Ned," has come forward asking for the opportunity to tell his side of our Fight at N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Surfing, Violence and You (Pt. 2)

    Flickr user MikeBaird I've continued to ask local surfers to share their thoughts and experiences on surfing-related violence in Orange County. Here are some additional thoughts that have come in since yesterday: "Orange County is just as bad as anywhere else. Some 40 year old man tried t ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 8, 2009

    [BEST OF OC] El Principe (the Prince): Ryan Hurley

    Flickr user MikeBaird I've continued to ask local surfers to share their thoughts and experiences on surfing-related violence in Orange County. Here are some additional thoughts that have come in since yesterday: "Orange County is just as bad as anywhere else. Some 40 year old man tried t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Cycle Zombies Third Annual Motorcycle Rally BBQ Skate Jam

    by John GilhooleyThis past Saturday, Hurley International hosted the Cycle Zombies' Third Annual Motorcycle Rally BBQ Skate Jam at their sprawling headquarters in Costa Mesa. The founders and contributors to the event and its corresponding blog are listed as "Turkey," "GEORGE," "Big Scott," a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Surfrider Foundation Celebrity Expression Session at Malibu Surf Association Classic

    Malibu Surfing Association​Many of us here in Southern California have paddled out and done a double-take when we've seen or thought we've seen celebrities out in the water. Not just celebrities from surfing, but music and movie people, real celebrities. Makes sense. We've got lots of celebrities. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Wax On, Wax Off: Echo Beach Retrospective at the Standard

    ​Beyond the recent documentary of the same name, the words "Echo Beach" conjure up an entire era of surf history and culture in our collective memory here in Southern California (see last week's blog posting). A group of innovative, extra-rebellious local surfers rose to global prominence not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Surfrider Flush With Cash, Not Without Controversy

    Sacramento correspondent Brian Joseph had an interesting post on the Register's OC Watchdog blog last week about the explosive growth of the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation. Confirming with a group that follows the membership and money generated by nonprofits, Joseph reported that Surfrider ... More >>

  • Film

    March 26, 2009

    [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'The Heart of the Sea,' 'Blazing Saddles,' More

    Sacramento correspondent Brian Joseph had an interesting post on the Register's OC Watchdog blog last week about the explosive growth of the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation. Confirming with a group that follows the membership and money generated by nonprofits, Joseph reported that Surfrider ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 10, 2008

    Getting Wet With Monica Palacios Before Her 'Greetings From a Queer Señorita' Runs at Breath of Fire

    Sacramento correspondent Brian Joseph had an interesting post on the Register's OC Watchdog blog last week about the explosive growth of the San Clemente-based Surfrider Foundation. Confirming with a group that follows the membership and money generated by nonprofits, Joseph reported that Surfrider ... More >>

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Tooting Our Own Horn

    One California Day

  • Columns

    November 2, 2006

    Letters

    'For the record, no one currently in our employ was contacted or quoted. In fact, the surf industry does support Save Trestles and Surfrider Foundation'

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    'The Knife Fight'

    Plan to check out the U.S. Open of Surfing? Heres some stuff youll want to know

  • Culture

    March 16, 2006

    Requiem for Surfing's Black Knight

    The sanctioned Miki Dora

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    This Week in Softcore Products

    The Changing Surf Industry at Newport Beach Surfrider

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Seal Beach

    The Changing Surf Industry at Newport Beach Surfrider

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Wave New World

    The Changing Surf Industry at Newport Beach Surfrider

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Thats a Paddling

    Learning to surf means having to paddle. A lot

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    Drop Wood!

    Skimboarding awaits the next big break

  • Food

    May 29, 2003

    Vacuuming in the Nude!

    Candy sets the summer on fire

  • Features

    May 29, 2003

    Hang Four

    Check out these surf contests

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Radical Maneuvers

    San Clemente surfer Shane Beschen changed the rules

  • Culture

    May 8, 2003

    The Endless Sunny

    Drew Brophy is killer

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    Aloha, New York

    Manhattan turns west, toward Quiksilver

  • Film

    August 22, 2002

    Spending USA

    Blue Crush stokes local surf industry

  • Culture

    August 8, 2002

    Of Great Import

    Laguna Art Museum plays the curatorial game with "Surf Culture"

  • Music

    November 1, 2001

    Rich Buttholes

    Once dangerous, Butthole Surfers are radio-friendlier

  • Columns

    February 17, 2000

    Scenes From the Uber-Mall

    Bribe-a-rama! And boys, boys, boys. Damn, we love this job!

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Wipe Out

    Officials failed to report high bacteria levels during July surf contest

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Man On the Beach

    Officials failed to report high bacteria levels during July surf contest

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Orange Countys Radical Culture Czars

    Economists fear him. Adults emulate him. This kidand thousands like himare teaching corporations how to sell the world everything from edgy soft drinks to extreme sunglasses

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Surf City, Here We Go

    Australia steals professional surfing . . . and Texas still sucks

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Surf More

    And use a kook cord!

  • Culture

    April 22, 1999

    Bye-Bye, butt floss

    Wahine carves the new publishing style

  • Columns

    August 13, 1998

    Bowling for Dullards

    Scowling, butt-grinding guy is on the loose

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