Growing up, there was an old wives’ tale. It was about how sharks feed at night, and therefore, once the sun set, we were ordered to cease surfing – lest we risk a nip.
“A poet makes himself a visionary through a long, boundless, and systematized disorganization of all the senses," once described the French poet Arthur Rimbaud.
Editor’s Note: Have a question for Dibi Fletcher? She’s definitely got answers. Or at least a perspective. Don’t hold back, shoot her a DM on Instagram and ask away.
Special to SURFER by Ryan Harris. Starting in 2020 I started getting more experience in wave pools. From multiple sessions at the Surf Ranch to the Palm Springs Surf Club.
Tip of the cap to Quiksilver on this one. In an age when sessions and moments are uploaded to the algorithm in near real time, holding onto clips, then compiling them into a work of art takes vision, direction and commitment.
Of the many aspects of Pipeline, which make it one of the most feared and revered waves in the world, is the fact that spectators have a front row seat to all the action.
The word Nusantara is an old Javanese term meaning “archipelago”. Today it is used in reference to all of Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic state,
A lot has changed in Craig Anderson’s life over the last decade. Once Quiksilver’s freesurfing poster child, he left the brand in 2016 to create the apparel company Former with Dane Reynolds, Austyn Gillette, and Dylan Rieder.
After a decade of grassroots efforts and federal bureaucracy, sometimes Mother Nature comes in hot and makes a convincing point. Twenty years ago, a marina north of Mexico’s largest wave had a breakwater installed at Bahia Principal.
During the winter months, the coastline of the Pacific Northwest gets battered by unrelenting, powerful ocean waves. And Oregon is a hotspot. Recently,
Tragic news out of Puerto Rico, as on Monday, a well-known American surfer living in Puerto Rico died while surfing one of the island’s heaviest waves.
Surfing's very own Bruce Wayne, the inimitable Ryan Harris, has developed a realistic solution to the plastic pollution crisis by turning ocean-bound plastic into surfboard fins and other products and could use your help.
Editor's Note: Shakira wasn't wrong when she sang, 'these hips don't lie', so for this month's installment from SURFER's healer on the North Shore, Dr.
Eli Olson has a handful of side hustles. Or, to put it more professionally, the North Shore of Oahu native has a multifaceted career portfolio. First and foremost, as this audience knows him best, he’s a professional surfer.