This is not a post for the lovelorn surfer who’s looking for love in all the wrong lineups after a nasty break-up. Being the board whore that I am, when I talk about “magic” in a surfing context, I’m always referring to the long-held belief in the magic board. I have had quite a few [...]

If you don’t have a friendly neighborhood shaper in your life, it’s time to get acquainted with one. In fact, I’ve gotten friendly with quite a few shapers in Southern California and my quiver is a testament to my belief buying a custom board is akin to buying a piece of art. Some of my [...]

The following is a guest post by Mary Mills (Surfsister) Surfer, Skater, Mom and Pistachio addict. Read her every move each Tuesday in her new weekly column. This week she’s back with ‘My Quiver is Never Static.’ This was one of the things I listed a few years ago on one of those memes where [...]

It’s fair to say Andy Powers is a fairly talented old chap. Not content with being great at loads of ‘stuff’ (we’ll come to that later) he’s now invented a surfboard that combines the best bits from the Sim and the Alaia designs to create something new and fun. It makes surfing small, glassy waves [...]

Taking up a sport like surfing can be daunting at first. The sport has its own language; etiquette and style that can make you feel like an outsider from the get go. Scratch the surface just a little bit and you’ll find a World of people ready to help and share with you the fruits [...]