REEF MADNESS: An Interview With Kerry Black of Artificial Surfing Reefs
Every surfer knows if you have bad sandbanks and a bad reef, you’re not going to get a good wave. The shape of the reef has been taken from our studies of surfing reefs and a lot of numerical modeling and a lot of laboratory work. There are seven or eight years of hardcore research into what constitutes a great surfing reef.
GALLERY: US Open presented by O'Neill
Check these stellar images from the not-so-stellar surf at Huntington Beach Pier. (c)Awe F'Shore
GOOD CALL: The Call to the Wall Enriches Young Lives & Brings Order to Malibu
First Point Malibu looked like another place at another time, like it must have looked in the 50s – or like some lonely Baja Point looks now.
Andy Irons Defeats Machado To Win the US OPEN of Surfing
$185,000 Honda U.S. Open of Surfing Presented by O’Neill. Professional surfing action all weekend at Huntington Beach Pier.
GALLERY: Machado mows 'em down. Planet Reef / Sweetwater Surf Pro-Am
Machado mows 'em down. Images from the Planet Reef/Sweetwater Surf Pro-Am held at Wrightsville, Beach NC. The event winner was Rob Machado, locals Ben Bourgeois 2nd place and Justin Schub 3rd. (c)Frock
Attitudes Collide In Honolulu Surfing Art Show
Hurley And Surfer Magazine Join Together To Launch A Seven-City World Tour Art Show
Vaya Con Dios: Surf Spot Destroyed in Baja
We were both literally watching this surf break be destroyed in front of our eyes. Seeing these giant machines literally dumping rocks in the surf break -- it was like watching a surf destroying factory.
GALLERY: Billabong Pro JBay 2005 - Rights a Plenty in Zulu Land
Check these action shots provided to SURFERMAG.COM by aspworldtour.com ace photographers Pierre Tostee and Karen Wilkenson. (c)aspwordltour.com
PHOTOS: Lowers Summertime Shindig - Mid July 2005
Check these images from Lower Trestle during the latest run of south swell in Mid-July of 2005. All photos copyrighted and protected by law.(c)Awe F'shore
Coming With Something: Six Santa Cruz Surfers Bring More Than Their Boards to Sumatra
No hype. No press releases. No 'look at us' chest pounding. Six simple salt-of-the-earth surfers organize a fund-raiser and deliver more than $8,000 in supplies to remote villages of Sumatra.
Paddle Like Jay: Santa Cruz Hosts the Jay Moriarity Memorial Paddle Race
The Santa Cruz surfer/paddler/waterman who dared to conquer Mavericks at 16 years old was on his way to greater things when he tragically drowned in the Maldives at the age of 23.
Against the Grain...art show: Surfing and Punk-rock Collide
In the late-1970s surfers built their soundtrack around the brash-and-thrash punk rock/new wave rebellion.
Hey Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, Christian Fletcher, Brad Pitt...We Have Money For You
Yes, this is hard evidence that we here at SurferMag.com are good people, kind, caring and selfless.
Pot smokin', beer drinkin' and fine spankin' mags. Three tales from SURFER's BIG Issue.
Three tales from the "Legends and Lore" Big Issue of SURFER magazine Vol. 46 #8.
PHOTOS: One Day in May - Padang Padang
Indonesia: May of 2005. There were more than a few days that were all time. These photos represent one slice, one day in May, at Padang Padang. (c)Sickshots.com All photos copyrighted, protected and courtesy of http://www.sickshots.com.
FantasySurfer: J-Bay - Slater Slays Irons
Billabong founder Gordon Merchant is expecting the world’s best surfers to turn on an epic show in the Foster’s ASP Men’s World Championship Tour (WCT) event.
Dorian's Doghouse: Shane Dorian's Fantasy Surfer Picks For Billabong Pro J-Bay
It's the kind of wave that either makes you look like an amazing surfer or a total kook. That goes for WCT surfers as well.
Mundaka es Muerta? One of the world’s best left-hand sandbars has mysteriously vanished.
One of the world’s best left-hand sandbars has mysteriously vanished.
The Red Tide Blues
Over the past month waves that are usually a translucent icy shade of blue have taken on the tint of a hideously maintained fish tank.
Making Heads or Tails of Shark Attacks
Three tragic attacks at the end of last month, coupled with the sightings in California, seem to suggest that something unusual is afoot with respect to shark behavior.