HOT SEAT: Wilbur Kookmeyer is grilled for his Costco team rider affiliationWilbur gets grilled for his Costco team rider affiliation.
At a time when computer software and advanced pop-out technology is making the surfboard building process easier than ever many shapers are baffled by the fact that Timmy Patterson still insists on shaping every board—start to finish—by hand.
The tide is dangerously low; a thin veneer of water just covers coral heads sprouting out of sandy keyholes, and our skiff hovers precariously over the reef.
SURFER Interview: Stacy PeraltaI have a philosophy that ideas are just like viruses. They travel through the atmosphere looking to fall onto able hosts that will give them life.
The list of professional surfers going rock star on us is getting longer every day, and there's no sign of this trend slowing down. The latest to jump on a smelly tour bus is one of our sport's most renowned characters, Donavon Frankenreiter. “Diamond Donny” has been pretty busy in recent years...
Yeah, I mean, I'm about as motivated as I've ever been right now. I don't feel like it's a matter of if, just when.
"Surfing that dribble in Portugal that nobody cared about, let alone me...it just broke me."
Nature makes waves. Man makes surf. Don't believe it? Then think again.
"...cutting off the flesh and basically putting Christ first. His teachings are hard, they get you right where it hurts."
Cute little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice, right?
All of a sudden Darrick (Doerner) popped up right by me, and I told him "Brah, what are we gonna do now?" And he says, "What do you mean, 'What are we gonna do now?' We're gonna swim in."
Upon closer inspection one quickly realizes this is no graveyard--this is heaven...or maybe just the place where tropical islands grow old and retire.
In the face of surfing's growing diversity, just where does professional competition fit in?
