One of the great things about surfing is that you will never ride two identical waves. Sometimes, the best plan to break away from monotony, crowded lineups, and orthodoxy is to unfollow the norm and the informal, pre-established rules. Skateboarding, for instance, although a relatively new sport, found its own rebellious mode and quickly set a […]

The “Surf Shack” series is a collection of images by Quinn Matthews featuring world-renowned surfers at several surreal locations, including in California, the Caribbean, El Salvador, France, and Panama. Matthews is the video director for the long-awaited 2020 return of “Westside Story” to Broadway. In his latest photography collection, the American photographer, filmmaker and artist teamed […]

Peter Mel rode one of the biggest and most perfect waves ever surfed at Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California. On January 8, 2021, the 51-year-old surfer from Santa Cruz paddled into a 30-foot barreling wall of water, drew a perfect line, and exited the tube untouched into the channel. A closer look reveals he had […]

My name is Raymond Wheeler, and I live in Playa del Rey, California. I grew up here for over 40 years, moved away for a while, and then got back. In the past, we had one of the best surf spots in Souther California. Today, I have a dream. I’m trying to reinstate an old […]

Filipe Toledo and Coco Ho have taken out the Rumble At The Ranch, at the Surf Ranch, in Lemoore, California. The World Surf League (WSL) ran its first surf contest in months. The one-day, mixed tag team, winner-takes-it-all event was held at Kelly Slater’s wave pool and featured 16 elite surfers.

The not-so-ancient art of tarp surfing saw the light of the day for the first in the mid-1990s in California. But the outdoor practice that mimics tube riding on terra firma didn’t capture the heart of many fans, so the trend was frozen for nearly two decades. Around 2010, a group of surfers and skateboarders […]

Yago Dora and Sage Erickson claimed the 2019 US Open of Surfing, in Huntington Beach, California. The final got underway in highly contestable three-to-five foot waves at Surf City’s south pier. For the first time in its long history, the US Open of Surfing awarded equal prize money to both male and female surfers.

He’s an iconic personality in the so-called action sports world. Discover the most memorable thoughts and quotes by skateboarding guru Tony Hawk. In the beginning, skateboarding was outcast, rebellious, negative, and dangerous. But Tony Hawk helped changed that through talent, creativity, entrepreneurship and video games. Hawk got into skateboarding at 9 years of age, went […]

It was the year of the first soft landing on the Moon. In 1966, “Peanuts” went surfing. And skateboarding. Or at least, they tried to ride a few waves through mind surfing. Everybody knows “Peanuts.” The famous comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz is one of the most successful and influential cartoons […]