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Day 1 The North Shore wakes up

If you’ve ever been on the North Shore of Oahu in early fall you may have been lucky enough to witness that first actual pulse of winter energy. Yes, there are always random bumps here and there over the long hot summer, but that first real swell is something quite different. The change in vibe…

Watch: The Vault Everything’s Wrong But In The Right Place

Our friends at Bintang Surf Charters recent brought to our attention just how insane the session with Soli Bailey and a few friends at Greenbush was a few years back. In today’s world of oversaturation of our surf media senses, absolute classic footage often gets discarded way too quickly. Occasionally, we do need to revisit…

Watch: Mason at Lakey We love this guy

What’s not to love about Mason Ho? Well, actually, the whole family if we’re being real. That said, just when surf media was getting a bit sleepy, Mase and Rory dropped another from the fun factory. The waves are good, but not great. The surfing is the usual Buttons-style spontaneity, and, as usual, the appeal…

Way too soon Yesterday, we lost Kalani David

Yes, he had some serious ongoing health issues but it still cuts deep when it’s someone we knew, had met, surfed with, etc. Very simply, Kalani was a unique talent who blurred the skate/surf morass as very few have done before him. Jay, Tony, Christian… Did we miss someone? That said, and besides the obvious…

Take Five: EP 33 Is Griffin Colapinto California’s legit world champ hopeful?

Yes, Hawaii has long been part of the good ‘ol U S of A, but for some reason professional surfers from Hawaii have long been seen as separate from their mainland counterparts. With that in mind, there hasn’t been a World Champ from the ‘mainland’ US since Kelly Slater won his 11th in 2011 and there…

Take Five: EP 32 Is Jack Robbo Australian surfing’s return to greatness?

Can Jack Robinson lead Australia back to surfing greatness? There has been much hand-wringing as to the recent, seemingly impotent performance by many of Australia’s best male professional surfers. As, of course, we’ve all been accustomed to at least a few potential Australian world champs each and every season. With that in mind, it would…

Watch: “Crane Brain” A film by Ian Crane

Did you know that there once stood, on the corner of PCH and Orange Street in Newport, a fabulous burger joint called “Kranos?” It was eponymously named after the Crane family, who ran the place and which included, among others, Andy Crane, Ian Crane’s father. They lived just across PCH on the beachfront and all…

Congrats to Indonesia

Given the consistent perfection of the surf in the Indonesian archipelago, it’s hard to believe that there haven’t been more surfers from that zone competing at the highest levels. That said, when one drills down a bit further, we must note that it was only just a few decades ago when many Indonesians felt that…