A fisheye view of Eli Mirandon setting up for a crispy barrel on a winter morning in California.
A Dan Merkel photograph from 1969 portrays sit-down soul surfer Merv Larson paddling a kayak with his single-fin strapped on the back to central-coast destinations.
"Ferocious offshores briefly hold off an incoming set stacked deep, as a couple brave souls paddle for safety. "
"In the wake of the Tsunami, Kevin Lovett envisions a future for Lagundi Bay that entails a more sustainable approach to surfing tourism, with a ""community-owned project managing the area's natural assets"" as the new order of the surf colony."
Our bipedal trecks to reach the surf take many forms--from the shuffle to Black's to the soaking wet hikes along the Lost Coast-- and these journeys are an integral part of understanding the surfing lifestyle.
By way of Google, Mark Anders traces the history of a 1980's shortboard he found at the Carlsbad dump, connecting with the board's original owner-- Arlene Maltman, a British female former professional surfer.
John Callahan sums up 4 of his 14 trips during 2005, walking us through his travels through the Northern Maldives, the Philippine Sea, and Central Indonesia.
"Gary Strachan has been a surfer and environmental warrior since 1964; protecting and monitoring the wildlife of California's North Coast, Gary lives with his wife Terry in a farmhouse in the woods."
John Cherry and Terry Martin have taken on the difficult task of creating modern replicas of Bob Simmons' dual fin monoliths.
Ben Marcus' mission to find surfing footage of Duke Kahanamoku leads him to the The Bishop Museum in Oahu, where countless rare photos, boards, and canoes go unseen by the surfing public.
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