Surfing

By Morgan Sliff The brunt of the swell has passed, and for day 172 of my attempt to surf a year

2015 saw the passing of local surfing pioneers as well important civic and business leaders.

Santa Claus was so pleased with how well behaved local surfers have been this past year that he made an

  Surfing Santa was spotted in El Porto this year, as well, and the great surf photographer Kiyo Okada captured

After being in a wind and water washing machine yesterday, I woke up this morning and looked outside, taken aback

The shores of the South Bay usually greet any hint of swell with the same outcome —  close-outs. But on

By Mike Purpus and Ed Solt The 11th Annual Ratopia Surf Contest got underway in 1 to 3 foot frozen

From Mrs. Clause to Mrs. Seal. On day 148 of an attempt of a year straight surfing, things got a

  I despise the word “routine.” It has such a melodramatic ring to it, and my daily dips in the

  “The waves of the sea bring me back to me.” If I’ve ever been struck with a deeply sentimental

“When I was learning to surf, I’d watch Brian the Hall brothers and Marco Franco at the pier and Brian was the best, the best in the world because he was the nicest,” Marcus Fender recalled.

  No matter how much my body is dragging or how bad I know the conditions are going to be,

When I woke up to a 6:30 a.m. surf check call from Kris Hall, local hotdogger and spectacular surfer, I

This past Monday was a tough one for surfers: howling winds, choppy waves, unpredictable windswell. But, just as she had

photos by Marty Tuesling The South Bay Scholastic Surfing Association presented by Subaru Pacific resumed this week with the undefeated

After more than 10 years of planning, a statue depicting the 1966 Leroy Grannis photograph of legendary  Dewey Weber doing a cutback