Stories from About.com Surfing
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Surfing for Others
About.com Surfing &bull Jul 24, 2010
The vast majority of us take life for granted. We take each breath for granted. And, as logic would follow, we take surfing for granted as something that will always be there. But like our loved ones and the environment around us, our time in the water is precious and finite. There will… Full Story »
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Ode to J-Bay
About.com Surfing &bull Jul 18, 2010
With 10 major events going down at some of the planet's best waves amidst prime swell windows, the ASP tour has the potential to hit some seriously high notes throughout the year, but for me, the zenith of the year is the event at Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa. There is something… Full Story »
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Spinning Surfboard Fins Roll into the Future
About.com Surfing &bull Jul 12, 2010
As reported, Tom Morey, the brain factory behind removable skeg systems and Boogie Boards, has recently given girth to the MoreyRollo, which is essentially a rolling skeg. It's still in a rough form, but it's pretty radical. Here is the… Full Story »
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Surfing Community Love and Contest Strategies
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 28, 2010
As the surf just went flat in my part of the world, I'm sure it is building somewhere else. Maybe you are about to get a giant swell tomorrow. Let's hear about it. As surfers, we are always raving about… Full Story »
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Don't "Surf" the Internet
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 19, 2010
My anger sparked in college. Sitting in a UH history class around 11AM having ridden Sunset bowls all morning, relaxed and ready to get my learning on, when the teaching assistant uttered something about a homework assignment that included the following statement, "Tonight, go home and surf around… Full Story »
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International Surfing Day is Coming
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 11, 2010
Something worth checking out will be going down at Huntington Beach Pier this upcoming international Surfing Day (June 20th). Didn't know it was Surfing Day? Well, let me tell you, all around the planet folks will be grabbing their boards… Full Story »
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Is Surfing Unique?
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 7, 2010
During a recent and decidedly friendly discussion about sports, I made the unequivocal statement that surfing was unlike other sports and shouldn't be included in the same category. I was met with fervent disagreement. One self described basketball fiend argued that his sport of choice inspires the same passion and same devotion, creates that same feeling of euphoria and release as surfing. After a few… Full Story »
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Let's Get Meta-physical
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 7, 2010
A few years back Garrett Lisi raised the eyebrows of physics scholars with a purported "theory of everything." The basis of this is what's called the E8 pattern. Lisi explains his idea is "simply" that this E8 pattern "describes an… Full Story »
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Finding "God" in the Lineup
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 1, 2010
Here is a re-post below that has generated lots of feedback. It came to my mind as I watched Jaimal Yogis' video about his book Saltwater Buddha: a surfer's quest to find Zen on the sea. It made me think… Full Story »
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Curren Contemplation over Coffee
About.com Surfing &bull Jun 1, 2010
After a recent morning surf, I was sitting in a coffee shop reading Drew Kampion's The Way of the Surfer, and I came across a great article on Tom Curren with an even better title: Still Waters Run Deep. That's… Full Story »
