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[...] your board reacts in kind. Now is the time to start building your arsenal of maneuvers. While a bottom turn is almost second nature and is an essential starting point for moving across the face of the [...]

[...] rope. You freefall three feet to the bottom of the face. You barely make it and hook your bottom turn just in the nick of time. A shadow looms high over your shoulder. Darkness. Time stands still. [...]

[...] still surfing. No carry-on necessary 5. NO CARRY ON Virtually everything you need to pack for a surf trip can fit inside your boardbag. Your board(s) will thank you for it. It sounds funky, but if you [...]

[...] for 8 days and tide charts for 10 days. I can order the Stormrider guide add-on if I go on a surf trip and need a better understanding of a wave’s behavioral trends. I can check out photos of the [...]

[...] Russian nuclear sub base… worth it. All in all, Russia is a mysterious gypsy wink of a surf destination with many undiscovered gems to be found… or not. While millions of uber-groms crawl [...]

[...] regulations. Second, you never know where you’ll end up when you’re visiting a surf destination for the first time. If you’re a 4 hour ponga ride from the nearest ding or boat [...]

[...] my MSW icon first. Lastly, and most important, there’s no cam or specific report for my favorite wave, it’s just a regional report for that 5 mile span… Magic Seaweed kept my wave a secret, and [...]

[...] money in the long run while giving you a board that is built precisely for you and your favorite wave. Raw Blanks – Brandon’s and Mine Brandon and I both took that gamble. As bigger surfers, [...]

[...] fin clusters. A trend in thrusters and quads is to just create a convertible cluster of 5 fin boxes so that any given surfboard can be ridden either way depending on the wave or surfer. You [...]

[...] less drag than thrusters. However, I also wanted to step up my vertical game. Solution? 5 fin boxes. I took the Jack platform and made it more advanced, then added some of the most beneficial [...]

[...] Fin companies do extensive testing with their pro riders. So much testing, that any given pro surfer, longboard or short, has a variety of fin sets to fit an array of conditions and fin clusters. [...]

Most surfboards in your local shop don’t come with a set of fins included in the price of the board. Surf shops love this because now you’re going [...]

As surfers, we often take our sacred lifestyle for granted when it comes to our prized possessions.. be it your 10’0 1970′s single fin beater or y [...]

[...] to peel off/on your wet wetsuit. Eliminates some of that belly pressure when paddling. Pee Pee Cons If you have a nice new wetsuit…pee doesn’t just pass through. Pee contains acid and [...]