Beaches Love Todd DiCiurcio
An Interview with Artist Todd DiCiurcio Likely the most colorful human in attendance for The Surf Thing over the summer was artist Todd DiCiurcio—and…
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Beaches Love Sterling Spencer
Next year, and we’ll make sure of it, Sterling Spencer will be hosting Surf Days at The Surf Thing 2023. It will be an…
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A Weird Fetish: Cold Water Surfing
Have you ever seen what a surfer is willing to do to make sure they don’t miss a good day of waves? Anyone who…
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Afrosurfonomics
Can surfing support development in Africa? It already does. Excerpted from the book AFROSURF from surf company Mami Wata, adapted for The Surf Issue….
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Sea the Change
The why from a few ocean minded change-makers. Stop us if you’ve heard us mention this before, but people helping people help the world…
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Breaking up the Break: A Chat with GiGi Lucas
One woman can change the ocean. Photos by Stefanie Keeler There’s not much better than when a person goes out of their way to…
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The First Ride
Starting at Any Age with Surf Simply Photos by @Surfsimply and @Saltshots “If you’ve never surfed before, that first ride is a mix of…
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“Did you get any sick shots of me?”
Photo Gallery: Ian Deveau Most surf photographers are surfers themselves, at least most of the ones we know. So how does one surf photographer…
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Whalebone’s Channel Surfing: The Game
Who needs water when you have a remote? If you are someone who may not consider yourself a surfer, do we have the game…
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Weird and Wacky Waves
The Weird Ones By Dylan Graves and Illustrated by Alex Balosie SURFING IS WEIRD. People invest absurd amounts of effort, money and science to…
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The Surf Issue: Interview between Benji Weatherley and Surf Pro Kelly Slater
Golf Geeks A Note From Benji on The Tee and The Sea Why do surfers love to golf? Surfers love to golf because it’s…
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The Surf Issue: Interview with women’s surf pioneer, Janet MacPherson
The New Face of the Old Days In loving memory of surf pioneer & legend Janet MacPherson. Not one to classify herself as a beacon of…
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Water Worlds
Does the ocean dream of electric waves? A brief (and biased) history of wave pools. Right now, there’s an entire generation of surfers growing up…
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Wairau River Wine
Abalone Diver To Viticulturalist With the 2022 vintage just complete, Hamish Rose, viticulturist at Wairau River winery, is feeling particularly appreciative of Mother Nature….
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Into Indoek
Indoek began as a creative surf culture blog, but since 2012, it has served as a home for the surf-y passion projects of our…
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Heights of Fear
The question is this: What’s the heaviest thing to happen to you in the surf? And how did it change you? Shane Dorian Commitment…
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