James Katsipis
Weekends are way more fun now that summer’s here! Images by Montuak photographer, James Katsipis.
Tree to Sea
Here’s a short movie by Barry Mottershead—one of the foremost chargers of the Ireland big wave scene—showing the handcrafting of an Alaia board from Paulownia wood. You’ll usually find Barry crashing around on huge Irish waves, so here’s some more mellow radness. Music by Siskiyou – Twigs and Stones.—from Drift Surfing
John Jeremiah Sullivan: “Always wanted to write about surfing”
From KQED: You’ve written about everything from Michael Jackson to Hurricane Katrina to touring with Guns ‘n’ Roses to an 18th-century German who worked to unite Native Americans against colonialism. Is there a subject you’ve always wanted to write about, but haven’t had the chance? John Jeremiah Sullivan: Always wanted to write about surfing. —Sullivan’s Pulphead was […]
Thad Ziolkowski: “April Is the Gnarliest Month”
From a very nice piece from the New York Times by Thad Ziolkowski: When I began surfing in New York in the mid 1990s, it was a seasonal sport, something done from late May until around Thanksgiving. Bowing to the cold each fall was hard, especially since the waves are often best at that time of […]
Guinness Surf Record
Last week the Guinness World Records acknowledged a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer for catching a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November run beats a 2008 record by more than 1 foot. Big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara of Haleiwa, on Oahu’s North Shore, told The Associated Press that the ride of his life […]
SurfSet Fitness
Let’s say, hypothetically, one is a wannabe surfer with dreams of doing things like the girl above. But whenever said wannabe surfer tried surfing, issues with core strength (and bruised ego) seemed to get in the way of success. Could the latest gym machine, SurfSet Fitness’s Ripsurfer X, help? This cardio and resistance trainer is […]
THE END IS THERE
The short film THE END IS THERE began as a personal return on investment analysis of weekend summer surf in Montauk. Shot entirely on an iPhone, the footage catalogs the weekend waves at Ditch Plains Beach from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 2010. Within the course of the summer the project evolved into a video […]
Stacked
A short documentary on the 2011 Quiksilver Pro New York and local surf star, Balaram Stack. Coming soon! Interview with the filmmakers here.
Surf Resorts?
Pro surfer Kelly Slater and Greg Webber, an Australian engineer and board shaper, are battling one another to be the first to create a surfable man-made wave. Though there have been several failed attempts at making a shreddable artificial break, Kelly Slater Wave Company in LA and Webber Wave Pool in Australia both hope to be […]
Early Echo-Kassia Meador
Longboard icon Kassia Meador floats serenely across the majestic waves in surfer and filmmaker Bruce Muller’s Echo. The visual meditation is the first of four shorts teasing the release this fall of Frequencies, an experimental documentary and visual essay by Muller shot at prime surfing destinations across Southern California. Starring Meador and with an original […]
WAX Magazine
A new magazine about urban surfing, community, and art is on the horizon. Support them here.
Surfrider Film Contest
How can you capture something as valuable as water in 3 seconds? Surfrider asked their supporters to do just that in super short films. More than 160 people sent in films from all over the planet (France, South Africa, Australia, Romania…). Surfrider edited the three-second clips together and added music by Zee Avi. See the […]
West Oz 2012
Summer Solstice from Rick Rifici on Vimeo. For your viewing pleasure from Australia. Pro surfer Taj Burrow makes it look so easy.
Pilgrim Surf + Supply
Just in time for spring surfing, Chris Gentile, an artist who co-owned the late Mollusk surf shop, has just opened a new 1500-square Williamsburg store featuring a wall of beautiful boards, a rainbow of Birdwell Beach Britches and a bottom floor full of outdoor equipment. For upcoming events check out Pilgrim’s site.
Mary Heilmann talks about “Visions, Waves & Roadsâ€
THE WAVES have always been in my life and work. My father was a bodysurfer and as a kid I would join him on the beach in San Francisco. I have a very early memory of watching him in the huge, crashing, cold surf. Whenever I’m in the Bay Area, I go to the beach and […]
I Heart Fins
For all you fin fanatics, surf on over to the I Heart Fins blog. Their mission: “We love a good foil under our rear foot. Fins drive your board and thus your surfing experience. The design and placement of a board’s fins are such an important aspect of how it rides. This site is an effort to raise awareness […]
Michael Krebber, astrorock
It seems Michael Krebber has been on a raw foods diet, or maybe some plan of specific separation, Kosher or macrobiotic-style. Here he took a group of mainly German-made (who knew?) windsurfing boards, and made a group photo, seven boards lined up like brahs. Then he made a poster, folded it up, and hid it […]
Brooklyn Surfbar
If you live in New York or are thinking of going, don’t miss this little gem called Surfbar. It’s a nice place to hang out when you miss summer and Imperial.
Kay Rosen, Tide
“When it comes to reading my work, throw out all the rules you ever learned: spelling, spacing, capitalization, margins, linear reading, composition…all your old reading habits will be useless.” —Kay Rosen
Bantam Cruiserboards
The first ever skateboards was invented in California by surfers who tried to bring surfing to land. By adding small wheels to a wooden board they sort of simulated the feeling of standing on a surfboard catching a wave, but on land. Globe has now gone back to that time and created a line of […]
Flotsam & Jetsam
Pam Longobardi creates art with plastic objects collected on beaches. Her work reveals just how big our oceans’ plastic problem has become.
The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
Listening to this song in the dead of winter comes close to being immersed in surf waters.
Thor Jonsson
I’m completely hooked on the still image. When I see a surf movie I always want to press the pause button. In the ocean everything is in constant motion—myself, the wave, the surfer, the light. Surfing is never static, it is all about movement, even so, we (or at least I) can never remember a […]
