There’s positioning yourself in the right spots on the wave, and then there’s positioning yourself in the right spots in the lineup to connect with the best waves. Australian regular...

  We customize our lives and the environment that surrounds us every day — from things as big as shaping our own boards to the smallest ones, like adding that...

"Life is a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get" goes the famous Forrest Gump line, but I've always thought of it more like Christmas morning, when...

San Onofre, aka San O, aka Old Man’s, packs a lot of So Cal surf history. Here is where Bob Simmons and Lorrin “Whitey” Harrison streaked across the soft, rolling...

Noosa resident Adam Harriden hates the fact that most surf wax is made from a petrochemical base—“Although you can’t see it, the petrochemicals break down into tiny particles, and seep into the...

Welcome back to Hang 10 with Birdie, where we catch up with friends Birdwell has made along the way, in and out of the water. In this edition we’re linking...

The history of surfing is the history of surfboard design. I can’t remember who said this, or maybe I said it to myself while watching a clip of some slab...

While suburban neighborhoods are often seen as drab and uninspired, they can also work as terrific launch pads. The cookie-cutter homes, the uniform mailboxes, the lawn-mowings and car-washings on Saturday...

  Welcome back to Hang 10 with Birdie, where we catch up with friends Birdwell has made along the way, in and out of the water. Today we’re catching a...

In the movie Big Wednesday  they’re spoken about majestically—   “In the old days I remember a wind that would blow through the canyons. It was a hot wind called a...

  Welcome back to Hang 10 with Birdie, where we catch up with friends Birdwell has made along the way, in and out of the water. In this edition we’re...

Welcome back to Hang 10 with Birdie, where we catch up with friends Birdwell has made along the way, in and out of the water. Today we’re taking in the...

Flip through surf mags from the early- to mid-‘80s and you’ll likely come across the photographs of Jimmy Metyko. A Santa Barbarian by way of Texas, a graduate of Brooks...

The podcast format is immediate, urgent, kind to digressions and sidebars and general weirdness. It has no time constraints the way radio interviews do, so it allows for exploration and...

  We customize our lives and the environment that surrounds us every day — from things as big as shaping our own boards to the smallest ones, like adding that...