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. This week we’re in...

The shaper—the handshaper—measures the dimensions, traces the template(s), saws out the plan shape, shimmies back and forth with a planer, bends low to check curve, mows more foam, moves on...

  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...

  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. This edition we’re linking...

  I moved to New York in 2001 to get away from surfing. I’d grown up in Southern California, surfed on the pro tour for five years, and worked as...

  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. This time, we’re at...

The King and Queen of Malibu tells the story of Frederick and May Rindge, who fought tooth and nail to preserve their beloved Malibu. A sufferer of rheumatic fever, 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, surfer, sailor,...

In my earliest surfing memories, I’m streaking along a turquoise Waikiki comber, the flamingo pink of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel to my left, the volcanic and majestic Diamond Head to...

  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. This time, we’re jamming with Matt Correia,...

“I like storytelling. I have underdeveloped my craft as a writer, and for my limited talents I said all that I could with my video camera. But this podcast is...

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 sharing...

Chas Smith’s new book, Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Story is hilarious, witty, brutally honest, and about so much more than the title suggests. There’s...

  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 setting up...

The shaka looms large in surfing. It’s as ubiquitous as the thruster. It has fully transcended its Hawaiian origins. “You can take the surfer out of the waves,” a friend...