Surfer

“Ho, brah, you gonna need a bigger board, eh?” he said, eying the 6'4" single-fin under my arm. The man was slightly overweight, with wispy gray hair and a thin salt-and-pepper mustache. It was only 8 a.m., but he stood uneasily in the sand with a br

Setting the standard for surf focused resorts, Tavarua is the perfect place for couples and families looking to relax and recharge. Novice to advanced surfers enjoy a host of watersports activities in or on the crystal clear waters surrounding the is

At the entrance of Ensenada, about 70 miles south of the Mexican border, sits San Miguel, an idyllic sand-and-cobblestone right that served as one of the original Mexican dream waves and continues to provide local and visiting surfers with one of the

From First Point Noosa to First Point Malibu, performance standards are being raised by a new generation of longboarders—self-shaping stylists like Robin Kegel, Jared Mell, Ryan Burch, Alex Knost, Bryce Young, and more— who are reimagining what can b

All decisions, even those of a traveler roaming the world, require a compromise.”Wisdom Go looking for a fascinating human experience. When I had the romantic idea to look for waves around the world alone, what I really wanted was a fascinating human

Surfing has always been at its best when it’s looking forward. Not just looking forward, but screaming forward, brake lines cut, engine red-lined, a drunk passenger hollering, shirtless, leaning half out of the window and heaving empty beer cans into

Wilkinson has a board for any wave you’d want to ride, and some for waves you’d want nothing to do with. It was late in the day, and the sets at Waimea were 25 feet and growing. The morning had been completely flat, so this swell, even by Hawaiian st

Dane Gudauskas on the back of a tractor, taking the only available mode of transportation from the mountains to the coast. One of the most important things to remember while camping in Iceland is to never get wet before going to sleep. In climates ne

(Left and opposite) Stephanie Gilmore can draw gorgeous lines on boards from any era, but lately her surfboard designer, Darren Handley, has been working with futuristic blends of polyurethane and expanded polystyrene foams. “Designing surfboards is

1. Buy a van (duh), preferably one that rolled off the factory floor between 1961 and 1990. For a good deal, ask your neighborhood elderly people. It’s a known fact that they all have vintage, low-mileage vans in their garages, and they don’t even In

CARVERSKATEBOARDS.COM PROTEUS SURF 5'-2" L x 19 1/4" W x 2 5/8" x T 29L 5'-6" L x 20 1/4" W x 2 3/4" x T 36L 5'-10" L x 21 5/8" W x 2 7/8" T x 43L Carver has always been about surfing; it was the direct inspiration for the performance of our skateboa

Steve Lis in 1973, with one of his original fish designs. It seems fitting that many of surfing’s most visionary prophets often began their paths toward enlightenment on their knees. Much like design guru and kneeboarding virtuoso George Greenough, S

DAKINE.COM Completely redesigned leash. Game changing improvements from the cuff to the rail saver. All the technology we gathered from Pe’ahi was implemented in all leashes we build. Trusted in all waters. Venture Boardshort. Seedling Boardshort. Yo

SECTOR9.COM Here we are, going on 24 years of making some of the funnest vehicles on 4 wheels imaginable. A lot has changed in the skateboard world during that time, but one thing will always remain the same - we love making skateboards for the young