Category : Surfing
Danger Pay
April 3, 2013
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Cold Water Basics
December 4, 2012
The Pacific Ocean seasonally fluctuates only about ten degrees off the Central Coast, but any surfer or open water swimmer knows that those ten degrees are huge. For example, a sixty-degree ocean on a hot day can be pleasantly refreshing, but fifty-degree water on a cold day can cause fatal hypothermia in minutes, given the right circumstances. The evolution of the wetsuit has gone far to reduce the dangers associated with cold-water surfing, but this is no reason to let your guard down. Read More ...
December 4, 2012
The Pacific Ocean seasonally fluctuates only about ten degrees off the Central Coast, but any surfer or open water swimmer knows that those ten degrees are huge. For example, a sixty-degree ocean on a hot day can be pleasantly refreshing, but fifty-degree water on a cold day can cause fatal hypothermia in minutes, given the right circumstances. The evolution of the wetsuit has gone far to reduce the dangers associated with cold-water surfing, but this is no reason to let your guard down. Read More ...
Fear and Mavericks
December 3, 2012
) Hazards: Death by drowning, sharks, run over by a whale, run over by a PWC, a trip through the rocks, hypothermia, broken boards, ego deflation. Unlike Ocean Beach, the paddle out won’t be hard. The simultaneous beauty and deception of Mavericks is that there is a deep-water channel running south of the reef, allowing surfers to literally paddle out on peaceful flat ocean, then approach the takeoff zone between set waves from the side, often still with dry hair. Read More ...
December 3, 2012
) Hazards: Death by drowning, sharks, run over by a whale, run over by a PWC, a trip through the rocks, hypothermia, broken boards, ego deflation. Unlike Ocean Beach, the paddle out won’t be hard. The simultaneous beauty and deception of Mavericks is that there is a deep-water channel running south of the reef, allowing surfers to literally paddle out on peaceful flat ocean, then approach the takeoff zone between set waves from the side, often still with dry hair. Read More ...
First Name in the Water
June 10, 2012
A master of guerilla marketing before the term was coined; Jack O’Neill helped make Santa Cruz a very exciting place to live in the 1970s. Every Santa Cruz lifer remembers seeing the company logo everywhere during that wild decade. The flowing lines of a curving wave and an arching surfer represented something dynamic and exciting, and Jack’s marketing techniques did not disappoint. Read More ...
June 10, 2012
A master of guerilla marketing before the term was coined; Jack O’Neill helped make Santa Cruz a very exciting place to live in the 1970s. Every Santa Cruz lifer remembers seeing the company logo everywhere during that wild decade. The flowing lines of a curving wave and an arching surfer represented something dynamic and exciting, and Jack’s marketing techniques did not disappoint. Read More ...
Kauai Surf Trip
June 7, 2012
Mentally exhausted, all we wanted to do was return our rental car, for god’s sake. Bodies pushed to the limit by ten days of sun and waves, we had somehow managed to stuff all of our muddy clothes and gear into the suitcases and make it back to Lihue Airport. Our flight was leaving in 55 minutes. Read More ...
June 7, 2012
Mentally exhausted, all we wanted to do was return our rental car, for god’s sake. Bodies pushed to the limit by ten days of sun and waves, we had somehow managed to stuff all of our muddy clothes and gear into the suitcases and make it back to Lihue Airport. Our flight was leaving in 55 minutes. Read More ...
The Ultimate California Combo
October 1, 2011
— the San Gabriel Mountains are just a couple hours or so away, trafflc willing. With proper planning and a dawn-patrol start, you can surf through the morning commute, and be dropping into your first lap on Mt. Baldy before most cubicle-ites have taken lunch. Read More ...
October 1, 2011
— the San Gabriel Mountains are just a couple hours or so away, trafflc willing. With proper planning and a dawn-patrol start, you can surf through the morning commute, and be dropping into your first lap on Mt. Baldy before most cubicle-ites have taken lunch. Read More ...
Learn-to-Surf Program Starts with Indoor Training
September 12, 2011
“The pop-up clinic on Saturday was absolutely instrumental to my success in the water,” said student Libby Estelle. “I was able to pop up and actually ride a wave on my very first try in the water. The other students in my group had all attended a week-long surf camp last winter and were amazed this was my first time out. Read More ...
September 12, 2011
“The pop-up clinic on Saturday was absolutely instrumental to my success in the water,” said student Libby Estelle. “I was able to pop up and actually ride a wave on my very first try in the water. The other students in my group had all attended a week-long surf camp last winter and were amazed this was my first time out. Read More ...
Sitting Down with Jaimal Yogis
May 1, 2010
Yogis, now 30, sat down with me recently at the Java Beach Cafe in view of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. He talked about his background, how he nearly became a Buddhist monk, how he came to write his book and the effort to turn it into a film. We also discussed his evolving perceptions on surf localism, the subject of his book chapter, “Surf Nazis Have Buddha-Nature Too,” excerpted in the issue. Read More ...
May 1, 2010
Yogis, now 30, sat down with me recently at the Java Beach Cafe in view of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. He talked about his background, how he nearly became a Buddhist monk, how he came to write his book and the effort to turn it into a film. We also discussed his evolving perceptions on surf localism, the subject of his book chapter, “Surf Nazis Have Buddha-Nature Too,” excerpted in the issue. Read More ...
Surf Nazis Have Buddha-Nature
May 1, 2010
” After six months at Kalani, I figured I couldn’t live in my heavenly little A-frame forever, so I moved back to California for college classes. To keep up what Rom taught me, I went to that little college town called Santa Cruz: liberal bubble of idealism and drum circles, of health-food stores that out-number Starbucks, of really good cold waves, and, as I would soon find out, angry surfers. At first I was too tucked away to notice them. Read More ...
May 1, 2010
” After six months at Kalani, I figured I couldn’t live in my heavenly little A-frame forever, so I moved back to California for college classes. To keep up what Rom taught me, I went to that little college town called Santa Cruz: liberal bubble of idealism and drum circles, of health-food stores that out-number Starbucks, of really good cold waves, and, as I would soon find out, angry surfers. At first I was too tucked away to notice them. Read More ...
Jamie Mitchell Shocks the Stand Up Paddling World
October 14, 2009
"Mitchell is more suited for the races in Hawai'i than in California", ". A fast prone paddler, but he won't hang with the top guys in stand up", was the online chatter posted on message boards before October 3rd, 2009. Accused of being a one- dimensional athlete, Mitchell surprised all with a stunning win, a full 4 minutes and 39 seconds ahead of waterman Chuck Patterson's winning time at the previous year's event. Read More ...
October 14, 2009
"Mitchell is more suited for the races in Hawai'i than in California", ". A fast prone paddler, but he won't hang with the top guys in stand up", was the online chatter posted on message boards before October 3rd, 2009. Accused of being a one- dimensional athlete, Mitchell surprised all with a stunning win, a full 4 minutes and 39 seconds ahead of waterman Chuck Patterson's winning time at the previous year's event. Read More ...
