Free Surf Film – Wave of the Winter – a short film

An in-depth examination of a memorable season on the North Shore. Click here to download the movie for FREE *** Extended footage   More Free Surf Films: Surf Madness – from Sterling Spencer and PinchMySalt. Free surf films from Billabong, Vans, Nike, and Superbrand.

Why are lifelong surfers trading in their boards for swim fins?

Why are all these lifelong surfers trading in their boards for swim fins? Board builder and alternative surf craft artisan Jon Wegener had this to say: “As surfing becomes more complicated, futuristic and radical, there’s a backlash of people who just want to go and have fun. You want to find something simple, and it’s just …

San Diego Surf Film Festival – May 11-13, 2012

The inaugural San Diego Surf Film Festival welcomes one and all to celebrate the passion that we all share for just being in the ocean. Surfing and surf cinema alike have been developed by individuals with a deep passion for trying to capture and preserve the very special feeling of just being a surfer. The …

Kickstarter project: build an environmentally friendly-er surfboard

My project is all about environmental and community responsibility.  I’m a custom surfboard builder that wants to help make a change in our toxic industry while also taking action to help protect a rare California coastal habitat. The technologies required to make a better surfboard are no longer experimental, they’re high quality and available for …

Handplane Hoedown – try out new handplanes for bodysurfing

There is a new trend in surfing, well, rather bodysurfing. A group of environmentalists and shapers have begun crafting the most beautiful handplanes. These items are mini surfboards that you strap to your hand and get low in the water. They let you go fast, real fast and barrel on almost any wave. Ed Lewis …

Surfing the mouth of Newport Harbor, 1938

Here is some rare footage from 1938 of a few big swells coming into Newport Harbor (Newport Beach, CA). The long jetties at the mouth of the harbor providing smooth seas haven’t been built yet, and the waves are looking really good! The area was known as the “Waikiki of the west coast”. The Balboa …

Free surf film – Surf Madness – from Sterling Spencer and PinchMySalt

Surf Madness – A glimpse into the twisted, sarcastic and down-right hilarious mind of surfer Sterling Spencer, as he, and a group of talented friends set off across the globe in search of the ultimate ride. For a free download go to pinchmysalt.tv   Also, be sure to check out last summer’s big surf movies …

Has the surf ‘look' changed? (since the 50s)

From Corky Carroll: The other day I got a question submitted asking me if Pendleton shirts were actual surf fashion back in the late ’50s and early ’60s. As a matter of fact, they sorta were. When I first started surfing in the mid-50s, there was no set “surf look” as far as I know. Surfwear …