Stats Are For Kooks

It was on a trip to the Gulf of Mexico, in Longboat Key, Florida forty years ago that I would ride my first waves, and refer to it as...

2022 Shredder's Holiday Gift Guide

The holiday season is officially here and if you're stumped on what to get for that surf-obsessed person in your life, fret no more. I'll...

No WAVE November

There weren't a lot of opportunities to surf my beach in the month of November, outside of a few sloppy and choppy wind swell events....

REAL Reviews: Under the Glass

I really enjoyed this recent Surfline/Real Watersports vlog collaboration with Brett Barley. The "Under the Glass" series follows the...

Epoxy Epoch

So I'm not going to tell you that I've been a huge proponent of alternative surfboard construction all along, because I haven't. I wish I...

Quick Shot

A quick shot of short-period east wind swell filtered into the south shore on Wednesday. There really hadn't been anything to ride for a...

NEW MIX: So HARD to PLEASE

Some new music in here, and from some old dogs... punk and alternative for your driving pleasure. I keep them all under an hour these...

To Create, You Must Destroy

Headed to Boston tonight to see these guys squirm... and it's been a long time coming. This is a handwritten letter Too Much Joy wrote to...

Just ONE Lip Smacker

I made a couple of quick vertical vlogs recently. I originally created them for Instagram and Twitter followers, but here are some...

October-FEAST

October was a fall feast of waves, and I never left my own neighborhood. I've not ever had this many rides in a non-summer month without...

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