I had a blast hosting my Journalism students for a beach day in Nantasket yesterday. They spent the day riding playful knee-high surf and bonding as a team. I'm so very lucky to have such amazing students and I'm looking forward to reuniting with them in the fall for another great school year... That'd be year #23 for this old guy! Looks like we've got a couple of surfers in the group. These Norwood kids put the surf camps to shame as they dominated the small rollers all morn

Anyone who knows me as a surfer knows my affinity for single fin surf crafts. I've been riding them my entire surfing life, going back to my very first surfboard, a 7'1 pintail made by Santa Cruz shaper Tom Overlin. I bought that board for $15 from a neighbor who had it on the side of his yard with weeds growing out of it. It was made in the 70's and it had been abused quite a bit. I rode countless waves on this surfboard at Dania Beach in Broward County, FL. Fast-forwarding

I just placed an order with Vec Surfboards in Orleans, MA for a custom midsize slider. I'm adding to my single fin collection. The people who know me will tell you that I've always had an affinity for anything retro. I've actually been riding single fins since the early 90's. And while thrusters are my preference, especially when it's warm and the waves are good, I've found that I choose my 9'2 single fin longboard more often than not. I just trust it to perform, and it rarel

I've got a 9'2 single fin, pin tail. It's a nice combination of high performance and traditional. I ride it in most conditions from knee to double overhead. If I was stranded on an island and could only bring one board to surf forever, this one is it. I've caught more waves on this stick than any board I've ever owned... by a long measure. I've been riding it for more than a decade now. This board is a reflection of who I am as a person. My quiver ranges from a half dozen to