Many people think of surfing and are immediately intimidated by a number of things: rocks, waves, rip currents, other surfers, and last but…
Interviews
The Heart and The Sea: An Interview with Nathan Oldfield
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray. -RUMI I…
Interviews
Beyond the Surface: An Interview with Crystal Thornburg-Homcy
“Beyond the Surface” is a documentary film shot throughout southern India which stars Ishita Malaviya, the woman now known as India’s first…
Interviews
STEPHEN TRIOLO: Drawing Parallel Lines to the Divine
“As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies various though they appear, crooked or…
Interviews
Women Who Run With the Tides: An interview with filmmaker Michelle Shearer
“Women Who Run With the Tides” is a short film that focuses on three elder female surfers in Australia. I came across…
Soul Searching
Embrace the Change: Surfing and the Aging Process
“There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will…
Destinations
A San Francisco Surf Guide
San Francisco. The name conjures up images of trolley cars, steep hills, hippies, a certain famous rock, technology entrepreneurs and an iconic bridge. …
Soul Searching
Why surf?
Recently I was posed with the question “Why surf?”. At first, as a surfer, I felt the question was silly. My natural…
Interviews
Interview: Surf Photographer Ryan Struck
“Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and run headlong…
Destinations
Surfing the Persian Gulf?
The United Arab Emirates is one of the more progressive countries in the Middle East including the up and coming metropolis of Dubai…