In foul bait-and-switch, generally milk-warm surf blog The Inertia shocks readers with story on Bruce Irons being hit with DUI, “possession of controlled substance” charge only to have them re-routed to the Wavestorm website!
Positively wicked.
Teenage girl stuns world by making final of prestigious pro surfing event, beating cavalcade of top-rated men, “You could hear the cheering all the way up into the judge’s stand on top of the 200-foot limestone cliff!”
Terror clawing at corners of Filipe Toledo’s mind moves closer to center as “Tiny Teahupoo” called off for next two days by World Surf League deputy commissioner!
Uh oh.
Wildly successful “surfercross” event combining surfing and motocross has bi-curious surf fans considering other partners!
Open hearts, open minds.
Multiple Emmy-award winning surf filmmaker reveals harrowing story of man dying on Philippine Airlines flight to Los Angeles yesterday, “He had a pleading, helpless look, there was no fight left. It was as if he’d given up, like one of those animals getting eaten by a lion.”
"He was pleading, like, I don’t know why I’m here and you’re not the answer but someone should help me."
World Surf League commissioner Jessie Miley-Dyer releases impactful historical video declaring former governing body paternalistic in deeming Teahupoo “too dangerous for women”; surf fans thrill at possibility of Filipe Toledo in “fun-size” waves while gals allowed to conquer monsters!
Bold decision-making beckons.
Surfers forced to flee for their lives as nine-thousand dollar “pedal catamaran” careers through lineup at iconic surf spot, “The craft smashed into pieces everywhere. Not many people were happy with him when he made it back in to shore!”
"The S1-C water bike gives people of all ages and athletic abilities an exhilarating bike ride on the open water for fun, fitness, and exploration."
Surf fans break decoder books, rings, in attempt to decipher secret finger message from WSL CEO Erik Logan and global superstar Kanoa Igarashi!
Mystifying.
World’s best small-wave surfer Filipe Toledo thrills at initial “fun-size” forecast for upcoming Tahiti Pro but terror claws at corners of his mind as waves expected to reach double-overhead+ by end of window!
Yikes!
Dirty Water: Malibu realtor dubbed “Angriest Man in Surfing” details wild struggle as First Point enforcer, “People think I’m crazy but I’m trying to regulate a crowd of f$#king idiots!”
“My blood pressure? Dude! It’s f$#king through the roof! Are you kidding me? It’s nuts!”
Question: With sitting surf champ Gabriel Medina taking year off to traipse through internal garden and former surf champ John John Florence purposefully sailing around next event is World Surf League in deep trouble?
Did Kelly Slater get it all wrong?
White settler living on stolen California land eviscerates modern surf image: “Surfing has a reputation for embodying all the most annoying and violent aspects of white masculinity!”
Bleak and ugly but is there hope?
Heartthrob songbird Ricky Martin forms masculine counterpart to chanteuse Shakira as surf darlings able to heal discordant times: “#surfing #surfingislife!”
We are the luckiest enthusiasts in the world.
