Author Archives: Matt Warshaw

About: Matt Warshaw

Writer/Former SURFER Editor

Matt Warshaw is a San Francisco-based writer, and the former editor of SURFER Magazine. His books include Maverick’s, the Encyclopedia of Surfing, and the recently published History of Surfing. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Outside, and the Wall Street Journal.

I’ve always had this fantasy that the Encyclopedia of Surfing would be on surfers’ desks and bookshelves everywhere, sort of like a REAL Bible. (Or Koran, or Torah, or whatever. Not making a religious point here, just saying.) So I’m putting it online to make that happen. Google search. Click. There it is: free to one and all. Photo: Encyclopedia of Surfing

Kickstart the (Online) Encyclopedia of Surfing

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

I’ve always fantasized that the Encyclopedia of Surfing would be on surfers’ desks everywhere, so I’m putting it online. Google search. Click. There it is: free to one and all.

Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing

We’re Hip, Right? Surfing’s Identity Crisis

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Costco had its own line of surfboards. Chevron produced surf-themed ads. This triggered a small identity crisis for surf culture.

Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing

Pro Surfing on the Cheap

Monday, October 18th, 2010

The Pipeline Masters’ 1971 debut had the look and feel of a midseason pee-wee-league soccer game. It was a pro event, but just barely.

Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing

Surf Literature: The New Yorker and Beyond

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

During the 1990s, the mainstream media came to view surfing as a permanent cultural fixture. And here’s what happened.

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