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The Inertia

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Environment

Another Poisonous Sea Snake Washed Ashore in Southern California

2 min read Dec 21, 2015

Surgeons inserted a 17 cm rod, a metal plate, and four screws to hold him together. Photos: Facebook

News

Bede Durbidge’s “Surfing Future is in Doubt” After Shattering Pelvis

2 min read Dec 20, 2015

Tom Curren tacked a few fins onto a skimboard and proceeded to rip on it like only Curren can do.

Surf

Of Course Tom Curren Rips on a Skimboard

1 min read Dec 19, 2015

Kai Kai Alcala live in the Philippines, and he has to be one of the happiest kids ever. He's also turning into quite the little ripper on all sorts of boards.

Surf

6-Year-Old Kai Kai Alcala: View from 3 1/2 Feet

1 min read Dec 19, 2015

During one weekend in the fall, the group of incredibly talented, smiling women took an amazing quiver of boards out to some small, fun waves, and had an absolute blast doing it.

Surf

This is What Weekends are Made For

1 min read Dec 19, 2015

Surf

Rocky Point is Still Firing and Every Pro on the Planet is Still Shredding it

2 min read Dec 18, 2015

Fit2Shred

Health

Fit2Shred: Perfect Your Roundhouse Cutback with This Easy Exercise

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Photos

Abandoned Spanish Church Gets Turned Into the Coolest Skate Park Ever

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Surf

This Bodyboarding Film is Pretty Freakin’ Awesome

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Surf

Clay Marzo From Above Is a Thing of Sheer Beauty

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Back in June, the Century Swell charged across thousands of miles of ocean, building steam and organizing its ranks before slamming into Indonesia.

Surf

3 Days of Perfection at Nias with Dave Rastovich and Luke Dillon

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Cory Lopez has surfed a lot of very big barrels. Mainland Mexico has a lot of them.

Surf

You Have to See Cory Lopez’s Insane Mainland Mex Wipeout

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Think about how hard this would be. So hard!

Surf

Tandem Surfing is Weirdly Awesome

1 min read Dec 18, 2015

Photos

Highlights from the Final Day of the 2015 WSL Championship Tour

1 min read Dec 17, 2015

Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman

News

Families of the Two Surfers Killed in a Robbery Gone Awry Have Issued a Heartfelt Statement

5 min read Dec 17, 2015

The mountain of water behind ran him over and pulled his right arm out of its socket, then held him down while he took the beating of a lifetime.

Surf

This is the Wave that Tore Mark Mathews Apart

1 min read Dec 17, 2015

Being a grom on the North Shore would be a blast.

Surf

North Shore Grom Life in the Rip Curl House

1 min read Dec 17, 2015

Adriano de Souza

News

Adriano Just Won His First World Title; Keeps the Trophy in Brazil

2 min read Dec 17, 2015

Adriano de Souza

News

Adriano de Souza Just Defeated Josh Kerr, Keeping His World Title Hopes Alive

2 min read Dec 17, 2015