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Surf is truly where you find it. That’s The Inertia’s guiding light. From high-performance surfing at the world’s most famous breaks, to riding waves in little-known regions of the world on random equipment, we cover surf. Everywhere.

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Photo Wrap-Up: Hurley Pro Trestles, Day 1

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Hurley Pro Trestles Day 1: By the Numbers

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Community, great surfing and environmental protection all come together on September 28 and 29. Come down, participate, spectate or support the cause.
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2013 WILDCOAST Dempsey Pro Am: Conservation, Community, and Pro Surfing

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Waves by Ed Sloane
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Portfolio: Ed Sloane

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The Mill Valley Surf Film Festival

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Hurley Pro: Three Things to Think About

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The 2013 Hurley Pro Trestles kicked off this morning with early Southern California fog hiding waist to chest high conditions.
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Hurley Pro is ON

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After several decades of enduring off of its own sheer will to survive, Surfing Etiquette sadly breathed its last gasp in the summer of 2013, at an undisclosed location somewhere in Southern California.

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Obituary: Surfing Etiquette

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Gessner’s manifesto is pretty simple: go outside. Our surf event followed that guidance, we took some kids outside, and our hope is they develop a passion for the ocean.
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For Love of the Ocean

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Owen Wright has been forced to withdraw from the remainder of the 2013 ASP WCT season after sustaining a back injury at Bells.
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Owen Wright Forced to Withdraw from Tour

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Kelly Slater on his canvas. Photo: ASP/Kirstin
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2013 Hurley Pro Trestles Preview

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For someone who has been paddling out at Pipe since he was five years old, you would think John John Florence would have no problem tackling Lowers, but his track record at the iconic O.C. location proves otherwise. Photo: ASP/Kirstin
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John John Florence: Another Attempt At Lowers

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Hand Made. The department where we rub it in the face of all the people who were either born without hands or lost them in an accident.
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Handmade: Almond Surfboards

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Lowers: home to one of the world's most rippable waves. Photo: ASP/Rowland
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Lowers: A Trainer’s Guide to Improving Your Surfing

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Over the past twenty plus years, I have gathered minutes, hours and days of footage, but of all the years my most shot subjects are my brother Hopper and the infamous Aaron "Gorkin" Cormican. Enjoy the memories...
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Old Cats Are Still Relevant

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Just off the coast of Galicia, Spain, lies a place called "Coast of Death," or Costa da Morte. We had an almost perfect session there. Some of the waves were perfect: lefts and rights, huge tubes, and hovering around the 12-18 foot mark.
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Costa da Morte’s Heaviest Wave

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Al Hunt’s Amazing Surf Library

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Assad Don’t Surf

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Deep beneath the Pacific’s surface, the world’s tallest waves have been discovered. Reaching up to 800 feet, the waves are known to researchers as internal waves.
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800-Foot Tall Waves Discovered

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