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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.

Some people can surf these slabs pretty well. I'm not one of those people.
Surf

EPS Alaia: Blasphemy? Or Really Fun?

6 min read
Rob Machado knows surfing. That's for sure. Photo: Anthony Ghiglia
Surf

Portfolio: Anthony Ghiglia

1 min read
Kelly Slater warms up for the 2010 Hurley Pro at Lowers
Surf

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Slater?

7 min read
Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing
Surf

Pro Surfing on the Cheap

3 min read
Journeying through Byron Bay. Photo: Barlo
Surf

Under a Fatal Sun, Pt. 4: Byron Bay

8 min read
Tom Mahony's Imperfect Solitude
Surf

Clarity

3 min read
Derek Hynd and his finless surfboard
Surf

Interview: Derek Hynd

14 min read
Surf

Don’t Do Meth: The Westsiders Review

5 min read
The Jury (by John Morgan) commences deliberation at Pipeline.
Surf

Jury Duty: An Alternative Judging Format

5 min read
A crowded lineup with the Wilmot family and friends in Jamaica. Photo: Jon Steele
Surf

Clashing the Icons

5 min read
Notes for a Young Surfer by Clifton Evers
Surf

New Stories or Old Ones?

5 min read
ASP Webcast Judges
Surf

Pro Surfing’s First Webcast Drinking Game

6 min read
Put an American on the Gold Coast for a week and they will automatically start ending all their statements as questions and placing all their possessions and activities in the diminutive. Wettie, Goldy, brekkie, dawnie, rashie…you get the picture. Photo: Barlo
Surf

Under a Fatal Sun: Burleigh and Currumbin

4 min read
Fall swell in New Jersey. Photo: Zach Weisberg
Surf

To Know You’re There

1 min read
Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing
Surf

Surf Literature: The New Yorker and Beyond

7 min read
Kelly Slater surfing at the 2010 Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles. Photo: Hurley/ASP
Surf

Slater Exits Trestles, Enters Neverland

5 min read
Random thoughts on stand up paddling.
Surf

Random Thoughts on Stand Up Paddling

1 min read
Rochelle Ballard provides yoga and health tips for surfers. Photo: Lindsay Noyse
Surf

Yoga, Health, and Surf Tips: Session One

3 min read
Surfers Paradise Sign Australia
Surf

Under a Fatal Sun, Pt. 2: The Gold Coast

5 min read