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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.

Stephanie Gilmore surfing J-Bay
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One Perfectly Surfed J-Bay Wave With Stephanie Gilmore

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Austin Keen and Anastasia Ashley wakesurfing
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Austin Keen Took Anastasia Ashley Wakesurfing and It Was Awesome

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Snapper
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Even In All Its Overcrowded Mayhem, Snapper Has Unmatched Charm

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Conner Coffin in his 2013 film "Highline." Photo: Screenshot/YouTube
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Let’s Take a Moment to Remember Conner Coffin’s Inimitable J-Bay Rail Game

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Jamie O'Brien Acid Drop in Waikiki
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Jamie O’Brien Put On an Acid Drop Clinic in Waikiki

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It’s That Time of Year for Skeleton Bay Clips to Start Rolling In

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Bianca Valenti Charging Puerto
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It Took 48 Hours to Crowdfund Equal Pay For the Upcoming Puerto Escondido Cup

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Josh Pray on Hawaii
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5 Very Important Things to Know Before Visiting Hawaii from Comedian Josh Pray

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Here's a Quick Glimpse at Citywave, Tokyo's Artificial Wave Facility That Doubles as a Dance Club
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Here’s a Quick Glimpse at Citywave Tokyo, an Artificial Wave Facility That Doubles as a Dance Club

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Jonathan Gubbins Chopes
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Jonathan Gubbins Is the Living Definition of a ‘Well-Barreled Human’

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Bodyboarder missing in Ubatuba, Brazil
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Bodyboarder Goes Missing During Heavy Session In Ubatuba, Brazil

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This Drone Footage of Tiger Shark Patrolling Miami Beach Is Almost Hypnotic
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This Drone Footage of Tiger Shark Patrolling Miami Beach Is Almost Hypnotic

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Kanoa Igarashi surfing
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Keeping Up With Kanoa Igarashi From Bali to West Oz

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Samsung Galaxy A5
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Samsung Sued for ‘Misleading Consumers of Smartphone’s Water Resistance Capabilities’

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DSRT Surf wave pool
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Palm Desert, California Is Getting an Enormous New Wave Pool Facility Called DSRT Surf

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Jack Robinson surfing at The Box
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Jack Robinson Got Mic’d Up at The Box, and What Transpired Was Absolutely Mind-Boggling

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Billabong surf women
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Quite Possibly the Most Artistic Advertisement You’ll See This Month

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Alex Knost Classic Tales
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Listen to Alex Knost’s Bizarre Story About Running Around Naked In Costa Rica

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Flagler Beach, 1994: Jeff Weakley was out surfing while attending a college beach party when he felt a sudden, sharp bite to his foot that couldn't have been anything but a shark, he thought. The fish shook his foot repeatedly, leaving him with several deep lacerations. Like most surfers, Weakley valued water time over the tiny chance of another run-in with a shark. Within a couple of weeks, he was back in the ocean with his foot wrapped in a waterproof bandage and covered with booties. Nearly twenty-five years later he noticed a blister forming on his foot. Turns out it was a tooth left from the attack that had finally festered to top of his skin. He removed it and planned to make a pendant from it but changed course when he learned that the Florida Program for Shark Research had identified a shark species through DNA after a bite off the New York coast and decided to have the tooth analyzed. “I was very excited to determine the identity of the shark because I’d always been curious,” Weakley told the Florida Museum of Natural History. “I was also a little bit hesitant to send the tooth in because for a minute I thought they would come back and tell me I’d been bitten by a mackerel or a houndfish – something really humiliating.” But he didn't need to worry. Scientists identified the shark through DNA as a black tip, which Weakley had suspected. When he was bitten at 21 years old, he remembered the water being filled with mullet and had a suspicion black tip were feeding on the baitfish. Today, Weakley, who edits Florida Sportsman magazine, still surfs but tries to avoid areas where baitfish are prevalent. And he has no ill-will towards any species of shark, though. “I’ve been lucky not to have been bitten by a dog, but I would regard that interaction I had with that shark as being no different or more destructive than a dog bite,” he said. “I certainly don’t have a hatred of sharks or any feeling of vindictiveness toward them. They’re part of our natural world.” You can read the full Florida Museum of Natural History report, here.
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Florida Man Pulls Shark Tooth From His Foot Nearly 25 Years After Attack

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