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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.

John John Florence surfing Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
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John John Florence Returns to Form In Near-Perfect Bells Beach Heat

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This Is What Spain’s Psycho Slab Illa Pancha Looks Like When It Fires

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Here Are 8 Women Taking Over One of the South Pacific’s Most Sought-After Reefs

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Kelly Slater to quarters at Bells Beach, Medina and Florence meet in match of titans
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Kelly Slater Is On to the Quarters at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach as “50-Year Storm” Makes Landfall

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Kai Lenny airdrop Jaws. Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
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Kai Lenny Has a Penchant for Laughing in Death’s Face

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Five crimes from the worlds of surf and mountain sports
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5 Crimes From the Worlds of Surf and Mountain Sports You Might Not Have Heard Of

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This Island Is a Bonafide Paradise for Mediterranean Surfers

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Argentina Is the Underrated Surf Trip I Never Thought I’d Take

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Apple Watch
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Bodysurfer Recovers Apple Watch Six Months After Losing It in the Ocean

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Vote for who'll surf next on the Relik Longboard World Tour
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You Can Vote Right Now to See Who Qualifies for the Relik Longboard World Tour

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Momentum Generation will premiere on HBO on December 11.
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With Two Sports Emmy Nominations, Here’s How ‘Momentum Generation’ Transcended Surf

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How a Co2 Vest Should’ve Landed Nathan Florence on a TSA No-Fly List

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Kassia Meador and her dog Iruka in Venice for The Pup Project by The Inertia
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Meet Kassia Meador’s Adorable 14-Year-Old Pup, Iruka

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The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach will be big this week. Really big.
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Giant, ‘Point Break’-Like Swell Predicted For Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach Later This Week

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This surf ski cracked in half as the guy paddles over a wave
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Watch This Guy Crack a Surf Ski Kayak in Half as He Paddles Out

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Leroy Bellet chases a surfer with a $100,000 camera that's about to take a beating.
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How a 17-Year-Old Photog Was Given a $100,000 Camera, Broke It, and Got a Cover Shot

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great white chokes to death on sea turtle near japan
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Photos Show Massive Great White Shark Found Dead Near Japan With Sea Turtle Stuck in Jaws

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Jimmy Chin films Alex Honnold on the trickiest section of his El Cap climb. Photo: Courtesy of HBO
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HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ Examines the Harrowing Lives of Extreme Sports Cameramen

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Tom Curren surfing the 1986 Bells final against Tom Carroll.
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Throwback: Watch Tom Curren and Tom Carroll Square Off at the 1986 Bells Final

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