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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.

Jaws
Surf

A Unicorn Day at Jaws: XL Waves and a Rare Thin Crowd

1 min read
Jesse James Desert Point
Surf

Proof That Doing the Exact Same Thing Over and Over at Desert Point Doesn’t Suck

1 min read
Photo: WSL/Dunbar
Surf

Is the Vissla Sydney Surf Pro Kelly Slater’s Olympic Preview?

2 min read
Conner and Parker Coffin touring the Channel Islands factory.
Surf

Take a Tour of Channel Islands’ Carpinteria Surfboard Factory with Conner and Parker Coffin

1 min read
Kelly Slater
Surf

Here’s What It Would Take for Kelly Slater to Make the U.S. Olympic Team

5 min read
Joel Parkinson surfing JS Industries Black Baron
Surf

45 Seconds of Parko Seriously Cruising on a Twinnie

1 min read
John John Florence at Pipeline.
Surf

John John Florence, the Crown Prince of Pipe, Scores Late Season Swell at Home

1 min read
Kelly Slater in Loose Change
Surf

Here’s the Time Kelly Slater Ran Over Rob Machado In a Convertible BMW

1 min read
surfing, WSL, Kelly Slater, Gabriel Medina
Surf

Kelly Slater: ‘Olympic Qualification Is On My Mind’

3 min read
Dick Dale playing live in the Middle East in 2005. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Surf

Dick Dale, the ‘King of Surf Guitar,’ Is Dead; Toured Into His 80s to Pay Medical Bills

3 min read
Nathan Florence surfing in Hawaii
Surf

A Session Through Nathan Florence’s Eyes

1 min read
Jamie O'Brien boogie boarding Pipeline
Surf

Watch Jamie O’Brien Bodyboarding at Perfect Pipeline With Jeff Hubbard

1 min read
kai lenny surfing
Surf

Kai Lenny Is Hydrofoiling With a Very Strange New Wetsuit

2 min read
Animated short on surfing
Surf

This Animated Short Will Make You Appreciate the Complex Science Behind Riding Waves

1 min read
Two Norwegians are making a film about creating the world's first surfboards made of ice. Photo: Indiegogo
Surf

Two Norwegian Surfers Want to Shape Surfboards Made of Ice and Ride Them

3 min read
Bruce Irons surfing in Loose Change
Surf

Watch Bruce Irons and Taj Burrow In a Way-Back Track from 1999

1 min read
Surfing In South Korea
Surf

South Korea’s Winter Surf Is Brutal; Watch a Heartfelt Salute to the Committed

1 min read
If you hate booties, why not give 'em another try? Photo: Heyden
Surf

The 3 Best Booties for Cold Water Surfing

5 min read
Hunter Jones Surfer Photo: The Inertia/Trautwein
Surf

LA Surfer and Ex-WSL Employee Will Star in ‘The Bachelorette,’ and We’re Eating It Up

3 min read