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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.

Josh Cattlin surfing
Surf

This Is What 100% Commitment Looks Like

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Jaws Challenge big wave surfing
Surf

Monster Swell Lights Yellow Alert for Jaws Challenge

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surfing, big wave surfing, nazare, wipeouts, tow surfing, jacuzzisurfer
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Here’s a Nazaré Wipeout Reel We’re Not So Sure Anybody’s Thankful For

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Bethany Hamilton charging Teahup'o in 2018.
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Watch Bethany Hamilton Charge Heaving Teahupo’o Pits

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Will wave pools make night surfing more palatable?
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Will Wave Pools Eventually Make Night Surfing a Thing?

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surfing, eli hanneman, hawaii, indonesia, bsr wavepark,
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16-Year-Old Eli Hanneman Is From Another Planet and It’s Scary

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Surf Lakes said there are at least six more facilities in the works around the world including in California, Arizona, Western Australia, and London. Photo: Karolina Grübel
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Surf Lakes Has 6 More Wave Pools in the Works Around the World

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Before and after the Woolsey fire/ The house I built is gone. Photos: Lemaitre/Haro
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The Woolsey Fire Burned My Malibu Surf Shack to the Ground

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Surf

Last Week In Portugal Was Some Kind of Perfection

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surfing, fish, san diego, surf contest, jesus fish fest,
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This Is What Happens When You Put an Entire Contest Field on Identical Twin Fins

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surfing, indonesia, bali, sumatra, oscar langburne, amber mozo,
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Give Oscar Langburne a Ticket to Indo and a Full Quiver and This Is the Magic That Happens

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The Outrider is biting satire.The Outrider is biting satire.
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‘The Outrider’ Is a Biting Satire on Surfing’s Romanticization of All Things Retro

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surfing, nazare, big wave surfing, tow surfing, sebastian steudtner
Surf

Sebastian Steudtner Reveals Just How Much Detail and Preparation Go Into Surfing Nazaré

2 min read
surfing, arpad leclere, indonesia, justis st. john,
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16-Year Old Belgian Arpad Leclere Has a Sixth Sense for Finding Heaving Lefthand Barrels

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There's a reason they call this place Dungeons and not Unicorn's Play Yard.
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This Stunning Doc Examines the Thrill of Taming South African Monsters

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Sage Erickson on Channel Islands Fish
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Sage Erickson on Channel Islands’ Fish Is Smooth as Velvet

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Rob Kelly, Lake Ontario, surfing, great lakes, great lakes surfing
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Why Rob Kelly Says We Can No Longer Call Great Lakes Surfing a ‘Novelty’

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Jamie O'Brien's vlog is never about any one thing. It's about wipeouts and tubes and whomping and laughing.
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Jamie O’Brien, Heaving Waimea Shorebreak, and Cockroaches for Lunch

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surfing, big wave surfing, alex botelho, nazare, nazare challenge,
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Watch Alex Botelho’s Intense Rescue Next to the Cliffs at 30-ft Nazaré

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