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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.

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This Is Why They Say ‘Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean’

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How Becoming a Better Conversationalist Can (and Will) Make You a Better Surfer

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How Pieces of Southern California’s Surf Culture Are Rooted in Pacific Beach

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A Surfboard Factory Needs Your Help to Clean Up the Industry with Worms

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Josh van Brederode is riding a Slingshot Converter Foilboard with a Slingshot Surf Foil with an H1 Wing at a place called Deadman's Reef on the Gold Coast.
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Here’s an 80 Second Foilboard Ride (and a Bonus Quiz!)

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Permitting Dispute Reveals WSL’s Efforts to Move Pipe Masters from December to January

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Malibu is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Image: Press Release/John Steele
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Malibu Was Just Added to the National Register of Historic Places

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An Ode to the Joys of Riding a Wooden Surfboard

3 min read
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38 Haunting Photos from an Incredible Month at Maverick’s

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Don't be a surface-shitter. Your mother would be embarrassed.
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3 Very Simple Rules for Sh*tting on a Camping Surf Trip

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Bali is one of two things to a surfer: either a place you want to go to or a place you want to go back to.
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Bali’s Not Called the ‘Island of the Gods’ for Nothing

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Although the term "Brazilian Storm" may have fallen out of vogue lately, the talent coming out of Brazil is still cruising along at a breakneck pace. Take, for example, Diego Aguiar.
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This 14-Year-Old Brazilian Wunderkind Is On Track to Be the Next Big Thing

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Ireland is not a place for the surfer who lusts after warm water and glassy waves. It is, however, a perfect place for the surfer who lusts after large, scary, wind-torn waves.
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A Do-or-Die Kind of Wave: Mullaghmore Is Only for the Most Dedicated

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Is there anything that beats that water? So clear and turquoise, white sand flashing by beneath? There ain't much, friends.
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A Wet Hot Australian Summer

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It is a perfect wave. But riding a wave isn't surfing.
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I Almost Got to Surf Kelly’s Wave, and Here’s Why I’m So Glad I Didn’t

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At 23-years-old, Lattanzi, a Brazilian bodysurfer, surfs some very big waves without the help of a surfboard.
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A Master of Bodysurfing Attempts to Ride Nazaré

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Most people surfing massive Jaws are not strangers to few things: large wave and larger wipeouts.
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One Giant Jaws Bomb and a Few Speed Bumps Makes for a Disastrous Wipeout

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If you have surfed Rincon on a good day, there is a good chance that at least one of the waves you got will remain forever burned in your memory.
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Proof That Rincon Really Is the Queen of the Coast

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The search for Boardriders CEO Pierre Agnes has been called off. Image: AP
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Search for Quiksilver CEO Officially Called Off

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