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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.

In 2013, when Jimmy Ulualoha Napeahi was 16-years-old, he was attacked by a tiger shark at Pohoiki on Hawaii's Big Island. Now, just over three years later, Napeahi is back on his feet and charging harder than ever before.
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ULUALOHA: A Shark Attack Survival Story

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The newest allegation against the Bay Boys is not ok.
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The Newest Allegation Against the Bay Boys Claims They Wore Black Face and Afro Wigs on MLK Day

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If only someone would make one that ACTUALLy worked! Image: Yanko Design
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Three Collapsible Surfboard Designs That Never Got Off the Ground

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Hudson Ritchie's not old. He's not even twenty, but he's got style and talent well beyond his seventeen years.
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Hudson Ritchie, Styling Through Summer

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5 Countries You’d Never Expect to Be Competing At the ISA World Surfing Games

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Hawaiian Airlines: "We hear you, but we don't care!"
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Hawaiian Airlines Fires Back to Kelly Slater’s Instagram Call Out

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Most of the time, Snapper Rocks is one of those places that looks warm and inviting.
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Holy Snap! Snapper Rocks Blowing Up

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Is “My Ocean Home” Proof of Surfing’s Attraction to the Cliche?

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Ten years ago, a bunch of Irish big-wave/slab maniacs got together and did something really, really smart: they established the Irish Tow Surf Rescue Club.
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The Irish Tow Surf Rescue Club: A Decade of Learning from their Mistakes

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Put me in, coach! Photo: WSL/Kirstin
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Mick Fanning Wants to be a Coach at the Olympic Games

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For those of you that don't know, Deus runs one of the best events in surfing. It's called the 9Ft & Single, and it's in Canggu, Bali.
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The 9 Ft. and Single Might be the Most Fun Event in Surfing

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Surfing and the Olympics: What About the Hawaiians?

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Why Competing is Just Another Day at the Beach for Me

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Olympic surfing imagined.
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For Good or Bad, the Olympics and Wave Pools Will Change Surfing Forever

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“Blue Frontier” is Anything But Your Average Surf Flick

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This Rio Surfer Gave Up Making Balloons for Drug Dealers to Open A Surf School in His Favela

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John John Strikes Gold (Again) With Second Installment of ‘Twelve’

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"The professional surf system has some questions to answer."-Ace Buchan Photo: WSL/Ed Sloane
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Ace Buchan: “Pro Surfing Needs to Address the Problem of High School Dropouts”

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Proof It Doesn’t Get Better Than a Surf Trip to the Maldives

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