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Creators

ICON: Mike Coots

Wednesday April 1, 2015

Mike Coots always wanted more. And not only for himself, but for sharks, including the tiger shark that took his leg.

The Inertia
Staff
Surf

Clark Little On Staring Down Shorebreak For The Perfect Shot

Monday April 21, 2014

Getting tossed around by shorebreak and slammed into the sand day after day is a rough go — but Clark Little wouldn't have it any other way.

The Inertia
Staff
Headspace

HEADSPACE: Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz

Monday September 1, 2014

Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz is nothing short of a legend to the surfing community.

The Inertia
Staff
Creators

Meet Kimi Werner: The Enlightened Woman Who Rode a Great White Shark

Friday October 30, 2015

Kimi Werner is not the attention-seeking type. Her feats are. She is not.

Zach Weisberg
Staff

Video

Surf

Nate Florence Releases POV Clip of Getting Slammed on a Super-Shallow Slab

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

Watch Tom Curren and Mark Occhilupo Battle It Out In the Bells Beach Heritage Heat

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

Mark Healey Goes Deep for Giant Wahoo Off the North Shore

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

CJ Macias Describes the Nazaré Wipeout That Almost Killed Him

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

On the Eve of the Retirement of Owen Wright: A Highlight Reel from a Hard-Charging Career

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

Kelly Slater Knocked Into Bells Elimination by Wildcard Xavier Huxtable

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

Nic von Rupp Surfs a Private Alaia Bay Session in Switzerland

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

Mark Occhilupo Looks Back at Five Decades of Surf

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

Surfing Terrifying, Gigantic Slabs at Shipstern Bluff

Alexander Haro
Staff
Arts

This Wave Animation Uses Physics-Based Fluid Models to Blow Your Mind

Alexander Haro
Staff
Mountain

Jamie O’Brien Surfs Powder and River Waves In Canada

Alexander Haro
Staff
Surf

43 Minutes of the Smoothest Mid-Length and Longboard Surfing

Alexander Haro
Staff
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