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Comparing American and Australian surf culture.
Politics

Australia vs. America in 426 Words

3 min read
A crowded lineup with the Wilmot family and friends in Jamaica. Photo: Jon Steele
Surf

Clashing the Icons

5 min read
Jesse Eisenberg plays Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.
Business & Media

The Social Network: An “Honest” Review

6 min read
Notes for a Young Surfer by Clifton Evers
Surf

New Stories or Old Ones?

5 min read
The Bouncing Souls surge onward after celebrating their 20th Anniversary.
Arts

Interview: The Bouncing Souls

8 min read
ASP Webcast Judges
Comedy

Pro Surfing’s First Webcast Drinking Game

6 min read
Beach of Hvalba during a Grindadráp, Faroe Islands. Photo: Wikipedia
Environment

For Whom the Bell Tolls

8 min read
Put an American on the Gold Coast for a week and they will automatically start ending all their statements as questions and placing all their possessions and activities in the diminutive. Wettie, Goldy, brekkie, dawnie, rashie…you get the picture. Photo: Barlo
Surf

Under a Fatal Sun: Burleigh and Currumbin

4 min read
Fall swell in New Jersey. Photo: Zach Weisberg
Arts

To Know You’re There

1 min read
Matt Warshaw's The History of Surfing
Business & Media

Surf Literature: The New Yorker and Beyond

7 min read
No surf? Try tarp surfing. Or baby monkey riding backwards on a pig.
Comedy

No Surf? You’ve Got Options, Friend

1 min read
Kelly Slater surfing at the 2010 Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles. Photo: Hurley/ASP
Surf

Slater Exits Trestles, Enters Neverland

5 min read
Random thoughts on stand up paddling.
Surf

Random Thoughts on Stand Up Paddling

1 min read
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of The Gaslight Anthem's American Slang is the band’s ability to draw from a variety of influences, combining pedestrian sounds and song structures to create something that is simple, yet innovative. Photo: Ashley Maile
Arts

Review: The Gaslight Anthem’s American Slang

3 min read
Double rainbows call for shakas and "stoke."
Comedy

Stoked: Double Rainbow Style

2 min read