Oh my!  Those waves were some kind of crazy out there.  The waves were peeling south from the pier – just tearing down the line with terrible vengeance and fuuurious anger.  What made it extra terrifying was that I got down to the beach at extreme low tide so these waves were breaking over minimal [...]

Tracey, Aaron, Thunderlips and I went down to Bolsa Chica on the south end last Sunday morning.  We had a sweet session with some great waves as we drifted south into Dog Beach. I had an unexpected tube.  I’d been riding a right for a while and it was looking like it was ready to [...]

The strength that was missing yesterday, filled in a bit today. Still not enough to barrel the waves, but it was a far sight easier to get into the waves today. Plus I woke my arms up yesterday, so that help too. (They still complained though!)  I took the Electric out today instead of the [...]

Today would have been day 11 in my dry spell since the rains started.  And believe you me, I was heading into some serious cabin fever madness.  But today, the waves came and the rains did not; and so I finally got to paddle out again.  It couldn’t have been any better – great waves [...]

One week until Christmas and only two nights left of Hanukkah. Still looking for that last minute gift idea for you significant surf other? Here’s a cool gift idea – create a car kit.  There are certain items a surfer should always have in the car. The savvy surfer will always keep these things stored [...]

Still rising above plastics?  Good.  Here’s a new way to help (if you have an iPhone).  There’s a new app called The Extraordinaries where organizations and non-profits are able to get the public to contribute to various causes and campaigns.  For The Surfrider Foundation the Extraordinaries is being harnessed to aid in their Rise Above [...]

I don’t really remember what drew me to The Ripple Effect movie in the first place.  Although re-watching the trailer does make it look appealing again.  I think the trailer belies the film.  The trailer and the film have very different vibes. I like the notion of the film – the ripple effect.  And the [...]

After watching the Eddie Aikau Memorial Big Wave surf competition live from Wiamea Bay via the Internet recently all the Portoers have been abuzz about the gnarly waves we saw and the gnarly surfers we saw charging these monsters.  Surfline.com had predicted the swell to hit in the 20-30 foot range (there was even speculation [...]

Have you even been out on your longboard and having the best day, the kind of day where you catch every wave you go for and get every ounce of stoke out of each ride? And then you think, “Man, I am taking this to the edge. I wonder how far I can push this.” [...]

Rain canceled another El Porto Friday. The vicious cycle has begun.  (The vicious cycle being the 72 hours lay period after a rain event, and then it seems to rain every three days.)  Luckily the Pipeline Masters is on again today, so you can watch that if you are rain soaked and/or landlocked.  But I [...]

When I went to Solana Beach over Thanksgiving I knew I was only going to have room to bring one board with me.  Without even hesitating the choice was obvious – my Spherical Revolver (which probably falls in the funboard category).  The board works great in small surf, big surf, chop, slop and all the [...]

We are well into the shopping season now.  We at EPF had a lot of positive response to the last Holiday Shopping Ideas list, so we though we’d bring you another such list.  This time we feature 5 holiday gift ideas under $50. The Present DVD – $26.99 – The Present is the best new [...]

My buddy Duane, who lives on Oahu, went over to watch the In Memory of Eddie Aikau Waiamea big wave surf contest after work yesterday.  He was only able to see the last heat, but if you were watching online, you know that was probably the heat to see with Greg Long’s insanely successful heat [...]

After Mike did his series of experiments to clean his wetsuit, we got to talking a bit about how better to dry our suits to prevent stink.  The things that we figured factored into a better drying situation was warm air, dry air and air circulation.  Warm and dry air are mostly up to where [...]

Cosmic Children is a typical 70s style surf film – boring, hilarious, wonderful, drab narration, bizarre soundtrack, too long…  It begins with this cryptic quote: The Cosmic Children are the dynamic, space age surfers of the 1960′s who “feel the juice” of the ocean’s swells. The movie is mainly 80 minutes of your standard surf [...]