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EPF 18: Dawn Patrol v. The TideEPF 18: Dawn Patrol v. The Tide The tide and the Dawn Patrol are swinging out of sync again.  Aaron and I paddled out early and were able to snag a high wave count before the tide elevated and the crowds...

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EPF Episode 17: Oh, Summer...EPF Episode 17: Oh, Summer... The summer doldrums continue to rain blows down on the southern California surf world.  Another week of 2-footers goes by. But as always, a dumpy surf day with friends is...

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EPF Episode 0016: Lost Winter WavesEPF Episode 0016: Lost Winter Waves Aaron asked me to grab some stills of his new board (the P-volver) from the recent video footage.  When I went back into iMovie to get them, I noticed that when I imported...

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EPF Episode 0015: No Waves Without MikeEPF Episode 0015: No Waves Without Mike NEW VIDEO! I'll disclose right from the get-go that this video is sub par.  After such a dry spell, I'd been waiting for some sort of magical day to get a new video out. ...

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On Surfari: Haiti ScreeningOn Surfari: Haiti Screening I was invited by the great guys over at Harbour Surf Shop to attend a screening of the latest On Surfari episode Haiti hosted by Shayne McIntyre at the Harbour shop.  It...

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The Maiden Voyage of the Sea NymphThe Maiden Voyage of the Sea Nymph NEW VIDEO!  I know, I know.  You thought we reached episode 13 and were cursed.  Wrong, scurvy dogs.  We just got delayed by rain and holidays.  But I am happy to bring...

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Local Report from the Eddie Aikau Big Wave ContestLocal Report from the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Contest 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,...

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El Porto Fridays Rss

A week’s worth of storms have passed and just as the 72 hour post-rain window is about to open a new storm looms on the horizon.  What’s a surfer to do to stave off the cabin-fever, the wave-shakes?  Watch movies.  Along with watching Picaresque twice, I watched a new one called Lines From A Poem.  [...]

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.” [...]

Seaworthy is a recent surfing film by Nathan Oldfield that I watched on TV. Oldfield is the creator of Lines From A Poem which I have not yet seen, but heard positive things about.  Right off the bat, I dug the poster.  I know the addage says not to judge a book by it’s cover…but [...]

Continuing on my movie review path, while I was ill, I also watched Hanging Five, another of my The Surf Network downloads. Hanging Five profiles the lives, work and experiences of five artists who also happen to be surfers. Though this movie does show plenty of surfing, it might be wrong to call this a [...]

The Perch was one of the first films that caught my eye when I first started cruising The Surf Network.  I liked the artwork and I always like watching noseriding.  But The Perch did not deliver for me.  That is not to say there wasn’t plenty of noseriding, there was. The description reads “A flowing, [...]

One California Day comes from the dudes who gave us Singlefin: yellow. One California Day is a look at different bits of Californian coast, “capturing the California surfing experience through the surfers who live it.” One thing that makes this film great is that it explores time, personalities, locales and history in the context of [...]