Care to witness what surf culture might have been like in its infancy? Or at least watch kids surfing without pretension in the urban reaches of Nigeria? Tag along with Dylan Graves and Dan Gudauskas in this worthwhile episode of Weird Waves as they enjoy a little time travel and access to a warm water […]
Puerto Escondido holds one of the world’s best big wave spectacles. Giant lines of swell roll in, pitching up into oversized, throaty, sometimes makable barrels before detonating mercilessly on near-shore sandbars. It’s a world class proving ground for those brave enough to test themselves against nature’s wrath. Because the action takes place close to shore […]
With good waves, a beach clean-up, music, food, locally produced art and beer on offer, the inaugural Irving Fish Festival, set to run Saturday October 28, 2017, is guaranteed to go off in a big way. The beach clean-up, coordinated by Surfrider Foundation – San Francisco Chapter, starts at 9:00 AM at the Irving Street […]
Just up from Ocean Beach in SF, the tenth annual Outside Lands music festival is set to jump off August 11-13, 2017. While the beach is sure to be overcrowded by music going revelers, the event itself will be worthwhile. Some of the headlining acts include Metallica, The Who, Gorillaz, Lorde, and A Tribe Called […]
Flyers for events that don’t exist, fake books with intriguing titles, posters, record covers, skateboard graphics, murals, and music are a handful of the mediums Nathaniel Russell is known for. Let Me Be It, the upcoming show opening in July at Mollusk Surf Shop in San Francisco, will mainly feature prints and wood cut-outs. The […]
The Smog Of The Sea, directed by Ian Cheney, is an important new film focusing on the spread of plastic in the ocean. In it, professional surfers Keith and Dan Malloy join Jack Johnson, Mark Cunningham, Kimi Werner, and marine scientist Marcus Eriksen on a sailing mission to study and document the elusive garbage patches in the […]
“In this crowded world the surfer can still seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts” – John Severson Surfing lost a culture shaping legend this week. John Severson was the original influencer, founding SURFER Magazine in the early 1960s as a follow-up to a photo based booklet […]
Andy Davis is known for creating stylish surf-steeped animation based imagery that hones in on the essence of wave riding and its surrounding culture. Powerful lines swoop through his work, culminating in seemingly simple abstract compositions that flow through vibrant colors straight off the canvas. His subject matter includes figures crouched in styled out tube stance, rail […]
Tin Ojeda’s Free Jazz Vein will be screening at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on July 2, 2017. This is as noteworthy as the film itself – a refreshingly strange and twisted pattern of 16mm edits strung together in the vein of, well, free jazz. With throwback surf vibes as well as modern performance and […]
Benjamin Von Wong makes a valid point in his latest expressive campaign – it’s not easy and yet extremely critical to get public interest focused on the issue of plastic pollution. In his latest video he questions if the eye of an illustrious artist, hard work by dedicated volunteers, good intentions, and painted women are enough to get the […]