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The Best Surfboards of 2018
It’s south-swell season. Make sure you have the right board. (Courtesy Superbrand) Superbrand Siamese Twin ($705) The modern fish isn’t new—credit the 1997 film 5'5" x 19¼" with reinvigorating the...
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Three-Wheeled Electric Bikes Patrol California Beaches
California’s park rangers are upgrading the way they patrol their jurisdictions after launching a partnership this month with Standard Bearer Machines, the manufacturers of the Rungu Electric...
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The Best Women's Surfing Gear
Ashley Lloyd Surfboards Gordon’s Egg ($950) As one of the few top-level female shapers in the world, Ashley Lloyd Thompson designed this 7-foot 2-inch egg to perform in anything from waist-high to...
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How to Roof Rack Anything
My least favorite thing about driving to the beach for a weekend or the ski hill on a powder day is my fear of poorly tied down gear on the roofs of cars wriggling loose and launching into my...
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Yes, an 80 Percent Discount Is a Scam
The call volume at the Surf Station picked up dramatically on Friday, September 21. Thanks to a concerned customer, employees at the Saint Augustine, Florida, store had known for about two days that a...
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The Women Keeping the Art of Surfboard Making Alive
Photo Gallery: The Women Keeping the Art of Surfboard Making Alive Even has the surfboard industry moves towards prefabricated machine-cut mass production, hand shaping surfboards keeps the industry...
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Inside the Mind of a Custom-Surfboard Shaper
John Oppito has broad shoulders, a week’s worth of stubble, and the type of handshake that makes you wonder why you spend most of your waking hours behind a keyboard. On an overcast afternoon in late...
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The Best Surf and SUP Gear of 2019
Now’s the time when we start dreaming about getting out on the water, whether it’s the surging ocean or placid lakes. Trust this kit to serve you well on any day at the beach. Vans Soft Top Sandals...
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The Best Surfboard of 2019
Humans are, for the most part, bilaterally symmetrical. Our right side looks like our left side and vice versa. Same goes for surfboards. Trouble is, a frontside turn looks dramatically different from...
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Where Surfboards Are Known as Flat Canoes
Photo Gallery: Where Surfboards Are Known as Flat Canoes
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Salvage Woodworking Is Green and Beautiful
Big Ben, from Felt Soul Media and Patagonia, profiles former professional surfer Ben Wilkinson, whose current career is retrieving problem trees on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and turning them into...
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The Best Surfboard of 2020
At Trimcraft Surfboards, expert builders Ryan Lovelace, Gerry Lopez, Rich Pavel, and Davey Smith dream up the designs, and a cadre of experienced shapers bring them to life. The business model lowers...
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This Guy Handcrafts Incredible Surfboards for a Living
We spend a lot of time testing the newest gear every year, but often know very little about the people behind it. So, we sent a handful of our writers out to talk to them. Joe Carberry spoke with Ryan...
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The Best Gear Our Editors Ever Bought Used
Whether you’re just beginning to dabble in a new sport, on a budget because (like us) you spent all your money on next season’s ski pass, or simply trying to be more environmentally friendly, buying...
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The Best Surfboard of 2021
Channel Islands FishBeard ($720) (Photo: Courtesy Fishbeard) For a few years prior to 1980, twin fins were the gold standard for performance surfing. But they were left behind for progressive and...
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