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As a Canadian kid growing up playing street hockey, I can clearly remember this tricky moment. playing street hockey growing up. All the kids from the neighbourhood had gathered ready to play, but there was one issue to be settled....
Hey yβall, this past Thursday (Oct, 27) was special. Most days out on the lakes are special. But this was reaaally special. You dig? The day began bright (dark) and early at Marie Curtis Park in Mississauga, where our crew...
Costa Rican goes on cold freshwater surf trip to Canada
Β This is Manuel Cespedes, our friend and surf instructor and owner of Young Vision Surf SchoolΒ in Montezuma, Costa Rica. He gave up a few weeks at home in a hot tropical climate to come and try surfing the Great...
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On Days Like These We Must Surf
Β Growing up by the Atlantic Ocean in Southern Brazil, surfing has been a big part of who I am since I was born. After spending many years living in places like California and Australiaβwhere surfing is part of the...
Β Two jet-skiers bailed off their watercraft into pounding waves in pitch darkness; a sailboat capsized into an area filled with swimmers; a man overdosed on cocaine and passed out in the waves; an infant suffered severe facial burns from...
Nothing worth achieving has ever been accomplished without a little risk. That idea took me all the way from the east coast of Michigan to the distant shores of Tofino, British Columbia for the 2016 Rip Curl Pro Tofino. It...
Interview Surf Photographer Cory Patterson
Surf the Greats: Can you tell us a little bit about your upbringing on the Great Lakes and how surfing came into your life? Cory Patterson: I Grew up in Kalamazoo, Michiganβin the Gull Lake area. In high school I...
Surfing holds a special mystique in our culture, a cache that has been commercialized and parodied ad nauseum, beyond the stereotypes and media images exists one of the most unique and fulfilling life experiences. Here are 10 reasons to learn...
Lake Erie: Good to Great and 40-Knot Winds
NoΒ matter how good the current day is, somebody always has a tale of how big, how clean, or how epic the waves were on some mystical moment in the just-too-distant past.Β Iβve grown weary of these surf legends, wondering if they...