Blog — Surfing

Surfboard builder Peter Walker on what it was like to teach at RISD, his burnt board technique, and why some buyers of his boards would never thinking of riding them.

Duke is the father of surfing. But he also was an Olympic swimmer, winning gold in the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics.

Matthew Pearson, of Find The Glide Surfboards on building hollow wooden boards, surfing the waves of Wales, and how his boards have that hard-to-find "TWANGY" ride to them. Twangy, I'm guessing it's a Wales colloquialism for "balls-out-awesome.

Zak Noyle's photos of the North Shore. Shooting surfers – what an easy gig...avoiding sharks, wayward boards, all while trying not to drown. You're typical day at the beach.

I don’t know when these cowpokes came into town. But I like what they’ve done with the place.