Surfer Dad

Surf blog by a wave starved father

Underwater wahines

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Above the water: young women surfers (wahines), slide across the waves with a grace that contrasts the crashing waves and rowdy crowds. Below the water: wahines peacefully slip through the sea like mythical mermaids. I hope these serene snapshots grant you a moment of tranquility in a noisy world.

Protect Our Waves

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Surfers Against Sewage are on a mission to get 100,000 signatures to help Protect Our Waves. The goal is to get UK government to recognise the importance of waves as a cultural, social, economic and environmental asset to coastal communities. If we succeed, then our waves will get protection. So what you waiting for, SIGN […]

Awesome surf quotes and wisdom

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Surfers are regularly stereotyped as ‘illiterates’ and ‘dropouts’, who flick through pictorial surf mags and rarely read anything with words. However, if you ask a surfer for a few words about surfing, they become ocean orators. Surf legends Surfing legends are not known for their insightful prose, but occasionally the waves inspire some saltwater wisdom. […]

Longboarding – not just for old people

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I was one of the first of my local surf crew to take up longboarding (in addition to shortboarding). I liked the laid back style and catching waves in smaller surf, but my friends said I was getting old before my time (I was 25). Ten years have passed and my hardcore mates still reject […]

Vintage Surfer Girls

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Surfer girls are not a recent phenomena; Polynesian women have been surfing for centuries. Agatha Christie was a surfing sleuth in the 1920s, and the competitive Calhoun Clan shook the 1950s. However, it took Sandra Dee and the film ‘Gidget’ in 1959, to make the ‘surfer girl’ part of popular culture. Here’s a photographic tribute […]

Music for surfers by surfers

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Surfing and music go together like vodka and Red Bull. So it should be no surprise that many surfers make great surf music. Here’s my top ten surfer musicians, for your surf soundtrack. Ash Grunwald Australian blues musician Ash Grunwald grew up surfing the sharky shores near Melbourne. His track ‘dolphin song’ is based on […]