Clyde Aikau, the legendary Hawaiian waterman and younger brother of Eddie Aikau, passed away peacefully at his Waimanalo home on...
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By Amanda Blackwell – Right off Hana Highway of the North Shore of Maui, a leggy bombshell blonde stands at...
By Mike Latronic Photos Brent Bielmann – As a journalist, publisher and surf enthusiast for most of my adult life, I have also been shooting and editing video and images for nearly 30 years. I suppose I could describe myself as a surf historian as well. Last summer I was...
Ridge Lenny
The Quiet Force Behind Maui’s Big Wave Scene
By Mike Latronic – Ridge Lenny, younger brother of surfing prodigy and world champion Kai Lenny, has spent much of...
Surf City, El Salvador
A nation reinventing itself, one wave and one smile at a time
By Mike Latronic – Like many other Latin American surfing destinations, El Salvador offers warm, consistent, and playful waves, along...
2024 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
Brazil wins gold, Hawaii Silver and a clean sweep for Hawai'i in all three women’s divisions
A historic Finals Day in the 2024 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Masters Surfing Championship (WMSC) saw Brazil crowned as Masters Team World Champion for the very first time. Another day of incredible surf saw four-to-five foot walls lining the long, right point of El Sunzal. The conditions were...
In the annals of all recorded surfing history, Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaiʻi, has been one...
By Mike Latronic – Former event winner Greg Long rode more than one Waimea monster to clinch his victory in...
By Amanda Blackwell – “Eddie would go.” A common vernacular often said to pay homage to the Herculean legend, one of the most revered watermen in Hawaiian history– Eddie Aikau. The most culturally significant contest in the history of surfing was dedicated in his name, as we know. Yet back...
Bruce Irons
The Eddie Aikau champion reflects on his win and his brother, Andy
By Mike Latronic – After a heated fist fight with his older brother, Bruce Irons turned his burning desire to...
Jamie O’Brien
The Maverick of Surfing and Digital Influence
By Mike Latronic – In the world of surfing, there are those who ride waves, then there are those who...
Jamie O’Brien surfs Pipeline with friends who have become legends in their own right and the grand masters who they grew up admiring. We’ve curated some of their best moments over the years....