Profile / Erin Brooks
Meet the 16-Year-Old Surf Prodigy
By Rebecca Parsons | Photos Brian Bielmann Born and raised in Boerne, Texas, you wouldn’t think Erin Brooks would grow...
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Intro by Jake Howard Interview by Mike Latronic Sit with Drew Brophy in the lineup at the San Clemente Pier...
Jackson Dorian
Is His Father's Son
By Rebecca Parsons Jackson Dorian is young, strong, confident, fast, agile and progressive. He is the quintessential definition of the new guard. He grew up in Kona, a charming town on the west side of Hawai’i’s Big Island. If you follow surfing, the name Dorian likely rings a bell. Actually...
By Rebecca Parsons Mainland and Hawai’ian surfing has never been so well represented on the Championship Tour…and it could just...
Alyssa Spencer
Challenger Series Standout Alyssa Spencer Has Her Sights Set on the CT
By Rebecca Parsons Born into a family of surfers, it’s no surprise that Alyssa Spencer took to the water. The...
By Mike Latronic The first time I had ever met Filipe Toledo was in Peru somewhere near 2011. He was all of 16 years old and could barely speak English at the time but that said my Portuguese was non-existent, save a few memorized phrases from several years of practicing...
Madagascar
Surfing's Final Frontier
By Evan Quarnstrom As we neared the edge of a barrier reef four miles off the coast, me and six...
Alyssa Spencer
Challenger Series Standout Alyssa Spencer Has Her Sights Set on the CT
By Rebcca Parsons Born into a family of surfers, it’s no surprise that Alyssa Spencer took to the water. The...
By Rebecca Parsons Imai Devault has always gravitated toward the sea. He spent the first four years of his life living on Lanai, a Hawaiian Island approximately 10 miles off the coast of Maui. When he was four, Devault’s parents decided that there would be more opportunities for their children...
By Rebecca Parsons While the origins of hydrofoils date back to the 1900s, it wasn’t until recent years that foil...
Maui, with its stunning landscapes and vibrant culture, has faced the destructive force of wildfires, threatening the beauty and livelihoods...
By Brian Bielmann A few years back, I got a call from Volcom, and they needed me to show up on the west side for a skate project they wanted me to photograph. Now, I rarely shoot skating, but I never turn down a job, and I believe it’s basically...