Working Vacation
Doing the Hard Yards in Mexican Perfection
Captions by Kekoa Bacalso All photos by Trevor Moran In any sport, for those who do it at the highest...
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Story by Rebecca Parsons Photos: Mike Latronic “The precious descendent that stands illuminated…” It is often said that a woman’s...
Driving on a Road Unknown
The Future of Surf Competition
By Andrew Oliver Forces much larger than surfing have shaped 2021 to be a transformative moment in the sports history – the pandemic, surfing’s debut in the Olympic games, and the WSL’s organizational recalibration – which was in no small part an adaptive response to the former – have steered...
Intro By Jason Shibata Diesel Storm, his name suits his approach to wave riding perfectly; full throttle with immense power....
Friday the 13th
XXL Teahupo’o
All Photos Ben Thouard There are natural occurrences in this world that are wonders to behold – XXL Teahupo’o is...
Duke Kahanamoku’s dream of surfing in the Olympics came to life with the inclusion of surfing in the Tokyo summer Olympics and with that 40 of the best surfers from around the world started to gear up themselves and their equipment. Freesurf gets straight to the heart of this subject...
Intro by Andrew Oliver Photos by Tai Van Dyke Captions by Dave Riddle The Volcom House has an unrivaled reputation...
Luke Swanson / Air Apparent
The Freesurf Interview
By Andrew Oliver When new faces come onto the scene it’s inevitable that comparisons will be made to well-established talent....
Kaikaina Surf Girls
The Next Generation of Empowered Wahine
Words by Shannon Reporting Photos Ha‘a Keaulana Presented by Smile-Wave Hawai’i wahine are reclaiming their place in the waves as their ancestors did, despite a lack of representation in the overwhelmingly male-dominanted sport of surfing and cultural practice. The story of women’s reemergence in Hawaiian surfing was recently told through...
Tahiti based photographer Domenic Mosqueira describes securing page one with one of Tahiti’s best – the freakishly talented Matahi Drollet....
The Bourgeois Barrel Hunters
How 10 Working Class Heroes Missioned To Indo During the Pandemic
By Daniel Ikaika Ito Photos Cid Kaneshiro When non-essential travel came to a screeching halt in 2020 that didn’t stop a group of 10 Hawai‘i residents from another surf trip of a lifetime. These working-class surfers scored fun to epic waves on an Indonesian boat trip in 2019, and were...