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October 2009

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Feature

Sirens

Six waves that will keep you enamored until the end of your days.

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Opinion

Hype Beasts

The much-hyped swell event at Teahupoo has quickly become a real-time global spectacle. Whether or not that spectacle is worth celebrating, however, is something to consider.

Photos

Round Two

Another day of massive, pumping Teahupoo.

Photos

Tahiti Untamed

Teahupoo returns to center stage as the first monster swell of the year rolls through.

Arts and Culture

The Top 5 Beards in Surf

The surf world is occasionally blessed with prodigious facial hair. Here's a list of contemporary favorites.

Videos

Begin Again

John Florence and friends release the goods from hard drives packed with Hawaii footage.

Opinion

The Big Fix

If surfing is so beautiful why is contest surfing so ugly? That’s the question I ask virtually every time I’m watch an ASP event online. Have you ever watched an ASP event online for more than 30 minutes at a time? If you have and don’t work directly for or in the surf industry, I’m surprised you haven’t killed yourself yet. It’s basically state-sponsored torture. Where the hell do you think the term waterboarding came from? Don’t believe me? A quick Google search for “ASP waterboarding” returned 2,860,000 results. You can’t argue with evidence like that.