Longtime Local Declares Beloved Wave Permanently Closed Via Handwritten Sign
A weathered piece of driftwood now serves as the final word on a public break VENTURA, Calif. – A hand-lettered sign nailed to a fence post above a popular reef break
Pacifica Officials Confirm World Dog Surfing Championships Judges Used “Genuinely Rigorous” Scoring Criteria Despite Widespread Suspicion Judges Just Like Dogs
Local surfing federation insists complex wave-selection metrics factored into results, though sources say judges mostly just wanted to pet the competitors PACIFICA, CALIFORNIA Organizers of this year’s World Dog Surfing
Drive-Thru Therapy Clinic Opens for Surf Dads at San Clemente Pier
Four-minute interventions and a menu item called He Is Nine transform county parking lots SAN CLEMENTE, CA — A sports psychologist has opened Southern California’s first drive-thru counseling clinic exclusively for
Local Surfer’s Wetsuit Repair Kit Has Become So Elaborate That Neighbors Now Borrow It Like a Library
Eleven years of gradual tool accumulation turns one garage into an informal, trust based neighborhood repair lending system Local Surfer’s Wetsuit Repair Kit Has Become So Elaborate That Neighbors Now Borrow
Local Surf Shop Introduces Wetsuit Subscription Box, Customers Confused Why They Now Own Four
Optional returns quietly become permanent accumulation as subscribers discover a closet full of unintended neoprene Local Surf Shop Introduces Wetsuit Subscription Box, Customers Confused Why They Now Own Four ENCINITAS, Calif. –
Trestles Locals Form Militia To Guard Parking Spots
San Clemente surfers deploy folding chairs and passive aggression as primary weapons SAN CLEMENTE, CA – With Lower Trestles once again confirmed as a stop on the World Surf League’s championship
Wetsuit Brand Launches 47-Thickness Lineup for a 4-Degree Temperature Swing
Somewhere between 2mm and 6mm lies your entire personality, apparently A Southern California wetsuit brand has released a lineup of 47 distinct thicknesses and cuts to accommodate what marketing materials describe
Southern California Longboard Revival Baffles Everyone Who Wanted Shortboarding to Win
Foam and Log Revival Sweeps Venice and Malibu Hearts of Men Who Have Given Up Trying to Air Reverse Southern California Longboard Revival Baffles Everyone Who Wanted Shortboarding to Win MALIBU, CA
Coastal Commission Demands Surfers Acknowledge The High Surf Advisory
New Tier System: Please Be Careful, Mom Is On The Phone, The Pier Is Gone Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the Pacific salt-and-foam frontier. SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Wedge Officials Declare 12-Foot Waves ‘Technically Not Dangerous’ After Reviewing Own Press Release
Newport Beach Bureau of Swell Management insists hazard statement was ‘advisory in nature, not alarmist’ NEWPORT BEACH, CA The Newport Beach Bureau of Swell Management held a press conference Tuesday to clarify
Dawn Patrol Parking Lot Erupts in Silent War Over Single Shaded Spot
Pre-sunrise turf battle described as quietest conflict in coastal history A Southern California beach parking lot became the site of a tense, entirely silent territorial conflict this week, as dawn-patrol surfers
Great White Granted Honorary Membership at Exclusive Surf Break
Localism committee welcomes apex predator over actual human beginners In a move that has stunned absolutely no one who has ever met a surf local, the membership committee at one of
Surfer Insists He Is In His Prime At An Age He Previously Called Washed Up
Man’s definition of peak surfing age conveniently tracks his own aging Reporting brought to you by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. Local’s Concept Of A Surfer’s Peak Years Has Risen In
Surfer Insists The Younger Surfers Look Up To Him While They Mock Him Openly
Man interprets obvious ridicule as the admiration of aspiring proteges Reporting brought to you by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. Local Mistakes The Teenagers’ Open Laughter For The Reverence Of Future
Country Music Fans Detect When Surf Brands Have Changed
Following Bohiney’s authenticity story, the surf brand equivalent of the detection moment Bohiney.com‘s country music fans story — the moment when audiences detect that authentic expression has been substituted — applies
Newport Beach Introduces Official Wave Rating System Administered By Committee Of Twelve Retired Judges
Each Wave To Receive Formal Score Before Surfers May Legally Ride It, Appeals Process Available Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat Newport Beach Introduces Official Wave Rating System Administered By Committee Of
Manhattan Beach Surf Instructor Certified in Six Wellness Modalities No Surfer Has Requested
Local instructor adds breathwork facilitation, somatic trauma release, cold exposure coaching, mindful paddle certification, ocean grief therapy, and regenerative surfing practice to standard surf instruction credentials, announces ‘whole surfer approach’
San Clemente Mandates ‘Drop-In Insurance’ for All Surfers Over 12; Pre-Existing Snake-Outs Not Covered
Town clerk insists requirement is ‘no different from car insurance, except in every meaningful way’ The San Clemente City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to require all surfers over the
Palos Verdes Localism Group Successfully Reclassifies Lunada Bay as ‘Private Backyard,’ Files for HOA Status
Group’s bylaws prohibit dropping in, asking questions, and ‘making eye contact above 4 feet’ The longtime Palos Verdes localism collective informally known as the Bay Boys announced on Wednesday that it