Training day insights and last minute lineup changes now matter more to some fans than their own surf sessions Fantasy football’s laid back cousin gets surprisingly intense WSL Fantasy has turned plenty

The surfer says calibrating his expectations for a considerably smaller swell run became a surprisingly demanding exercise in managed disappointment VENTURA — A local surfer confirms that correctly distinguishing this week’s

The local says correcting a dangerous, understandable misconception among newer arrivals became a recurring, slightly exhausting community responsibility MALIBU — A longtime local resident confirms that repeatedly explaining to newer arrivals

Every brand claims theirs is thinner, warmer, and stretchier than the competition. A local surf shop owner says he has started keeping a ruler behind the counter just to settle

From nirvana to invoice in 51 minutes as SaltOS raises a seed round from a cabana Venice Surfer Achieves Total Enlightenment at Breakwater, Monetizes It Within the Hour VENICE, Calif. – Local

Local shops navigate pricing questions as customers show unexpected interest in decade-old equipment Vintage Classification Debate Emerges Surf shop owners throughout Manhattan Beach find themselves navigating an unexpected pricing and classification

Officials say QR-code wave passes will end informal surf-line disputes VENICE BEACH, Calif. – The Los Angeles County Department of Coastal Wave Equity confirmed Tuesday that it has begun

Homeowners association demands proof of beach access easement before any rooftop landing Reindeer Landing Triggers Easement Dispute MALIBU, Calif. — A homeowners association governing a stretch of private beach has issued a

New CrowdIQ metric rates break conditions from 1 (manageable) to 10 (stay home, call a friend, have a quiet day) LA County Surf Forecasting App Now Includes Crowd Stupidity Index Alongside

New 40-metre corridor will separate 9-foot logs from shortboarders in agreement described as historic and immediately controversial San Onofre State Beach Introduces Designated Longboard Lane After Decade of Negotiations SAN ONOFRE, CALIFORNIA

World’s best surfers descend on Surf City USA July 25; locals already complaining about parking Satire from Bohiney.com and prat.uk. HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Officials confirmed that the US Open of Surfing

A coalition of marine mammals has issued formal boundaries after years of what they call invasive paddling LA JOLLA, Calif. – The seal population of La Jolla Cove issued a list

The legendary break has been formally recognized as a municipality due to the permanent population in the lineup SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – The famed surf break at Lower Trestles has been

World’s best surfers compete at Central American point break while Southern California surfs its own beach breaks Satire from Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. The Tour and Its Location PUNTA ROCA, EL

Steamer Lane altercation demonstrates that de-escalation is more effective when practiced on someone who is a 6th degree black belt Satire from Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. The Confrontation and Its

What the established surfers know about specific waves that they don’t tell newcomers [Bohiney.com/prat.uk] prat.uk‘s state secrets story — governments classifying their embarrassments rather than their strategic intelligence — has a

Trademark dispute pits the city against the city in landmark case of municipal self-harm HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA – In a legal development that attorneys are calling “unprecedented and frankly a little

State officials credit surf community for billions of gallons relocated via the human nose SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – State water officials announced this week that California’s persistent drought has been quietly solved

Council passes resolution formally establishing Huntington Beach as the headquarters of Surf City USA, a designation the city already uses commercially, legally, and in all official communications, resolution creates no

After eleven years of teaching summer surf camps, the director has overhauled the curriculum to address what she identifies as the principal skill gap in beginner surfers By the Surfing.LA desk.