Remembering Big Wednesday

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 04:46am

By: Katie Westfall

The forecasts were claiming the biggest swell in 10 years.  Some were skeptical.  But as Wednesday morning rolled around, the buoys were reading in the 15-foot range at 17 seconds. We all...

Gerr Goes Huge and Wins Big at XXL

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 04:47am

By: Lea Venturo

To big wave rider Brad Gerlach, age is just a number. The fact that he turned 40 this year didn’t stop him from riding the largest documented wave of the ’05-’06 winter in one of ...

Clark No More

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 04:47am

By: Katie Westfall

On December 5, 2005, one now very infamous seven-page fax was sent out. It shook the surfing community to its core.  “Effective immediately Clark Foam is ceasing production and sales of ...

Save Trestles

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 04:47am

By: Patrick Zabrocki

SAVE TrestlesIn an effort to alleviate chronic traffic problems along Interstate 5 through southern Orange County, the Transportation Corridors Agency (TCA), a “public-private” agency h...

The Sleeping Giant Awakens

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 04:47am

By: Evan Fontaine

I was raised on a steady diet of surf magazines and Taylor Steele videos. When other kids collected baseball cards, I amassed a catalog of surf posters. It’s fair to say that I grew up a fan ...

San Diego Has A World Champ and Her Name Is Schuyler

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 04:47am

By: Evan Fontaine

   2006 saw San Diego become home to another world champion, but the name attached to the title was not Machado, Gerlach, or Tudor. It was McFerran. With her win in Biarritz, France in ea...

Surfers For A Cause

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 05:00am

By: Patrick Zabrocki

Surfers for a Cause San Diego Surfrider FoundationAn indication of the success the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation experienced this year are the 1,500 NEW members in 2006. Although im...

Green Fever

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 05:03pm

By: Patrick Zabrocki

2006 saw the emergence of “green” products offered by many surf companies, a trend seemingly dictated by the political climate of the day. Organic clothing has suddenly entered into the...

The Comeback

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 05:03am

By: Evan Fontaine

I don’t know Dean well. In fact, I can count the number of conversations I’ve had with him on one hand. When we met for the first time, it was at the SurfShot offices, just getting to k...

The Death or Warren Boster: The Worlds of Surfing, Skateboard and Photography Lose a Legend

Filed under: Newsmakers: The Year's Top 10 Stories

What: Feature

Start Date: Wed, Dec 12 2007 | 05:03am

By: Evan Fontaine

Warren Bolster's last project before his death was assembling his favorite photos for The Bolster Collection, a limited edition set of prints and a yet to be released book. The following is an ...


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