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Surf photographer Art Brewer’s altar of rarities honoring the quick and the dead.

Surfer Ella Catalano-Dockins shares her favorite spots, tips for avoiding summer crowds and advice for anyone thinking about taking their first surf lesson.

Ben Marcus is a natural born writer who worked at Surfer Magazine as an editor for 10 years, and now has 15 published books with his name on them - well most of them, anyway. Born in San Francisco in 1960, Ben lived in the Santa Clara Valley until he moved to Santa Cruz with his mother Sue and younger brother Michael in 1970. Ben was a "Valley" trying to fit in with the cool kids during a time when Santa Cruz was a smaller, quieter, inexpensive hippie beach town. While walking home fro...

Hawaii Magazine The real life story and inspiration behind the iconic surf motto. Feb 25, 2016 With all the buzz and hype circulating around The Eddie Big Wave Invitational, which currently is in its waiting period, we wanted to explain a few things about the Eddie and why it generates so much excitement. The surf contest commonly called the Eddie is super special, and with all the coverage surrounding Hawaii’s promising massive winter surf this year, you probably know all about how waves nee...

Print The surf on Tuesday at Mavericks was “as good as it’s been in 10 years,” big-wave pioneer Jeff Clark said. Clark ought to know. He was the first surfer to ride Mavericks, the formidable reef break west of the Pillar Point headlands. That’s at Half Moon Bay, about 25 miles south of San Francisco. Clark rode Mavericks for years before it became known in the early 1990s as the foremost big-wave surf break in the continental United States. With surf in the 50-foot range, Clark said Tu...