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Man has actually done a much better job of creating premier waves than destroying them. The are the top 10 man-made surf spots according to Sam George.

Kauaian underground style-master Jimmy “The Impala” Lucas and the case for proper positioning. Photo by Jeff Divine.

He’s among the humblest of our tribe. Yet Timmy’s decades of surfboard design put him in rare company.

Drew Kampion pens a retrospective tracking the life of one of surfing's most influential personas, from Southern California to the North Shore to Kauai.

The most predictable beaches have either a rocky bottom, often confined by the presence of cliffs, or a coral reef which changes its shape very slowly. Sand beaches are the least consistent; their surf may be changing constantly. In the summer, the lighter, thinner waves may build up these beaches at the rate of several feet a day as the grains of sand are lifted from the bottom to be deposited by the waves in a new place. The heavy surf in winter holds the sand up much longer, and tearing down...