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Some of the most interesting and collectable objects in the surf universe are coming to the Redo Market Surf Auction starting July 28.

Redo Market surf auction makes rare surfing collectables available. For the first time, all things vintage surf will be all in one place.

Today, Rogers boasts an incredible variety of eating places with every kind of food. But when my family moved to Rogers in the early 1980s, there were only a few restaurants in downtown Rogers -- the Crumpet Tea Room, the Lakeside Restaurant, the Susie Q, Wesners Grill, and maybe a few others.

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.

Preeminent marine hull designer Joe Quigg talks with Steve Pezman about the roots of modern surfing.

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...

by Kevin Cody Five of the six inductees in the inaugural 2003 Hermosa Beach Walk of Fame ceremony were surfboard builders from the ‘60s Golden Era of surfing. Individually, and collectively, they rank among the most influential figures in the sport’s history. “It just goes to show that if you live long enough and you tell enough B.S. surf stories, at some point, everyone will believe you because there’s no one around to dispute you,” Greg Noll, then 66, said during his acceptance spee...

R.I.P. Ben Aipa (1942-2021) Photo: Jeff Divine Link copied to clipboard When Ben Aipa’s big heart finally stopped beating on Friday, January 15th after the man succumbed to multiple health issues including heart problems, diabetes, strokes and dementia, the surfing world lost one of its most remarkable characters — and in some ways, one of its least-appreciated. Not due to any lack of respect. Ben commanded respect without even asking for it, from the moment he first took to the waves at W...

Editor’s Note:  Welcome to our new series, Surf History 101, where we look at innovations in the world of surfing and beyond that changed the pursuit forever. In this edition, Sam George examines the POV camera and how it changed our view of surfing. What Is It? A miniaturized, relatively inexpensive waterproof digital camera (most famously made by GoPro) equipped with a wide-angle lens, capable of shooting both still photos and video. When mounted to the deck of a surfboard or attached to ...