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We’re comparing New England and Southern California surfers here, so let’s get ready to rumble East vs. West style, like B.I.G vs. Tupac in the ‘90s.

I started thinking about what type of surfers we generally come across in our lineups. I came up with nine different stereotypes. Enjoy!

In his debut book, Doheny Crazed, San Clemente resident Chuck Bassett gives readers a sense of what it was like to grow up surfing at Doheny State Beach in the 1960s.

After two years in orbit, this one-of-a-kind surf festival finally touched down at Salt Creek.

The Golden State doesn't get more Golden than this

Does this look like Hell to you? Photo: JP Van Swae Contrary to popular belief, the gates to Hell are located in San Diego County. And sitting at the northwestern tip of the county, just beyond those menacing flaming gates, is Lower Trestles – a bastardized blue pit of despair. Because, for as much credit as Lowers gets for being the crown jewel of high-performance surfing in Southern California, to actually paddle out into the madness can feel like Dante traveling through all nine circles of...

Highlights: La Bomba, Part 1: South of the Border Showcasing series of solid south swells from Peru to Mexico Tyler Warren, Puerto. Photo: Billy Watts Marcus Sanders Link copied to clipboard Last week, when we saw swaths of purple marching across the South Pacific, we got pretty excited, as we tend to do when we see that kind of stuff, and decided to call it the La Bomba swell. Turns out, maybe we should’ve gone a little more plural on the whole thing. Las Bombas, maybe. Especially for Centra...