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Dane Kealoha seemed destined to become Hawaii’s first pro-tour champion. The system had other plans.

When Doc Ackroyd hung the big beach towel out the second story window of his ocean front Hermosa Beach home. the South Bay's best surfers hustled out of the…

Come back with us, to the start of Australian power surfing.

May 7, 2021 Craig Sugihara in the early days - Photo courtesy of T&C SPONSOR Hawaii-based T&C Surf celebrates 50 years in business this year. It’s one of the few industry brands with that kind of longevity that has remained both independently owned and authentic. Founder Craig Sugihara did not have grand ambitions when he started. He just wanted to build boards. “There was no grand plan,” he told SES in an interview. “Being young and dumb I just started. I was glassing boards for Greg Noll’s shop. The next step was I learned to shape at Mystic Surf Shop. After that, I felt like wow,...

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 Waikiki as a burly 23-year-old. But he wasn’t exactly shy. No other three-letter athlete from Farri...