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• How alcohol affects your body and surfing
  Surfing has always carried a laid-back image. Sun, saltwater, and long afternoons often blend into social time afterward. In many places, that includes alcohol. The connection is old, visible, and sometimes romanticized by cool, chilled commercials of light Mexican beer and sunset sessions in idyllic conditions. But the effects of alcohol on the body, and […]
• What are trapped waves?
  When ocean waves roll toward shore, they rarely hit the beach head-on. More often, they arrive at an angle. At some point, they can transform into trapped waves. That simple detail sets off a chain reaction beneath the surface, bending wave paths and redistributing energy in ways that are not always obvious from the sand. […]
• 'The Inevitable Return': a documentary on how the military shaped Southern California's lineups
  Zachary Zezima is a surfer, animator, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. His latest film, "The Inevitable Return," is a short documentary that explores how military technology and atomic testing became intertwined with contemporary surfing along San Diego's beaches. Using vérité footage and animation, the short movie follows Shuuluk, a Kumeyaay surfer, as he interacts […]
• Lunch Counter: America's most iconic natural river surfing wave
  In western Wyoming, more than 800 miles (1,290 kilometers) from the nearest coastline, a powerful standing wave rises each spring on the Snake River. Known as Lunch Counter, it has become one of the most recognized river surf breaks in the United States and, we could easily say, in the world. Surfing here began in […]