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…Lost surfboards have recent starting shipping new surfboards with white tail patches instead of the carbon patches we are all used to. The big question is: why? Here is Matt Biolos’ reasoning behind the new non-carbon white tail patches on...

Earlier this year we met up with Ryan Carlson at Surf Expo. If you’re not sure who Ryan is – he’s one of California’s biggest rippers. Among other awards he won the “video contest” at the recent US Open Of...

Surf Travel is perhaps one of the very best sides to surfing. It is full of excitement, planning, highs and lows, new sights & smells and overall a hope for the best day of the year! I am writing this...

There are a host of major surf contests that take place in the USA throughout the summer and fall. We’ve picked out 3 of the biggest and taken a look at the boards that guided the winners to victory! Hurley...

Chad “Tree” Miller stands tall at 6’8 x 255lbs. Tree’s got responsibilities just as big, including setting up hundreds of weddings and group events for Ocean Atlantic Event Rentals on the Outer Banks, being the President of the Outer Banks...

“S” Fiberglass Cloth (also known as S-Cloth or S-Glass) is sometimes used on the deck of surfboards for more impact resistance against heel dents and caving in the deck. In very basic terms, it has a tighter weave with more...

“What’s the right volume for me?” Here it is! REAL people, surfing in real world conditions with real surfing experience. Yes, you can calculate board volumes with a calculator, but this doesn’t take into account current, endless duckdives, 5mm wetsuits,...

There’s been a good buzz going on the beach about the new Hydroflex technologies. Since they use epoxy resin, this often leads people to group them under the “epoxy confusion cloud” with other boards that aren’t even close in construction,...

Design, Volume and Dimensions When choosing your next surfboard – you need to consider The BIG 3: Design… then Volume…. then Dimensions…in that order. Whether you’re looking for a groveler, hybrid, shortboard or even a noserider, these are always the...