Waterspot: Falling Forward
Surfers can tend to feel superior this time of year as most of our species reacts to this season by hoarding beer and chips for...
Chris Ahrens
Waterspot: Surfing the future
I don’t know if I was the first to consider it, but I have been mind surfing a computerized surfboard for at least the past...
Waterspot: The fantastic mind of Tom Morey
Not everyone knows the name Tom Morey, but most know the product he’s forever associated with....
Waterspot: The Stepford Wave, and the power of One Kind Thing
Kelly’s Wave means that surfing as we know it is either over, or it has just begun....
Waterspot: Reminiscing with old friends
Peter “PT” Townend and Reno Abillera have both been at or near the top of the pro surfing world, and surfed some heavy days together....
Waterspot: Old houses. Old friends. Good times. Great memories
Looking back, it seems that the waves were simply an excuse to hang out with friends at the beach....
Waterspot: Keep North County moving (slowly)
“Keep San Diego Moving” is a dog whistle, spending tax dollars on frivolous projects....
Waterspot: They ripped!
Women surfers seem to innately possess a ballet flow that most men come by only with great effort, if at all....
Waterspot: The great Godfrey
While being a girl and living on your own in a tent in someone’s yard may be nearly acceptable these days, in 1970 it was...
Waterspot: A local hero
You may not believe this, but I used to be better, far better, than local surfing legend Rob Machado....
Waterspot: Return of the plover
While many people enjoy watching those sparrow-sized white birds with the dark markings pumping their tiny legs in a game of chicken with the waves,...
Waterspot: Sharks are no laughing matter
I have been assigned my old beat, that narrow strip of sand and water that encompasses the beach and the surf zone, where surfing and...
Place to Call Home: Prolific author Chris Ahrens to host book talk in Cardiff
Chris Ahrens’ bio tells us that in 1972, while living in Australia and wondering about his next meal...
An Evening in the Haunted Museum
The idea of a surf museum had never really occurred to me when my friend Jane Schamauss started collecting classic surfboards and other surf memorabilia...
Typos are more bane than boon
I’ve been aware of him as a craftsman and designer for half a century. I’ve known him personally for more than 40 years, ridden some...