ColumnsWaterspotMeet the RopersChris AhrensOctober 29, 2024 October 29, 20240196 You may know Joe Roper as a San Diego surfing legend, but I first heard of him when he was a skateboarding for Gordon &...
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: An all-American big-wave familyChris AhrensSeptember 1, 2021 September 1, 20210884 I would follow the Ropers anywhere except into the deep, dark waters where they have made their timeless reputations....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: The life and times of legendary surfer Peter “PK” KingChris AhrensSeptember 12, 2019September 13, 2019 September 12, 2019September 13, 201904447 In the early 1980s, I spent quite a few summer days and nights in La Jolla, up the street from Windansea. I had been recovering...