ColumnsWaterspotSurfing as a contact sportChris AhrensMay 30, 2023 May 30, 2023082 Kooks have every right to be there, but it would be nice if the surf schools they graduated from taught them etiquette....
ColumnsWaterspotPowers’ guitars inspired by local wavesChris AhrensMay 24, 2023 May 24, 20230156 Taylor Guitars CEO Andy Powers is a master guitar designer from Encinitas, inspired by the local surf and music scene....
ColumnsWaterspotIt’s summertime — somewhereChris AhrensMay 15, 2023 May 15, 20230107 Exiting the rainiest winter in years, we are now faced with a marine layer seemingly as impenetrable as a bulletproof vest. ...
ColumnsWaterspotThe continuing adventures of Giles FinlaysonChris AhrensMay 10, 2023 May 10, 20230283 Giles is often far from home, but anyone who knows him will tell you that he is at home anytime he is in or near...
ColumnsWaterspotHow surfing rescued meChris AhrensMay 3, 2023 May 3, 20230171 Things changed when I heard Dick Dale’s “Surfer’s Choice” album. The sound was exhilarating, and the action behind it, surfing, even more so....
ColumnsWaterspotSurf KingsChris AhrensApril 18, 2023 April 18, 20230457 I don’t remember exactly when I first met Bruce King. It might have been during my brief employment at Hansen Surfboards in the early 1970s....
ColumnsWaterspotBeyond the surf zoneChris AhrensApril 11, 2023 April 11, 20230128 The biggest reason I want to paddle to the kelp and beyond is to explore a place I know little of....
ColumnsWaterspotA surfing legend emerges from ‘The Hanger’Chris AhrensApril 5, 2023April 6, 2023 April 5, 2023April 6, 202301187 Last Saturday, I along with about 50 well-wishers helped lam master Gary Stuber celebrate his 80th birthday....
ColumnsWaterspotThe endless ride of Henry HesterChris AhrensMarch 29, 2023 March 29, 20230346 He was always dabbling in something he loved: motorcycles, skateboards, surfboards, surf mats, with a keen eye peeled to the future....
ColumnsWaterspotA day with skateboarding’s first familyChris AhrensMarch 21, 2023 March 21, 20230598 A “Lunch with the Logans” celebration was held at Todd Huber’s Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum in Simi Valley....
ColumnsWaterspotQuiet Mike and other dearly departedChris AhrensMarch 6, 2023 March 6, 20230313 Many of those I once surfed Swami’s with are gone now, and that may be one of the reasons I don’t visit there as often...
ColumnsWaterspotThe siren’s song of storm surfChris AhrensMarch 1, 2023March 7, 2023 March 1, 2023March 7, 20230180 Why, you may ask, would anyone want to paddle out into such cold froth?...
ColumnsWaterspotThe lesson of Dana PointChris AhrensFebruary 21, 2023 February 21, 20230645 The Army Corps of Engineers, the same crew that built Dana Point Harbor, also had Cardiff Reef locked in its crosshairs....
ColumnsWaterspotBig wave surfing at the Eddie Aikau InvitationalChris AhrensFebruary 15, 2023February 17, 2023 February 15, 2023February 17, 20230347 Few will ever know the rush of dropping into a wave like the ones that creased Waimea Bay for the invitational....
ColumnsWaterspotRemembering recent losses in the world of surfingChris AhrensFebruary 7, 2023 February 7, 20230572 Bob Bahne, Bob Sakoda and Pat Curren kicked out recently, leaving the lineup and the surfing world poorer in their absence....