Locals Only: Surf Spots Where You Are Least Likely To Get A Wave

The eminent surf historian has a point. Love it, or loathe it, localism is an intrinsic part of the surfing ecosystem. In ...
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The Dirty Secret of Violent Surf Localism: It Works

Matt Warshaw grew up in Manhattan Beach in the ‘60s, just as surfing was cementing its central place in Southern California’s culture, and spent his youth in the water. He and his high school buddies ...
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Surfing's Most Notorious Gangs

When talking about localism and hierarchies within surfing, 3x World Champion Joel Tudor said, “I get mad when people say, ‘You surfers are so selfish’, because it’s the same shit in the corporate ...
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In praise of surf localism

I read an article the other day citing a 2023 YouGov poll that showed 41 percent of Americans believe that the Earth is only nine-and-a-half thousand years old, and that man and dinosaurs coexisted. I ...