Dig the Beach The best thing about beach shots is that you and your camera stay dry. This is a major upside for amateur surf photographers who aren't quite confident enough to get in among the action and shoot from the water. Rest assured that you don’t need a ridiculously expensive telephoto lens to get a good beach shot. Try walking up and down the beach for different … [Read more...] about 5 ways to improve your surf photography
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Feel the drag – Is your leash affecting your surfing?
Ever feel like your surf leash is holding you back? Dragging you down? Whatever other struggle related synonyms you can think of. Well it’s not all in your head. Your leash can have an effect on your surfing. It all comes down to basic hydrodynamics - the thicker the lead, the greater the drag. And the faster you go the more it increases. Some surfers claim to feel it more than … [Read more...] about Feel the drag – Is your leash affecting your surfing?
STRGHT Skateboards Hand Crafted And Made in the USA
It is becoming more and more difficult to find locally-made products today, and even less common for those products to be 100% hand-made by a talented craftsperson. Give the complex and soulful process of creating a surfboard or skateboard, one would think these would be aspects of manufacturing immune to offshoring. Unfortunately, the once-sacred art of surfboard shaping and … [Read more...] about STRGHT Skateboards Hand Crafted And Made in the USA
Z-Flex Skateboards And Jay Adam’s Started it ALL
Few people outside of the skateboarding world have probably heard of Z-Flex Skateboards. Those in the know, however, are well aware of the influence and impact that the brand has had on the skateboarding since the early days of the sport. In 1975, the popularity of skateboarding was at its peak, propelled by the Zephyr skate team of Santa Monica, California. The ‘Z-Boys,’ as … [Read more...] about Z-Flex Skateboards And Jay Adam’s Started it ALL
Fresh Faces of the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour
After an exciting 2013 season that ran down to the wire for crowning a men’s ASP WCT champion and the young guns shaking up the Women’s WCT, the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour for both the men and women will be the most progressive year yet for the Dream Tour. Australians Dion Atkinson and Mitch Crews have both earned a spot on the men’s 2014 Tour and rookies Nikki Van Dijk … [Read more...] about Fresh Faces of the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour