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Edit: This was posted over a month ago and this shit is STILL going on! The Gulf is fucked.
We as a culture have managed to put our own personal interests and desires in front of our own best interests as a species. In 2 generations we’ve managed to make our home a much more difficult, [...]

That’s pretty much the culmination of two years of digging, building, interviewing and scratching our heads on how to best move forward in our lives (collectively and personally) to leave less of an impact on our surroundings. When we first started Phoresia it was with an eye towards products intended to lessen their impact and [...]

Phoresia is pleased to bring to you the first in a three-piece series about surf travel by bike. Author and traveler Scott Paynton writes about how we as individuals can make change simply by considering our daily actions.
It started off as a simple idea. My friend Mike and I wanted to go on [...]

When it comes to making sure our playground is safe and accessible there is one organization that stands heads and shoulders above the rest as far as dedication and perseverance to the cause. The Surfrider Foundation has been around since 1984, getting involved and trying to ensure the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, [...]

The more we explore the essence of surfing and try and simplify it down to the bare necessities, the more we realize that the list is amazingly short. A board, some baggies or wetsuit (depending on where you live), and some wax and you’re set. Luckily all three of these areas are seeing growing [...]

Selling products online is not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination as far as the worldwide internetland is concerned. Many companies sell their products through their web sites direct to the consumer in a cost-saving, cut-out-the-middleman business model, where they benefit from the retail mark-up profit as opposed to selling their product [...]

With the slow but steady expansion of surfer/shapers looking for greener methods of surfcraft construction, as an Australian I felt a bit left out as there didn’t seem to me a hell of a lot going on. In my mind (I was wrong) there was Tom Wegener, Chris Garrett, and a couple of others really [...]

There is a big difference between consumerism and over consumption. A surfboard for example serves a very specific purpose. For the sake of simplicity, lets assume that a surfboard is a tool –a vehicle, which allows you to travel across the face of a wave. This particular vehicle can be made in many different shapes [...]