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Surf themed film festivals are popping up all over surfdom recently – the most recent arrival being the New York Surf Film Festival. The festival will take place at the Tribeca Cinemas in Lower Manhattan from September 26-28. It would seem that the surge in film festivals is paralleled to surfing’s increased public growth. However, […]

Patagonia is perhaps not best known for it’s surfing products. Most would think of fleeces and climbing gear when they hear the name. But in truth, Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard has been surfing since his youth and surfing has always played a big role in the companies direction. Most of what Patagonia produces in its […]

On Labour Day I paddled out at one of our more crowded right handers to enjoy some small waves on the log. The weather over the past few days has reminded me of Florida with big black clouds, freakish thunder and lightning that made the dog tremble for hours, and hellish downpours. Luckily the wind […]

We’ve been working on a new layout for Phoresia for some time now and are still working out some little kinks but thought we’d go ahead and get it out there. New posts will always be in this top area and to view the full post either click the title up above or click “More” […]

It’s been two years since I first contacted Paul Jensen for an interview. Paul’s name is well known amongst the readers of Swaylocks.com. He is also well known for his incredible hollow wooden surfboards. However, to the mainstream surf media Paul is probably just another backyard shaper. That is fine with him. There are a […]

At 32, I am clearly on the other side of youth culture. And many of my values and ideas about life and surfing have been shaped by my generational influences like music and media. I say this because I wonder how many of our readers come from a similar background. Are we reaching any of […]

I got into the habit some years ago of keeping my current boards in board bags. I’ve got a few boards and have racks in my garage for storage so I don’t need a bag for every board, but I typically ride the same 2 or 3 boards 90% of the time, so they usually […]

We’ve talked about the “surf collective” quite often in the last year. I sometimes wonder if there is any such thing. Surfing is mostly presented to us through the paid for media vehicles that we see in print, video, and on the web. But how representative is the sales driven mainstream media of the way […]