Hopefully you’ve been rocking no-shave November, so you’ll be primed and ready for the first annual Battle of the Beards at the OSU Alumni Center Saturday, December 3rd, presented by Jebediah Awesome and spo
Keith Novosel, Portland-based photographer, great guy, writer of the SE To NW roadtrip saga, and purveyor of chill surf style is throwing a double-feature surf-movie night in Portland next Thursday.
It's the gods’ country. The Olympic Peninsula. The sun dances off the windblown whitecaps and refracts in the depths of the protected coves along the coastline of the Hood Canal.The above-the-treeline peaks jut up from the ocean nearly 8,000 feet. Looking from Todd Fischer’s back porch, the mountain range divides the bluebird sky from the cobalt blue of the Pacific.
If you've been following along on our Twitter feed or Facebook page, you've probably seen that we're working on a video and word feature on Olympic Peninsula surf artist and all-around fantastic human being Todd Fischer.
I got the press release from the good folks (Stacey Maier) at Rogue and it's happening all over again. The Gathering surf contest 2011 edition is coming up September 10 and 11 and registration is open now until August 31.
Rain was pouring like Morton salt and it was one of those coast days where everything is gray: gray sky, gray water, gray sand. The surf was knee to waist high. Despite Mother Nature's less-than-ideal offering, the 18-and-under competitors at the 2011 Otter Rock n' Roll represented the soul of Northwest surfing--staying stoked despite the conditions.
Sunday May 15th. Westport, WA. The wind was crackling the contest tents and beating the surf down into onshore mush burgers. The rain was dropping in at a 45 degree angle soaking everything it touched and it felt like it was about 42 degrees. A local salmon trawler--a Mt.
When Lincoln City, Oregon local Ken Wilson isn’t busy stand up paddling the rivers and waves on the central Oregon coast, manning-up at Tackle Buster Reef, or road tripping the NW looking for some clean lines, he’s busy spreading the stoke to new surfers--whether it’s giving an SUP lesson or helping organize the
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