Matt Rohrer shares some of the highlights of his conversations with Bay Area surfer Jimmy Holt, focal point of one of the few surfing photos to ever appear in National Geographic Magazine. Selected photos: Jim Shaw

Highs and lows in Morocco. Photos and words by Dan Crockett.

The Mentawais have given a lot to surfers; now it's time to give something back. Kate and Luke Gerson celebrate the beauty of these islands and highlight the continued need for aid following the recent earthquake.

A world away from the average commercial surf competition, pushy dads and nervous groms, generations share the stoke at a contest that celebrates the original Hawaiian spirit. This is truly a unique perspective in surfing. Photos: Yves S

Ian Battrick and Tim Nunn take a journey around the North Atlantic isle of Iceland to put the finishing touches to their book, out this Autumn. Join them on their journey.
Photos Tim Nunn and Ian Battrick Words Tim Nunn

The annual Fish Fry on Australia's Gold Coast gives shapers a non-commercial, non-competitive opportunity to come together and share ideas in a shameless celebration of the fabulous fish. Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Jamie Bott


Crazy June Round-up (part II)

July 04, 2010 | Words By:

cosmic1opener And if all that wasn’t enough, two weeks later we all drove to Liencres (near Santander, Cantabria) for the 5th Amstel Cosmic Children Festival.

A festival that honours the free flow spirit of the 70s as well as Spain’s surfing pioneers. We got lots of peace, free love, vintage boards (plenty of original single and twin fins shaped in the 70s) and some very good and powerful waves on Sunday. Once again Saturday night was epic with, among other bands, the best cover band of The Doors I’ve ever seen: The Other Doors. Do not miss them if they play somewhere near you.

All the photos HERE.

And now we are just trying to recover from all this craziness. We’ve got a month to get rest our limbs, heal our sores and get plenty of energy for the biggest festival of the summer: the 9th Vans Salinas Longboard Festival. After last year’s success (almost 400 registered longboarders + their partners/friends/siblings/offspring/parents/dogs, etc…) this year the organization has extended the festival to four full days (July 29th – August 1st) and added a ton of extra stuff to do. Chris del Moro and Kassia Meador –among others- have already confirmed their presence as no one wants to miss Europe’s biggest longboarding event of the year. Will you?

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