Some of the Volcom team surf a fun session down at Lowers in May.
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Surfing’s most influential clans have continued to make their mark this week. Pat Curren, above, son of world champion Tom Curren and grandson of legendary namesake Pat, won the Rip Curl GromSearch International Final, so we thought we’d look at some of the DNA strands that have changed surfing.
The Fletcher-Hoffmans
The Fletcher-Hoffman clan extends its tentacles so far into the American surfing psyche that it’s hard to know where it starts and where it stops. Herbie Fletcher was … More
Cruise the North Shore, meet Sunny’s family, and get insight into what surfing means to him.
A well-intentioned drive from Panama to California and back ended up as a three-week drive to Oaxaca and a five-month trip back. Once my husband and I saw the Pacific Coast of mainland Mexico, we didn’t want to leave the country. From the border to Oaxaca, Mexico is a surf traveler’s destination.
Armed with every Surf Report published in Mexico, a copy of The People’s Guide to Mexico, a few maps, a Spanish phrasebook and two dogs (one with a ferocious bark and the other with a deadly tongue), we headed south of the border … More