When Gerry Lopez first surfed Uluwatu in 1974, the fabled Balinese wave was magical, empty and pristine. Gerry returned to Uluwatu 40 years later to find it bustling, developed and profoundly changed. After a week of surfing and yoga, however, Gerry tapped into a spirit of place that continues to endure.
In recent years, booming popularity has placed huge environmental pressure on the Uluwatu area. Project Clean Uluwatu is working to ease this pressure and restore the area’s pristine nature. Please donate to help keep this iconic place sacred and intact for locals and visitors alike: pat.ag/Uluwatu
The More Things Change was directed by Nathan Myers and features surfing from Gerry Lopez, Dave Rastovich, Rob Machado and Rizal Tanjung.
Last Friday, surfboard glassing factory Global Glassing in Oceanside, Ca. went up in flames in a chemical fire. One of the surfboard manufacturing industry’s go-to glassers in Southern California, the $500,000 in damage is sure to be a boon for the holiday surfboard industry.
Surfboard manufacturing is an already under-appreciated industry, and when laurels are given they are typically to the shapers and not the glassers … More
NAPA COUNTY, CA – With proceeds to benefit the USA BMX Foundation initiatives in Napa Valley and the North Bay, Jimmy Vasser Toyota will raffle a 2017 Toyota Tundra 4×4 CrewMax truck.
Raffle tickets are $25 each and can be purchased at Jimmy Vasser Toyota or online at JimmyVasserToyota.com.
Local recipients of the funds include the USA BMX STEM Program and North Bay BMX’s new and exciting Beginner BMX Youth Racing League … More
The world lost an icon on October 12th, 2016 with the passing of Dylan Rieder. After battling and beating leukemia twice, Dylan, surrounded by friends and family in Los Angeles, passed away from complications of his illness.
We wanted to honor Dylan’s legacy with a special ode, compiling footage from his early days at Osiris going all the way through his Supreme and Fucking Awesome rampage. No matter his age, Dylan was wholly himself and eternally inimitable.
In lieu of sending flowers, Dylan’s family requests donations be made in his memory to Dr. Stephen Forman. Please address checks to; City of Hope, in memo line: to Dr. Stephen Forman for Dylan Rieder.
City of Hope
Attention: Philanthropy
1500 E Duerte Rd.
Duerte, CA 91010
Rest In Peace Dylan. Forever missed but not forgotten.