The North Shore is firing...Pipeline is excellant...where are all the east coasters?  I know the North Carolina boys are here, but they don't call me to shoot.  Where are the Jones'?  They both won big bucks at contests.  Volcom owns the lineup at Pipe!  Air fare is cheap, tourism is down, lineups are ...

 I thought your birthday was always on Super Bowl Sunday...if not, happy birthday anyway!

 Gerry Lopez was the man at Pipe.  He won the Pipeline Master in 1972 and 1973.  He was considered the best tube rider of his time.  He was in an exhibition heat at this years (2008) Pipeline Masters Contest.  He shaped for Lightning Bolt and he shaped the board that was the trophy that Kelly Slater won this year.  ...

 At about 9:30 this morning, Nathan Fletcher was practicing for the Backdoor Shootout.  Pipe is most dangerous when there is a long beach and a rising swell.  Nathan took off on a medium sized wave (2' Hawaiian or head high), went up and hit the lip to do a layback snap.  You could hear the snap of his femur from the ...

The Triple Crowd is gone and Christmas is upon us. That brings Christmas Cheer to the North Shore! I hope everyone gets the surfboard they have wanted and waves to ride it on. Have a happy and safe Christmas. TOB    

 Stop in Indiatlantic at one of the surf shops by US 192 and A1A.  Camp at Long Point.  Spanish House is right up the road, along with any number of sandbars from Playalinda south.

 It was decided that it was by chance.  There were many interference calls that day.  The rules committee decided to investigate this particular instance, probably because it involved 7 time world champion Layne Beachley and because Coco and Carissa were high fiving on the way in.  You can read the official version at:  ...

 Here is the actual history, not what Jeff Clark or Riding Giants says is true. In early March of 1961, three surfers, Alex Matienzo, Jim Thompson, and *** Knottmeyer, decided to try the distant waves off Pillar Point. With them was a white-haired German Shepherd named Maverick, owned by a roommate of Matienzo. Maverick was used ...

 I don't know who Fuel gave the nod to, but I remember it being ridden in the 60's. I went there in 1972 when it was better known as Pillar Point.  It was huge!  No, I didn't ride it.  I never liked cold water and that water was freezing!

East Coast Junior Pros need to pick it up this weekend in Sea Isle, NJ, and the final two Junior Pro events at Ponto, CA and Sant Cruz, CA to qualify for the Billabong World Junior Championships.  Travis Beckman sits at # 2 with Blake Jones at # 5 and Evan Geiselman at #7.  The US will be allowed 5 Junior Pros to go to the competition in ...