Contrary to what some might think, surfers don’t long for tropical weather to come our way.
Through the years, I’ve come to realize that there’s a clear line of thinking that separates the world’s most successful people from everyone else.
If you’ve surfed the upper Texas coast for any length of time, you’ve likely come to realize the online surf forecasting tools aren’t that much of a help when predicting the best times to surf in Galveston and Surfside.
Yesterday was the official first day of summer, but I think all upper coast surfers would be remiss if we didn’t pause for just a second to thank our lucky stars for the decent run of springtime surf that graced our shores this year.
If you’re reading this right now, there’s a good chance you bought or perused surfing-related print magazines at one point or another in your lifetime.
The last few weeks notwithstanding, surfing along the upper Texas coast is about to enter its dormant season.
Thanks to an early 1980s grassroots organization called Surf Galveston, city leaders and local surfers were able to convince the powers-that-be to establish one of the most liberal surfing ordinances of any of the developed beach cities in the United States, says longtime local waterman Peter Davis, who is also chief of the Galveston Island Beach Patrol.
Island surfers have been spoiled the last few weekends as decent-sized surf has been pulsing up and down Galveston beaches.
Last weekend was a great one for surfers all up and down the Texas coast.
It seems that some days you got it and other days you don’t. At least that’s true for me when it comes to catching waves and surfing well.
Surfing has always offered a time of reflection for me.
By all accounts, last year’s inaugural La Izquierda Surf and Music Festival was a raging success.
One of the wonderful advantages of living in a digital age is that we are always connected to one another and the places we treasure.
Like a lot of fans of pro surfing, I wrapped up last weekend glued to my computer watching finals day of the first event of the World Surf League championship season.
It’s still early, but this spring has been pretty much a bust surf-wise so far for us here on the upper Texas coast.
This year’s tour is full of drama and intrigue, with the returns of 11-time world champion Kelly Slater for his final year of competition and two-time world champion John John Florence, who was absent from the tour for much of last season with a knee injury.
Far be it for me to determine whether someone is a “real” surfer or skateboarder. Such labeling stinks of elitism and shouldn’t have a place in the water or at the skate park.
If you’re a fan of surfing in colder water, you’re in luck.
Before the internet and the ability to stream any surfing movie at any time on demand, there were local gatherings to view the latest surf films.
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