Ihave an unscientific theory, hypothesized the other morning during coffee cup introspection, that surfers love riding waves because the act itself connects us with our true nature.

As of Thursday, the beach water temperature in Galveston was hovering at around 65 degrees at the Pleasure Pier, a precipitous drop from just a few weeks ago. Combined with colder air temperatures and stiff offshore breezes, neoprene coverage will be the name of the game for the next five months or so.

Our daily lives can be tough.

As my early-morning flight ambled its way across the mountainous West and into Los Angeles this week, I was reminded of a saying I’ve heard quite often: “You can never really go back.”

The World Surf League’s championship tour has hit the homestretch as the best competitive surfers in the world battle it out in the final three events of the season.

It’s early morning, the pinks and purples shimmer against puffy clouds as the sun begins its climb across the Texas sky.

Stephen Hadley is a longtime surfer who lives and works in Galveston. If you have an idea for this column, email him at stephendhadley@gmail.com.

James Fulbright was 10 years old when his mom brought him to Galveston to surf for the first time.

In this age of social media saturation, I often find myself pondering a question again and again: If you don’t post about a surf session on Instagram or Facebook, did it even happen?

Most long-time surfers understand the virtues of having a local craftsman shape a board that will work well in our conditions here on the Gulf Coast.

The Southern Spears Surf Shop team continued its dominating season and won the coveted Wes Ellsworth Team Ratings Champion Award during the TGSA’s state championships at Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi.

This interminable summer flat spell is stretching into another week, and for once, I’m not complaining about the lack of rideable waves.

With our summer flat spell hitting its fourth week, a surfer’s thought naturally turns to travel.

There’s nothing quite like a surfer’s first wave.

This is turning into a banner year for women’s surfing.

Hurricane Barry, which inundated much of Louisiana with rainfall last weekend, wasn’t much of a swell maker here in Galveston.

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.