Ten Cool Surfing Towns

The culture of surfing has brought a community of life enthusiasts the worlds biggest waves, inspirational journeys, breathtaking scenery and lots of awesomeness from those who ride the waves.  I have put together 10 great surf spots from around the world that everyone should put on there bucket list. Surf towns were you can immense yourself in the culture, learn of the deep history and have incredible fun and an amazing experience.

Tofino, British Colombia

Got to give it up to my hometown. The huge tides flatten out the beaches and create very mellow beginner waves. An old fur trading town sitting on the prettiest spot on Vancouver Island has fresh culture with great markets and festivals

Taghazout, Morocco

This ancient Berber encampment became an outpost for European adventurers trekking into southern Morocco in the 1960′s. The waves are almost long period ground swells and the winds consistently blow offshore means great shape and plenty of power

Bundoran, Ireland

This centuries old fishing village catches just about any swell that steamrolls through the North Atlantic. Known as Europe’s cold water Indonesia the Emerald Isle most famous reef break the Bridge is a unique mix of old school Ireland and surf culture.

Byron Bay

Near the remnants of prehistoric rain forest of the Gondwana forests in Queensland, Byron Bay stands out as one of the spiritual and historical homes of surfing that favours live bands and relaxed cafes. A place for great waves and a pleasant atmosphere.

Biarritz, France

Considered the birthplace of European surfing Biarritz is a nice combination of French high culture and SoCal surf culture. If you need to get away from the high end vibe check out surrounding villages such as Ahetze and Espelette for a taste of small town Basque.

Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

A small town tucked away between the salt marshes, sandy barrier islands and old wooden piers of the American southeast. The southeast is hotbed of stand up paddleboarding and Wrightsville has one of the most popular loops in the region

Santa Cruz, California

Tucked between sea cliffs and redwood forests this NorCal gem boasts a fantastic surfing museum and classic surf spots like Pleasure Point. Steamer Lane was proving ground for aspiring West Coast big wave riders in the 1950′s who rode giant winter swells on wooden longboards

Nosara, Costa Rica

Warm water, friendly locals, endless beaches, powerful river mouths, long point breaks, and high swells make it a veritable surfing Disneyland. To get some volcanic reef action head north to Playa Pelada or experience the awesome power of the heavy tubes of Bocas del Nosara

Paia, North Shore Maui

Starting out as a sugarcane boomtown now has a artsy, eccentric vibe perfect hangout for artists, surfers and wind sport enthusiasts. Not as well know as Oahu’s North Shore, daily side shore winds that shred the lineups most afternoons means that there are a lot of waves for everyone.

Raglan, New Zealand

The town is a throwback to the the golden days of surfing. Whaingaroa as it’s known in the local Maori language, introduced itself to the world when the  seemingly endless left hand point breaks were featured in Bruce Brown’s film The Endless Summer.

Bukit Peninsula, Bali

The peninsula is a rural outpost of limestone cliffs, pristine beaches, fearsome reef breaks, and hilltop temples where Indonesian culture still dominates. For the more experienced surfer visit two of the most famous waves in the world at Padang Padang and Uluwatu.

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Amazing feats from a youthful heart

Recently I did a write up on a killer company out of Twin Falls Idaho. Inter Demented BASE jumping provides people the means and lessons to fly of the 486 ft Perrine Bridge. Im stoked to hear about the awesomeness that took place over the weekend. To celebrate her 102 birthday Dorothy Custer did a tandem jump of the bridge, bringing her day into epic style. Which is a follow up to her  first zip line across a canyon she achieved a year earlier for her 101st birthday.  She defines the very essence of what being fun and badass is all about. When asked about her jump she simply said “It was too short, now there is nothing left to do but just live”. Words that irradiate simplicity and beauty.  After a life full of memories, relationships and roads traveled  she still seeks out the awesomeness on this big blue marble with vibrant positive energy. At an age where most of us may never reach Dorothy inspires the youthful power of the heart to live your life to the fullest and leave now regrets. To hire the full story of this incredible women click here

2012/2013 Snowboarding Season in Review

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This snowboarding season began with a slow start. Many of us in Colorado were hitting A-Basin in October along with the early season video premiers in Denver. The snow was only coming in spurts, the storms never "dumped" but the constant 2-4" storms early season were enough to get a base formed at many of the resorts in Summit County.

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Radness at its Very Soul

Dont know how I came across this photographer but I’m glade I did. Brian Fick is a San Diego based photographer with a love for skateboarding, landscapes and people. Some of our great moments exist only for a second and Brian captures them with brilliance. The perseverance in learning your cameras flash and ambience exposures to the point where you catch radness at its very soul is how he converted his dream into living it with his skateboard heroes.

An Awesome Time With A Conscience Mind.

1% For the Planet and the Mad Marathon has partnered up and created the first 1% For The Planet Mad Marathon. Hosted in Vermonts Mad River Valley, a local race experience celebrating the beauty of community, environment and living a healthy and sustainable lifestyle. Bringing an event that encases a fun charismatic landscape with a genuine message is one of the reasons I’m Stoked to be a part of such a rad and positive global network with One Percent For The Planet. In its two years since it was created Mad Marathon has seen runners from 48 states and 12 countries. Taking place on July 7th take an opportunity to be apart of an amazing experience. To check out more click the link below.

http://www.madmarathon.com/

Christian Hosoi

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Christian Hosoi came to Woodward in 1992. He was larger than life. Style. Power. When he walked into the camp, the day just seemed brighter. Skaters wanted to be him and girls wanted to be with him. He flew so high on the blue steel vert ramp that it looked like he was being dropped by God out of the clouds.

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Defining an era Christian Hosoi is inducted into the Hall of Fame

The Art throughout Poland

  Through a rich culture, a feeling has been engraved into the polish skate scene of today, a determination to create awesomeness. 1st Floor is the biggest concrete indoor DIY spot in Poland and possibly all of Europe. Its origin began with a local skater, Jacek Harasimluk who came across an abandoned building to be a sweet spot to ride during the winter. With his friend Boniek Falicki inspired a vision to revitalize the whole building in to skateboarding and art. Transforming all corners of the architecture into brilliance, 1st Floor includes a quaterbowl, banks, ledges, bumpy waves, two wallrides that gives a wallride transfer option, a funbox, two grindboxes, two rails and a pole jam. Where these two skateboarders saw a diamond in the rough and polished out its shine, so was the creation of the architecture deep within a salt mine in the south. From the 13th century these salt mining artists have achieved in creating a full Cathedral, rock salt chandeliers, many intricate sculptures and carvings along the long walls. Reaching 1023 feet deep, the reflections of the wonders can be seen in the underground lake. Located in the southern town of Wieliczka the mine was one of the oldest in continual operation in Europe, only second to the mine in Bochnia Poland. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site Poland proves that with determination rawness can be turned into awesomeness. Poland is a symbol of prosperity showing how a community revels together to achieve beauty and wonder out of the rawest form. Truly Badass. to check out more of the Salt Mine of Wielickzka and Ist Floor click the links below.

1st Floor: http://1stfloor.pl/

Salt Mine: http://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/

North Shore thaw brings world-class kayaking

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Photos by Dan Kraker

Along the North Shore of Lake Superior, streams like the Lester River in Duluth are roaring, full of chocolate-brown, frothy, churning spring runoff. It's that time of year when hikers are warned to stay away from the creeks -- and when kayakers like Chris Baer flock to them.

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Chris Baer descends a 20-foot waterfall on the Lester River that he has dubbed "Almost Always." North Shore rivers can create powerful and dangerous hydraulic forces where the water recirculates like a giant washing machine.

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Greener, Lighter, Faster, Awesome

     Carving the face of the wave while we ride our board can now been down with leaving less of a carbon footprint on the ocean and coastal environment. Sustainable Surf is an organization who has redefined a major aspect of the surf world, the surfboard. Founded by Kevin Whilden and Michael Stewart long time surfers created a non profit charity organizations with a mission to be the catalyst that transforms surf culture and industry into a powerful community that protects the ocean playground. The innovation and creativity has enabled them to develop  the “ecoboard”. A 100% recycled polystyrene foam core coated in a bio-basin resin. EPS (expanded polystyrene is a newer material that involves a more friendly manufacturing process resulting in a 55% reduction in its carbon footprint as compared with building boards out of the traditional polyurethan. Sustainable Surf has created the opportunity for us to continue what we love to do, just change the way we do it without affecting its awesomeness. But in fact making it more awesome. The performance of the material is why its the greenest because it so hard to break there is less chance of having to replace boards.

   To change the mind set Sustainable Surf has teamed up with The Association of Surfing Professional to provide green guidelines for all North American pro events. Achieving outstanding success diverting 90% of the waste generated in competitions. Innovation sets them apart and is a driving force with their internal initiatives. Their Waste to Waves program recycles different waste materials and makes new eco friendly surfing products, like recycling your styrofoam into eco friendlier surfboard blanks or plastic bottles refashioned into board shorts. Which is pretty rad. From the beginning Sustainable Surf set out to create a board that was lighter and would raise the standards of performance, now has inspired to raise our standards on ecological progress. To learn more about this kick ass group and what they are doing to preserve and restore our coastal environment click here.

Stoked for the launch of the One Tribe 2010 online shop

      For awhile now we’ve been setting up an online retail store and are stoked to announce we have officially launched. One Tribe 2010 Clothing. A mix of clothing and apparel in the world of surf,skate and snow. Started out simple with a hobby of making t shirts to friends and family around the northern west coast on a old school heat press. Sold our first tee during the pre winter olympics of 2010. Hence the name One Tribe 2010. Living on an island and a ferry roll away from the rocky mountains set the vibe and found us fitting with some great communities. We look on bringing it back to the basics. When being awesome rad and gnarly spoke so loud. Designs reflect the vert evolution of skateboarding. Hitting the back countries of the Canadian rockies and the sick breaks of the North Shore pipeline.

Along with some cool companies we’re offering some wicked, original, quality products. Sweet sunnies from Nectar Sunglasses out in Florida. Beanies, tuques and hats from Discrete Headwear in Utah, and the awesome longboards from Jaseboards on the north shore of Oahu. We love the part of getting out there and being badass. But also being true to the culture and history that celebrates the innovative progression of the sport. Recognizing that we have a part to keep the environment beautiful to enjoy for generations to come. A great reason why we hoooked up with One Percent For The Planet. Contributing one percent of our sales to assist in their righteous eco driven programs throughout the globe. Further driving our inspiration to set forth our own ecological efforts in house with the Envy Green program. Basically we would like everyone to be envious of this awesome planet we call home and want to do their part in preserving it.

With the awesome crews were associated with, and all the brother and sisters who hoist up their middle finger, live life to the fullest and by their own rules, we are stoked for the global journey to come and hope you will have some kick ass fun with us. After all we are all One Tribe and “life is what you make it”.

Mahalo & Respect from:

The whole crew at One Tribe 2010

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