ColumnsWaterspotRolling on wheels of future pastChris AhrensOctober 25, 2022 October 25, 20220205 Olympic skateboarder Bryce Wettstein, 18, is the latest “Making Waves” inductee at the California Surf Museum in Oceanside....
ColumnsWaterspotSurfing frozen waterChris AhrensOctober 18, 2022October 18, 2022 October 18, 2022October 18, 20220261 We who live in Southern California are so blessed. We live in one of the few regions of the world where we can surf and...
ColumnsWaterspotEnjoy the rideChris AhrensOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022 October 11, 2022October 11, 20220240 Grauer School's Surf PE instructor puts a high premium on the main reason any of us started surfing in the first place....
ColumnsWaterspotStoked to work with young surfers againChris AhrensOctober 4, 2022 October 4, 20220233 Even if I can't teach anyone much about riding waves, maybe I can illustrate something about a timeless thing called stoke....
ColumnsWaterspotThe Cadillac KidChris AhrensSeptember 27, 2022September 27, 2022 September 27, 2022September 27, 20220527 With his minimalist approach to the sport, Gregg Weaver is a great skater in the same way that Gerry Lopez is a great surfer....
ColumnsWaterspotA cherished addition to my quiverChris AhrensSeptember 20, 2022 September 20, 20220339 Even now, nobody but Skip Frye himself has ever shaped a Skip Frye Surfboard. I doubt any other shaper can make that claim....
ColumnsWaterspotIn praise of the great kelp forestChris AhrensSeptember 14, 2022 September 14, 20220219 Thankfully, cutting the kelp, which is a communal resource, was outlawed in California in 1992....
ColumnsWaterspotHunting joyChris AhrensSeptember 6, 2022September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022September 6, 20220157 When I was a child, I was terrified of the ocean. That seemingly endless body of water was the domain of monsters I had seen...
ColumnsWaterspotThe joy of running waterChris AhrensAugust 31, 2022 August 31, 20220147 He’e nalu comes pretty close to nailing my feelings about the sport I’ve been hooked on for the past 60 years....
ColumnsWaterspot‘Big Wednesday,’ the wave that keeps breakingChris AhrensAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022August 23, 20220850 “Big Wednesday” is forever fresh and sweet. And one reason is that Denny Aaberg is a triple threat as a storyteller, musician and surfer....
ColumnsWaterspotThe low cost of a free rideChris AhrensAugust 17, 2022August 16, 2022 August 17, 2022August 16, 20220118 Litter is lazy, ignorant and rude. It is also an invasion of our common property and a type of theft in a way....
ColumnsWaterspotMurph the Surf’s enduring storyChris AhrensAugust 9, 2022August 9, 2022 August 9, 2022August 9, 20220750 Jack Roland Murphy was a genius who, by his own admission, wasted much of his talent pursuing a life of crime....
ColumnsWaterspotThat amazing Fletcher familyChris AhrensAugust 2, 2022 August 2, 202201101 My first encounter with Herbie Fletcher was not through surfing but skateboarding at the Huntington Pier....
ColumnsWaterspotFinding a lonely beach in a jam-packed worldChris AhrensJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022 July 26, 2022July 26, 20220237 Now, I realize that everyone has the right to find their place in the sun, but North County beaches are taking on a Coney Island...
ColumnsWaterspotSurfer dudes uniteChris AhrensJuly 19, 2022 July 19, 20220143 If all you ever knew of surfers came from the movies, you would think that we were all monosyllabic stoners....