WaterspotThe Young Man and the Sea: A Windansea shark storyChris AhrensApril 16, 2024 April 16, 2024024 According to Windansea surfer Scot Cherry, “I was trolling off my [13-foot] board with my friend, Danny Thomas (Tiny Brain Thomas’s son). I like using...
ColumnsWaterspotThe many lives of ‘Windansea’Chris AhrensApril 1, 2024 April 1, 2024023 Being a great wave and home to an elite fleet of surfers, Windansea is worthy of a full-color coffee table volume....
ColumnsWaterspotBranding Mac MedaChris AhrensMarch 19, 2024 March 19, 2024023 Can you call a group of wackos who drove cars off cliffs and destroyed abandoned houses just for fun an organization?...
ColumnsWaterspotWindansea: The story of the surf break and the characters who inhabit itChris AhrensFebruary 28, 2024 February 28, 20240215 From the very first time I visited there in 1965, Windansea emoted a sense of joy and fear, in roughly equal parts....
ColumnsWaterspotTom Wolfe said what?Chris AhrensNovember 28, 2023 November 28, 20230102 I’ve had a hard time taking him seriously since he attempted writing something I know a lot about, surfing....
ColumnsWaterspotWaterspot: The life and times of legendary surfer Peter “PK” KingChris AhrensSeptember 12, 2019September 13, 2019 September 12, 2019September 13, 201903961 In the early 1980s, I spent quite a few summer days and nights in La Jolla, up the street from Windansea. I had been recovering...