Chas Smith

Helmet time. We surfers, we queens of the sea, know that a certain amount of risk is baked in to our favorite pastime.

Tick tock it's time to rock. Yesterday was a historic one. Australia's Oscar Berry ran the table, turning in a perfect zero heats won all

"The athlete required stitches on his nose..." Just yesterday, surfers everywhere learned that four in ten of us were destined to have a head or face injury.

The time has come. You know the drill. Be clever, win a Vaer Watch. Good Luck! 🔴 WATCH LIVE - Fiji Pro presented by Corona Cero 2026 - Day 3 - WSL Championship Tour

"When the waves start to billow you can't see anything. It comes one wave, next wave, next wave. At that point, there's no chance to get out of it."

Wetsuit mania. I have been surfing much, lately. The San Diego-adjacent air a humid 80 degrees (Fahrenheit), the water very warm and perpetual swell in the ideal 2-4ft range.

Much potential horror. There are many ways to die whilst surfing. Shark attack, being on the wrong end of some surf rage, seal attack, bonking head off reef, bonking head off board, seal attack.

Come inside. The gang's all here. Join Deeks, Negs and the yet-to-be-announced Day 3 winner with a fine Vaer around your wrist.

Terminator'd. Of all the surf-adjacency we've dealt with, here, the very controversial topic of data centers has yet to be broached.

A great disturbance. It has been a wild summer for California's southern third. June opened a wild run of swell that, really, hasn't quit.