Sam George

To set you up for a fantastic 2025 and keep you stoked on the year ahead, here are 10 things surfers should be grateful for. It makes things a lot easier.

Greg Long, salt water veins and all, charges Cortes Bank. Photo: Frank Quirarte

Cold-water surfing isn't for the faint of heart. And it certainly impacts our performance. But there's something about it that makes us enjoy riding waves more.

From a SURFER magazine-organized trip to China, to the coaching of the legendary Peter Drouyn, the author examines the origins of Chinese surfing

After watching the disappointment of competitors at the Pipe Pro, Sam George reflects on losing at the OP Pro. Yes, he knows what it's like to lose. It sucks.

Surfers virtually live in the shark’s world, and have since recreational wave-riding began. The author examines interactions found in historical documents.

Sam George gives his list of the top 10 most influential surf sessions of all time, which might explain how, why, and even where you surfed this morning.

Talk about a surfer’s worst nightmare — I was kooking-out in front of Gerry Lopez. This staggering awareness came to me at the top of Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor.

The ancient Polynesian voyagers had their way of predicting seasonal surf. So did early ocean enthusiasts. But what would we do without modern surf forecasting?

Before they were called mid-lengths, Dave Parmenter and his Stubb Vectors were darn close. Sam George looks at the history of the modern mid-length surfboard.