Gabriel Medina, the three-time Surfing World Champion, recently made his way to Lowers Trestles for an exhilarating free surf session. He seized the opportunity to refine his skills before the upcoming Surf Ranch contest. Accompanied by his coach, Andy King, he arrived at Lowers with a burning desire to conquer the waves. Without holding back,…
On January 24, 2022, the surfers at Windansea Beach in La Jolla had an epic session. Scoring overhead waves generated by a fresh winter swell. The outer reef offered some exhilarating rogue sets that thrilled the experienced riders. While the inside bowl is where most surfers posted up catching some overhead waves. Windansea’s unique reef…
On June 17th, 2019, a swell rolled through Lowers, Trestles, providing some shoulder to head-high plus waves, or 4-6 foot faces, to the delight of the local surfers. Surfing is not just a sport but a lifestyle for those who love the ocean and the thrill of riding waves. And what better way to kick…
The Rob Machado Foundation set up an information and water refill booth at Camp Shred 2023. We caught up with legendary professional surfer, Rob Machado, to get some background information about his charity and what was the catalyst. As the surf community gathered at the annual Camp Shred event in 2023, they were met with…
On June 23rd, 2020, William had an amazing session out at Lowers, Trestles. The lefts were super lined up, and he focused on surfing them for his practice session. The waves were between 3 to 5 feet, which made it an ideal day for training before the upcoming Junior Surfing contest that week. William’s surfing…
Dave Woods from Creatures of Leisure gives us a review of the new Italo Ferreira Traction Pad and Surfing Leashes at the Camp Shred event in Cardiff by the Sea. The Creatures of Leisure Italo Ferreira traction pad is a high-performance surfboard accessory. It was designed in collaboration with world champion surfer Italo Ferreira. It…
SLAW VLOG doing some water photos at an inconsistent spot that is only breaking because most other surf breaks in California are totally maxed out with the huge swell. Hopped in the ocean to do some water photos of the local guys. On January 16th, 2018, the SLAW VLOG team found themselves in this exact…
The first ever Jen Smith Aloha Invitational surf contest was held on Aug 11th, 2022 at Tourmaline Surfing Beach in Pacific Beach, San Diego. The surf contest was held in conjunction with the San Diego Surf Film Festival running that week. This longboard contest included notable invitees such as Cayden Bainqualls, Dane Perlee, Josh Hall,…
If you’re a surfer in Encinitas, California, you know that catching a good wave is like finding treasure. And on September 5th, 2020, local surfer Chris Blabac struck gold. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Chris for a long boarding session on this beautiful day. Despite the early morning gloomy conditions, the waves…
A bunch of storm surf built over night and for a brief window the next morning a handful of surfers scored some clean corners and short period wind swell. There’s nothing quite like the feeling of waking up to find that a storm has rolled in and left some epic waves in its wake. For…
