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Sharing the Ocean with Sharks

Sharing the Ocean with Sharks

BY NOW, I’m sure everyone has seen the stunning photo from San Onofre last week of the great white breaching straight up into the air…
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Hiking in Laguna Canyon

Hiking in Laguna Canyon

WITH THE PANDEMIC CONTINUING to rip through California unchallenged, I am presented with a very limited set of choices — stay in the house…
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The Art of Surfing with the Flow

The Art of Surfing with the Flow

STUDYING THE ANCIENT Chinese philosophy of Tao can be frustrating at times. Tao is there, but then it’s not. It provides guidance, but then…
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Crystal Cove, CA.

Crystal Cove, CA.

THE PLACE IS CALLED Crystal Cove for a reason. On a sunny day when the waves are small, the water is so green and see-through that you feel…
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Graduating To a Bigger Surfboard

Graduating To a Bigger Surfboard

I SPENT SEVERAL teenage summers ripping it up in the water on my little 6 foot short board. Growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, it was all…
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Mahalo, Maui

Mahalo, Maui

IF THERE IS ANY place in the universe more beautiful than Maui, I have never seen it. Each evening when my kids are in the hotel room…
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Sighting

Sighting

IT WAS THE DEAD SILENCE of the sighting that surprised me the most. I had always assumed that if I ever crossed paths with a shark in the…
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Still Paddling Out

Still Paddling Out

celebrating 30 years of surfing
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Into the Deep Blue

Into the Deep Blue

MASON SAT ON the soft white sand with his bare feet buried deep within the silicone crystals and his arms wrapped tightly around his knees…
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Gus

Gus

MY NAME IS GUS and I am a white seagull. Actually, I am not completely white — I have specs of gray and black mixed in with my fluffy…
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White Riptide

White Riptide

MY HEART WAS beating so fast that I felt as if my chest would rupture at any moment and that blood would shoot through the wall of my…
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One Last Thing

One Last Thing

THE AIR WAS BLACK and the sand was cold along the bottoms of Blaine’s bare feet. The thick fog choked his lungs and the freezing water…
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Aristotle’s Tornado

Aristotle’s Tornado

A Surfing Tale
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Sunrise at Dolly’s Donuts

Sunrise at Dolly’s Donuts

Short Story by J.S. Lender
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Midnight Pier

Midnight Pier

Short Story by J.S. Lender
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