Surfer's Path Bloggers

Gonad Man – catch up, keep up, it’s getting hot

Mark Sutherland’s epic 1990s cartoon about surf, philosophy and elephantine testicles was recently re-born as The Return of Gonad Man.
If you’ve missed the Gonad’s regular online installments we recommend you go and catch up.
It offers a hilarious, biting critique of the surf industry and raw Aussie bloke culture.
Go deep, go here for the latest: The [...]

A Gift from Mother Earth

I will never understand why after weeks without surf on Lake Michigan, the best forecast always seems to come on a holiday. This time it was Mother’s Day. We watched the forecast for days, hoping the storm would move quicker or slower than anticipated, pushing the waves to Saturday or even Monday. But somehow, defying [...]

Tasty

A typical conversation with a Pakistani Pizza Hut employee, word for word.
Lahore, Pakistan

Where are you from?
-America
Oh! America!?! I have America in my veins! (Points to his arms) Where in America?- Big Apple, City of Angels, The Lone Star State, Sunshine State? (getting excited)
-Hawaii
Oh! Like New York City! What is your name?
-Beau
Bob, tell me, in the [...]

Summertime Swells

Spring usually means some good swells with warmer weather here, but this last few weeks have been just like summertime, weak swells with north/northwest winds (onshore),the only good thing is that the weather is sunny with plenty of light and I have no trouble in dealing with the dilemma of surfing vs photography…
So here goes [...]

Towards a Greener Lineup: Three Wood Boards at Malibu Yesterday

I was so stoked yesterday to not only test out my new Danny Hess EPS/Poplar/Cork wood Quad, but to also see two other riders on beautiful wood Tom Wegner Alaia’s. This is a sign of things to come, more eco-friendly boards out in the lineup proves that we are now walking the walk. As a [...]

A First Time Alaia Tale

I became interested in alternative wave-riding vehicles and wanted a surfing tool with low environmental impact and simple design. You’ve probably already read how, several years ago, Tom Wegener visited the Bishop Museum in Hawaii and researched their collection of ancient Hawaiian wooden surfboards.
Through his experimentation he found Paulownia wood, native to Asia, to work [...]

Barbados Garbage study

Barbados Garbage Study – by Bryson

Lat: 13 degrees 15 min N
Long: 059 degrees 33 min W
Frequent readers of our wandering – both geographically and mentally – blogs may be beginning to wonder if we are really doing any sort of studies on the plastic refuse concentrating on our beaches globally. Stories of interesting people, obscure [...]

A pure dud of a week

How’s Everyone…
A pure dud of a week surf-wise here up north, after some rare pieces of grind reported last weekend. Small swell washed through Bundo too, much to the surprise of many.
Loads of talk instead of swims, parties, festivals, spear-fishing and lorry pulling … but very very little clean surf. And it looks set [...]