Tag: Kelly Slater

This week, Kelly Slater—occasional San Clemente resident and undisputed most dominant competitive surfer of all time—turned a spry 51 years ...

At 50 Years Young, Kelly Slater is Set to Make a Historic Run at a Record 12th World Title By ...

The WSL’s 2022 Championship Tour Kicks Off This Week with the Billabong Pro Pipeline By Jake Howard The start of ...

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles Did you hear that Irvine is building a new water park? It reminds me vividly ...

By Jake Howard For San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino, his upcoming Olympic moment has been a long time coming. Andino’s father, ...

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles How did a 1991 graduate of San Clemente High School come to be the premier ...

After two close calls on North Shore,  importance of water safety training couldn’t be more apparent By Jake Howard As ...

Local Ripper Kolohe Andino Named First-Ever American Olympic Surfer By Jake Howard San Clemente’s Kolohe Andino has become the first ...

The story of a surf club in Mozambique, the Positive Vibe Warrior Foundation and the Pope By Jake Howard On ...

With local surfers enjoying so much competitive success, a new book reminds us that there’s more to surfing than winning. ...

By Jake Howard Making a big move to level the field in pro surfing, the World Surf League (WSL) announced ...

Fred Swegles By Fred Swegles If you enjoyed last week’s column about San Clemente surf artist Gary Prettyman’s painting of ...

By Fred Swegles If you have never seen the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters, this would be a good ...

By Jake Howard Last November, a few days before Thanksgiving, the opportunity to take a spin at the Kelly Slater ...

Jordy Smith of Durban, South Africa (pictured) won the Hurley Pro Trestles, defeating John John Florence (HAW) in the Final ...