You can watch ‘Five Summer Stories’ — and a thousand other surf flicks — by going to thesurfnetwork.com any time. “Because Jim and I were getting so busy doing commercials and Hollywood projects, we ...

Let’s begin at the beginning with the first of the genre “Beach Party.” American International Pictures (AIP) made five ...

Ed Garner, a local Southern California surfer who found a home alongside the likes of Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in several of the popular beach party movies of the 1960s, has died. He was ...

Before The Endless Summer made him a household name, Bruce Brown’s first few films — like Slippery When Wet (1959) and Surfing Hollow Days (1961) — offer an equally poetic and corny perspective on ...

Inspired by a true story of survival.

Founded in 1960 by John Severson, a surfer, artist, and filmmaker, Surfer was the “bible of surfing.” Thanks to some of the world’s best photographers, writers, and graphic designers, Surfer became ...

What – or who – gets left behind when you decide to blaze your own trail in life? What matters more: your family or your dreams? These questions are at the heart of Melanie Benjamin’s novel ...