Maybe WE’RE Just the Butt of Thom Browne’s New Designer Surf Joke
Photo: Thom Browne For the past week, we’ve all been tagging each other en masse, passing around photos of spaghetti looking boys in neoprene suits. You know which ones I’m talking about. They blew up...
View ArticleA Very Serious Step-by-Step Guide to Dressing Like a Surfer
Fashion is the most important thing in the world. It is, without a doubt, the thing you should be most concerned with at all times. Other people’s perception of you is of paramount importance–more...
View ArticleI Laughed So Hard I Drooled Watching This Guy Troll a ‘Shred-It’ Truck
Shred it Bro🤘🏾the link is in my bio 💯 like and share! Follow me for more. And Add me on sc: nathanwilliams7 A post shared by Nathan Williams (@nathan_williams7) on May 26, 2017 at 1:52pm PDT Comedian...
View ArticleWe Had a Caricature Artist Draw a Bunch of Pro Surfers at the US Open of Surfing
A few weeks ago, Señor Dylan Heyden, The Inertia’s Associate editor, had a brilliant idea to throw a little twist into the standard pro-surfer-contest-interview format: Add a caricature artist into...
View ArticleWatch These Canadians Invent Golf Course ‘Body Surfing’
This is as much surfing as the Laird Hamilton-endorsed Golf Board. Still, you’ve got to hand it to these Canadians for their wild imaginations. Why surf a board, when you can just use a friend? And...
View ArticleHow to Survive Conversations With Non-Surfers
Photo: Unsplash / Jakob Owens We all cross plenty of these people every day: the “outsiders” who don’t surf. You’re really not sure what they do in life. What’s their direction in life? What are their...
View ArticleHere’s the Worst Attempt at a Gainer You’ve Ever Seen
“She said she did gymnastics in high school.” And that’s probably the best Youtube video header ever, too. This girl thought she could pull a gainer and impress the local cliff jumping crew. Not so...
View ArticleSick Graphs #1: How Sick Your Barrel Was
How sick was your barrel, bru? Image: The Inertia Welcome to The Inertia’s brand new, very simple, very true series Sick Graphs, where we illustrate unequivocal truths in surf, mountain, and outdoor...
View ArticleThis Video Explains Why the Internet and Action Sports Are Responsible for...
Some call it progress. Some call it good old fashioned one upsmanship (made up phrases are the best phrases). Some call it the reason we give out the Darwin Award. Whatever you want to call it, the...
View ArticleThis Graph Perfectly Illustrates Surf Fighting
Surf fighting. It’s just science. Image: The Inertia Welcome to our second installment of Sick Graphs, where we illustrate unequivocal truths in surf, mountain, and outdoor sports. I remember watching...
View ArticleDane Gudauskas Celebrates Stoke-a-Rama with a Birthday Barrel (While Getting...
Few smiles light up a room the way Mr. Dane Gudauskas’ does. So we only thought it fitting that capture that smile via caricature over the course of a good-natured interview about his charity event...
View Article6 of the Best CrossFit Routines to Dramatically Improve Your Surfing
In recent years, “surf training” has become a real thing. No longer is it enough to simply surf–one must constantly be physically preparing for the difficulties of sliding on top of waves....
View ArticleSick Graphs #3: What Warchild Lived For
According to science, Warchild had his priorities straight. Image: The Inertia “They only live to get radical.” Bodhi knew. Cost him his life. I tested it out. It had my balls in a death grip from the...
View ArticleWe Asked Pros How They Do the Rock Dance at Lowers
As much as we hold pro surfers on a pedestal, it’s nice to remember that the best in the world still deal with a lot of the same struggles we do. They’re human after all. Lowers is often lauded as the...
View ArticleThis New Dadbag Celebrates the ‘Dad Bod’ in all its Glory
Photos: Albert Pukies Finally, someone is really celebrating the most beautiful part of a man, in all its glory: the beer gut has been made into a fanny pack for your headphones, wallet or anything...
View ArticleSick Graphs #4: How Much Dogs Love Surfing
Science! Man’s best friend. They just want food and pets. Notice that barrels and air reverses didn’t make the list. We’re not saying that, as a rule, the canine doesn’t appreciate the occasional...
View ArticleThese 5 Videos Show People Trying Desperately to Make Their Own Backyard Wave...
Let’s be honest, most of these attempts at backyard wave pools are pretty desperate. But can you really blame these poor bastards? For years, people have dreamt of having their own surf wave all to...
View ArticleLaird Hamilton and Gabby Reece Showed Us How to Throw the Perfect Shaka at...
I am a Laird fan through and through. I like that he’s polarizing. I like that people try to cut chinks in his armor while he marches onward in a direction he believes in. I like that he doesn’t care....
View ArticleSick Graphs #5: How Many People Listen to Turtle?
Science! But more people should listen to the fella. He’s Turtle! Image: The Inertia Last winter when we got to Haleiwa, we were standing on the beach at Backyards checking the surf when John Philbin,...
View ArticleNew Study Reveals Important Findings on the SoCal Beanie-with-Tanktop Phenomenon
The beanie and tee combo. A SoCal specialty, as seen by a younger version of Kelly Slater. Photo: WSL Southern Californians’ unique propensity to wear a beanie with t-shirts, tank tops, boardshorts, or...
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