Arturo Baravalle taught himself by watching YouTube videos and getting in the water as much as possible. “When I started, I went to friendly surf spots, like Tourmaline. I stayed away from the crowds.... My ...

Charley Stevens nearly chopped off an ear while surfing in Carlsbad. “I was about 13. The crease where my skull and ear connects got clipped by the fin of my surfboard. My ear was hanging ...

Thomas’s 7´4˝ surfboard was shaped by Tim Bessell of La Jolla. "I probably have 20 surfboards in my quiver.” “On a day like today, a beautiful day, really great waves, there were only two of ...

My dad took me and my buddy out to Crystal Pier in PB. It was in the middle of a big storm. There was nobody out in the water. It was like being in a ...

Julie Schuman, a Cardiff native, admits that stand-up paddleboarders can be tiresome due to their tendency to drop in on other people’s waves. “I know what the rules are out there,” Schuman says. “I don’t ...

Christmas Jerk I managed to avoid being homeless on Christmas Eve 1979, but just barely. Unemployed since that summer, I found a cheap flophouse on 12th and Island where 70 bucks a month got me ...

Baja is back Hip and delicious. There’s no reason not to get in your car and go. By Elizabeth Salaam, July 24, 2013 | Read full article I was hit with the realization that half ...

Look for the online list of Best Of voting winners soon. We have printed and re-stocked extra copies of this week's print version where the Best Of voting winners are listed. Best place in San ...

Cheerleading Is More Dangerous than Fighting Cage-fightin’ rock stars. It’s Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., and I am waiting for amateur mixed martial arts fighter Jaime Reyes at the Lakeside Cafe. When he walks past me, ...