BIG SUN JOURNAL

History: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Second Skin

History: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Se...

Above: Diver John Foster wears two of Bradner’s early neoprene wetsuit prototypes, circa 1952. Images courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, UC San Diego Library. When Bob Meistrell started...

History: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Se...

Above: Diver John Foster wears two of Bradner’s early neoprene wetsuit prototypes, circa 1952. Images courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, UC San Diego Library. When Bob Meistrell started...

What We're Reading: Barbarian Days by William Finnegan

What We're Reading: Barbarian Days by William F...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a...

What We're Reading: Barbarian Days by William F...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a...

Logger Heads 2017

Logger Heads 2017

Loggerheads 2017, Mangawhai NZ was run a few weekends ago. Blue skies and lil peelers made for good times. Pulling the biggest lineup of sliders to date, the event was filled...

Logger Heads 2017

Loggerheads 2017, Mangawhai NZ was run a few weekends ago. Blue skies and lil peelers made for good times. Pulling the biggest lineup of sliders to date, the event was filled...

Talk Story: Gerry Lopez and his Pipeline.

Talk Story: Gerry Lopez and his Pipeline.

September 1990 a perfect 26 second period West swell hits the North Shore of Hawaii. Listen as Gerry Lopez talks about this most memorable session at the Banzai Pipeline, something...

Talk Story: Gerry Lopez and his Pipeline.

September 1990 a perfect 26 second period West swell hits the North Shore of Hawaii. Listen as Gerry Lopez talks about this most memorable session at the Banzai Pipeline, something...

What We're Reading: Surf Is Where you Find It - Gerry Lopez

What We're Reading: Surf Is Where you Find It -...

Gerry Lopez's smooth living, easy going style permeates in and out of the water. Known for making Pipeline, the most dangerous wave in the world, look effortless, even easy, 'Surf...

What We're Reading: Surf Is Where you Find It -...

Gerry Lopez's smooth living, easy going style permeates in and out of the water. Known for making Pipeline, the most dangerous wave in the world, look effortless, even easy, 'Surf...

Happy Days

What's better than dodging work midweek and getting away with a mate. Ryan Glover and Jordan Griffin load up the boat and find some empty waves. Follow Ryan on instagram...

Happy Days

What's better than dodging work midweek and getting away with a mate. Ryan Glover and Jordan Griffin load up the boat and find some empty waves. Follow Ryan on instagram...