Photo of the Day: Slurpee wave slash via @hammered_sam. Shot by @mikebromley.

“After nearly 30 years of surfing, it occurred to me recently that almost none of the best sessions I think back on fondly happened at famous waves,” @hzahorseman says about why surfing an iconic wave isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. “My best tubes have been at beaches that I don’t even think have names and dot empty stretches of the California coast. Turns I’ve done that I’m the proudest of happened at closeouts sloshing weakly beneath barnacle-crusted pier pilings at ho-hum state beaches. The longest waves of my life have been at unremarkable Baja pointbreaks far from everything, especially notoriety.” Hit the link in bio for the full article. Photo by @chachfiles.

Photo of the Day: More gratuitous Pipeline beauty via the lens of @chachfiles.

Photo of the Day: Local Pipeline specialist @kalooneytunes, right at home in the belly of the beast. Shot by @chachfiles.

@andrew_doheny, using a self-shaped board to vaporize an Indo lip during the filming of “Handmade 2”. Hit our link in bio to watch our new film. Shot by @grantellis1 at @htsresort.

Surfing isn’t always the end-all be-all in terms of happiness making. For @hzahorseman’s culture essay on how surfing does (and doesn’t) help our mental health, head to our site. Illustration by @robertbeattyart.