Santa Barbara Surfing Source

		Santa Barbara Surfing Source


		Local stoke and information here, focusing primarily on new content.

Musings and Philosophy
		I wrestle with the concept of "modern longboards" in small waves and the result is a setback to my surfing. Anticipation and nostalgia run high as our winter season opens. A bit of rumination on the paradox of surfing perfect but overcrowded lineups joins with an appeal to act a little more civilized in the lineup -- just say "go!".
Myths and Fiction
		Cyberpunk meets surfing in the Surfrat Diaries, an ongoing tale of the hapless Surfrat and his quest for gulls, waves, drugs, and a new brain.
True Stories
		Baja beckons to us from across the border with promises of cold cervezas, empty green waves, washboardy roads, and the prospects of intestinal disorders. Take a sample of what the "other California" has to offer. Flashbacks: What were your three best surfs of the past year? Send in your own and see others' highlights from the past few flips of the calendar. The New Year traditionally brings us a decent swell and a stoked writeup from a one-time Santa Barbara local who hits it every year. Still waiting for his latest. Summertime stoke: Foondoggy returns with a sick one about a 5 day trip to the Valley and the places a lot of us surf in the summer. Mysto Soup follows up with some high hopes, dashed expectations, and unexpected stoke during a summertime travel trip to a rare surf spot. Surf the planet... take a look at the results from World Surf Day 1997, a global surf-session with over fifty world-wide participants. Treat The Devil Waves of Santa Barbara as a cautionary tale of lost-wave karma... for those who might consider heinous acts as a best man. The Shortboard Revolution at Rincon is an excerpt from Bob McTavish's larger tale of his involvement with Nat Young, George Greenough and John Witzig in the creation of the shortboard and Australian power surfing. Big Wednesday was first a movie, and then it became reality on December 13th, 1995. Visit the alt.surfing newsgroup for surf stories and dialogue. Many of the stories archived here were first posted to this newsgroup. Believe it or not, sometimes Rincon will break in the month of July. The Fang Archives are a set of surf stories sometimes-based in the Santa Barbara area by the travelling personality, surfer, and archetype known as Fang. A first-time visitor to California caught an epic dream session 15 years ago. You might be surprised at where he scored perfect, solitary surf. Read some of the stories submitted by readers of this site. Feel free to provide your own!
Book and Movie Reviews
		Most of the reviews have been moved to my public reviews section on Amazon.com in the hopes that they can reach a broader audience. Veterean surfer Mark Occhilupo and surf video master Jack McCoy have teamed up again for a worthy retrospective simply titled "Occy: The Occumentary."

		Santa Barbara Surfing, an open content site. Created by Tim Maddux, courtesy of UCSB, CoE, ME, and CS. Last updated 9/14/2001.