There are several things you should know about Harry, his faith, his family, his friends and his love of the ocean. Harry is from an Irish family with 9 brothers and sisters, he and his wife Kate have been married 44 years, have 3 children and 9 grandchildren. Harry is a people person. He knows everyone in [...]
This Special Feature is about Valerie Duprat, owner and shaper of Mère-Made Surfboards. Valerie is passionate about her family, her career in science and about building high performance surfboards. Shaping provides her with a creative outlet to balance what she does all week in the laboratory. However, she still applies to her craft the rigor and [...]
Parker is 13 years old and is a 7th grader at Oak Crest Middle School. He told me he has been surfing for eight years, but that number goes up substantially if you count the fact that his father, Chuck, put him on a surfboard in Hawaii at the ripe, old age of three months with [...]
Interviewed and photographed by Nicholas Paoni At the ripe old age of 17 Taylor Steele crafted a recipe that helped to document, no define the sport and culture of surfing over the next 2 decades. He mixed equal parts of adrenaline and testosterone, added copious amounts of talent provided by surfers who would become the best [...]
Interviewed and photographed by Nicholas Paoni If you’ve ever met Steve Sherman you would remember him. He’s big with a broad, easy smile and booming, contagious laugh. Did I mention his hats? He wears lots of them, and they top off his outgoing personality. Beneath it all, however, is an extremely talented photographer with amazing skills honed through [...]
Interviewed and photographed by Nicholas Paoni The amount of surfing talent in the Encinitas Board Riders Club is well known and pretty awesome. The roster includes a Hall of Fame rider, current pros and a stable of amazing young rippers that will keep the club a force to be reckoned with in competition for many years [...]
The story of Don Hansen is a tale deeply rooted in the history and culture of surfing. Don began his life’s journey in South Dakota in 1937, and word on the street is that when he was 18 years old he hitchhiked to California after graduating high school. Hansen ended up in Encinitas after a [...]
