The Best Surf Photography Books

I decided to write a list of the best surf photography books because all the other ones I saw drove me insane (à la this cartoon, which belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Internet Culture.) Of course, it’s all subjective. In reality, though? Those other lists are wrong. Any list of the best…

San Diego to South Africa: Tom Curren, Skip Frye + Derek Hynd

Lately I have been thinking a lot about what I call “micro moments in surf history.” Last week it was Skip Frye, Mike Hynson and Ron Stoner’s trip to the Ranch, and today it’s Tom Curren riding a 5’10” Skip Frye fish (AKA the Litmus board) at South Africa’s Jeffreys Bay in 1993….

Beautiful 70s Dick Brewer Single Fin

It has been a month exactly since I last posted here on the blog. I’m sorry to those who check the blog regularly. I’ve been doing far more writing over at the weekly newsletter I’ve been sending out every month. If you’re not already subscribed, please do. Pictured above is a 70s Dick…

Thanks For Keeping Us Warm, Jack!

I haven’t been surfing for three weeks, and I’m on the verge of losing my sanity. And if you’ve been checking the blog regularly, my apologies, as I clearly haven’t been using the time to write here, either. Nonetheless, here at Shred Sledz there’s always time for quality surf advertising, and I absolutely…

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Tosh Tudor’s Tube Therapy

In an age where clickbait runs rampant, shout out to Tosh Tudor for not beating around the bush. Tosh’s new full-length feature, “Tube Therapy”, delivers exactly what its title suggests. In this case variety means frontside and backside barrels, and I think there’s fewer than ten top turns in the entire forty some-odd…

Shred Sledz Social Media Roundup

Alaskan Tidal Bore Insanity + More

It’s been a while since I did one of these, so here are some highlights from Instagram over the past month plus. I’ve been writing less on the blog here, and focusing more on a weekly newsletter, which you can sign up for here if you’re interested. One of the coolest bits of…