"If you're not back by Monday, I'll post an ad for your job." The jokes came thick and fast from my work colleagues after I told them I was headed to Guerrer...

Ask ten people where the best wave in Southern California is and it's likely a high number of those people would respond with Trestles. Lower Trestles is the...

Days five and six of our ten day surfing guide saw us head to Baja, California, Mexico. I know what you're thinking. You thought this was a ten day guide to ...

Surfing is more popular than ever before, especially as we are still in the summer season. So how does one get uncrowded waves these days? I was having this ...

There is not much I love more in life than surfing. So why do I still lack motivation to surf on some days? Complacency is a funny thing. Sometimes I still f...

What excuses have you used to not paddle out? Too windy? Too small? Too big? I've used them all. It's easy to get complacent as an intermediate surfer. Its e...

I grew up in a small village on the South Coast of England. A rural fishing town surrounded by farming villages. Now I am older and living 6000 miles away fr...

Mental health awareness is a trending topic these days, in a gross kind of way, if you ask me. I notice many well-intentioned people saying the right things,...

I recently heard Kelly Slater say, “If you're an intermediate level surfer you should surf a big wide board and surf comfortable waves”. The idea, I presume...

To Simon Short, life is like a scale — balance is essential. It’s a perspective he adopted after successfully battling depression through surfing and writing...

Simon Short sat at the end of a Newport Beach rock jetty in the darkness, clutching a gun and ready to end his life as his depression hit an all-time low. Fo...

One day I’m sitting in an airport lounge in Los Angeles, sipping on a sugary coffee drink while listening to a middle-aged woman nearby complain about her yo...

San Onofre, California. What better place to start our list of the top 5 waves for intermediate surfers. The iconic wave, famed for beginners, lazy longboard...

The opening lines of 'The Average Surfer's Guide' lament that, as a young lad of 15, my friends and I would venture out into any surf conditions. Ice, wind, ...

Like many, I started surfing because it looked fun and cool. The whole lifestyle was inviting. The secret language, the adventure, the travel, the boards, th...

One of my goal is to surf around the world and report back to all the other average surfers out there, offering a more relatable view of surf destinations ar...

The following is an exerpt from the author’s new book, The Average Surfer’s Guide to Travel, Waves and Progression... I was about 18-years old when I experie...

It goes without saying the lineup can be an intimidating setting. Whether you’re braving the outside for the first time on your brand new Wave-storm or paddl...

S I am stoked to announce that I am now part of the Fitzroy Surfbooards family. I will be contributing content and articles to the brand and helping develop ...

This article was taken from the blog at www.fitzroysurfboards.com I am not talking about your fitness.  I am talking about you, me and the every-man or every...