In 1985, three years after the Santa Cruz Longboard Union was formed, an informal surf contest between the SCLU and the Malibu Surf Club was set to take place on Memorial Day at the Lane.

Sean Collins analyses SoCal's most iconic surf spot

"I fly frequently from san Francisco to san Diego right over Malibu and it is quite strikin ..."

"How low do you have to fly to see the crowd?"

Nate Yeomans explains the two faces of Pipeline.

A most masculine gallery.

"Was the title "Asses and wipeouts" considered? "

August will be a big month for three-time Mavericks winner Darryl Virostko. Known as "Flea" in the big wave surf community, Virostko will commemorate three years of sobriety on Aug. 25. About that same time, Virostko and girlfriend Onawa Foster-Tannheimer expect a baby girl.

The portrait of a reborn father is a far cry from the indomitable hard-charger rumored to surf Mavericks high.

"Will Flea teach his bb to surf? Will he teach her to throw a ball (not like a girl)? I t ..."

"Dude, @utah, are you really @sfsurfer/@cyrus in disguise? What's your personal gripe w/Cla ..."

"bixler's the only person they have covering this beat, she does okay, the rest of the hmbr ..."

WSI (Weather Services International) predicts 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 4 intense hurricanes (category 3 or greater). These 2011 forecast numbers are above the long-term (1950-2010) averages of 12 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 intense hurricanes and match the averages from the more active recent period (1995-2010) of 15/8/4.

I got barrelled for a week! Over the course of one week in Lahinch, Co. Clare artist Eoin O'Connor painted a stunning mural of the view from inside the barrel of the infamous Cliffs of Moher wave, Aileen's. Painted with household emulsion on the walls of Lahinch Surf Cottage. Filmed on a GoPro HD compiling over 40 hours of footage and edited with FCP down to 5.39 minutes.

The battle over dogs at Fort Funston, Crissy Field and Ocean Beach is now big news at City Hall. The supervisors -- or most of them -- are worried that a ban on off-leash dog walking in some GGNRA parks would drive more dogs into city parks (likely). But the Sierra Club folks are determined not to let the dogs keep running free because they threaten the endangered plants and animals.