The Pipe contest is running this week, in the time slot it has been for 53 years. Twice it was moved, twice it came back, for reasons most long-time observers credit to a good sense and heritage. Now ...

There’s no way to shortcut the path–whatever yours may be–to becoming a better surfer. You just have to go through your own motions, whatever they may be, and take offered tidbits from elders when ...

An open mind is what led Mr. Gerry Lopez—rather, Mr. Pipeline—into a career in surfing. He wasn’t ambitious so much at the start as he was plainly curious. Surfing, at least in Hawaii, at the time he ...

Discuss the matter and state of surf shops with a surfer of Gerry Lopez’s stature and tenure–a shop owner himself between 1970 and 1980–and you might find yourself wondering, like me, whether it isn’t ...

Here’s a not-so-bold, not-in-the-least-bit-farfetched claim: Gerry Lopez is one of, if not the, most barreled surfers on earth. From the North Shore of Oahu (and Pipeline, of which he is the absolute ...

Elder God, surfing icon, two-time Pipeline champion, and lifelong yogi Gerry Lopez and Manduka’s CEO Pamela Levine join the pod to discuss their new partnership. Gerry opens up the pod by discussing ...

Free and welcome as Mr. Pipeline is with (and on behalf of) the surfing community at large, he admits his transgressions in exposing spots, and professes lessons learned therein. Primarily: Keep your ...

“If it’s not the right time, it’s just not going to happen,” says timeless Hawaiian style icon Gerry Lopez, who shaped surfing even more than he shaped surfboards (and that was a lot). Lopez ...

Editor's Note: This is the fifth installment of an ongoing series illuminating a number of pearls of wisdom from the great Gerry Lopez. It’s easy to identify yoga or yogic principles in many ...

Editor's Note: This is the third installment of a weekly series of pearls of wisdom from Gerry Lopez. Look for the next one to drop next week and the series to run through mid October. Discuss the ...