Jim Mori­arty is a Cal­i­for­nia surfer / activist who is the cur­rent CEO of The Surfrider Foun­da­tion. An orga­ni­za­tion founded by surfers, Surfrider is ded­i­cated to bring­ing aware­ness of the envi­ron­men­tal issues that face our coastal waters. We had the chance to ask Jim a few questions.

What was life like grow­ing up?
It is safe to …

Rob Kulisek is a surfer / pho­tog­ra­pher / writer  orig­i­nally from the New Jer­sey area. Pre­fer­ring all things tra­di­tional, he shoots exclu­sively on film, writes his sto­ries on a type­writer, and does his noserid­ing on a log. He can be seen in Mikey DeTemple’s new surf­ing film, Picaresque.

What was your child­hood like?
I grew up …

Eric Soderquist is a Cal­i­for­nia surfer, who along with pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Burkard, cre­ated The Cal­i­for­nia Surf Project book. In addi­tion to being a tal­ented surfer, he is also a writer and painter. We spend a moment to tap into his vivid imagination.

What was it like grow­ing up in Cal­i­for­nia?
Cal­i­for­nia as a kid was epic. I …

Jaimal Yogis is the author of the book Salt­wa­ter Bud­dha: A Surfer’s Quest to find Zen on The Sea. Equal parts spir­i­tual mem­oir and surfer’s tale, a chron­i­cle of find­ing med­i­ta­tive focus in the great salty blue. We ask him a few questions.

What was grow­ing up in a spir­i­tual house­hold like for you?
It was cool. …

Matt War­shaw is a surf writer who has writ­ten The Ency­clo­pe­dia of Surf­ing and Maverick’s: The Story of Big-Wave surf­ing. He is cur­rently writ­ing his lat­est book about the his­tory of surf­ing. We catch up with him and talk about his expe­ri­ences and fam­ily life.

What was it like grow­ing up in the South Bay?
I loved …