Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and many of us are looking forward to spending time with our significant others. But although most of us celebrate Valentine’s Day, we might not all be aware of how it started. Valentine’s Day is the holiday of Saint Valentine, but the Catholic Church actually acknowledges the existence of three Saint Valentines, all of whom were martyrs. The most commonly held legend connecting a Saint Valentine to romance is that Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage for young men in order to encourage them to be better, more focused soldiers, but a man named...

Carissa Moore has been one of the most competitively dominant female surfers of all time, and is arguably the greatest surfer of her generation. Ever since she was a young grom ripping her home breaks of Ala Moana, we South Shore surfers have known that she was going to become a superstar—and she did a lot more than that. After winning multiple national championships, Carissa joined the World Tour, where she absolutely dominated. She won five world titles, 28 World Tour events, 3 Triple Crowns, and the first Olympic gold medal in surfing. She also finished runner-up for the title numerous...

A Collaboration Between Dan Mann and Kelly Slater I recently had the chance to chat with legendary shaper Dan Mann about the S Boss surfboard design from Firewire. Dan was posted up in Costa Rica, doing R&D on board designs, but hopped on a Zoom call to give me the low-down on this rad board. SHOP NOW The Origin of S Boss What was most interesting was the fact that he didn’t just explain the design elements, but also told me the history of the board. It dates back to 2020, when he and Kelly Slater were hanging out in the...