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The WSL Wants You as Our Ambassador of Stoke and Leisure


Have you ever wanted to spend six weeks on the North Shore with a hundred of your favorite pro surfers? Now's your chance.

The World Surf League is hiring an Ambassador of Stoke and Leisure to soak up the best of Hawaii -- palm trees, deep tubes, parties, pros, beach time, açai bowls, fruity drinks, and lots and lots of coconuts -- and to share it all with the internet.



So, what is stoke, exactly?

Stoke is the excitement you'll feel when you:

1. Walk out of your current job/parents' basement knowing you'll soon be in Hawaii for six weeks
2. Drive around finding the most un-freaking-believable scenery in all of Hawaii
3. High-five John John Florence
4. Surf Hawaii for the first time...or surf anywhere for the first time
5. See the best surfers in the world getting barrelled on surfing's most legendary waves



And then, of course, what is leisure?

If you stopped reading two lines ago in search of something more fun to do...well, come back, because you'd be perfect.



What will you be doing?

You'll be the the head of a newly created department within the WSL - the department of Stoke and Leisure - to be run out of our Hawaii office, the WSL event sites, and a prime-time Airbnb where you'll be in charge of two ultra-important initiatives: Being excited about whatever is happening and chilling as much as possible.


Job Requirements:

1. True stoke. You are required to be stoked about life, surfing, palm trees, pro surfers, coral reefs, crystal clear water, not working for The Man, mind-blowing sunsets, the occasional coconut, and more. If none of those things elicit stoke in you, then you need not apply.

2. Ability to maximize use of an all-access pass at highly-attended events. If you enjoy being a fly on a really, really cool wall, you're gonna love this thing.


3. Skilled at 'gramming. We are going to load your Like cannon big time, but it is you who must light the fuse. Waterfalls. Parties. Cliff Jumps. Famous people. Hammocks. Lava. FRUITY DRINKS. Jet ski rides to places you didn't even know you wanted to go. Brace yourself for plenty of comments along the lines of "I hate you," sent from within the confines of cubicle walls.

4. Energy. You're about to do a bunch of stuff. Unbelievable stuff. You'll want to amaze your friends, family, grandkids, people you've just met, and total strangers with one knockout highlight reel of The Whole Thing. Six weeks in three minutes. We'll hook you up with lots of hi-res footage, music, and a world-class editor-guru, but the main ingredient will be your experiences. So nap on the plane, hit the ground running, and don't stop 'til December 20.



Benefits: Cash
Hawaii
Unlimited coconuts
And more...


Apply Here
Staying Rideable/Fun Size Through Weekend

LOLA wave height chart for the eastern North Pacific.

Fresh, fun size NW-WNW swell mix for NorCal for the upcoming weekend
Modest S hemi swell mix also prevails through the weekend
Light/favorable winds for most areas early; clean conditions in the mornings

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The Brothers Marshall representing First Point Malibu in Jack McCoy's documentary A Deeper Shade Of Blue

Watch the full film on Amazon: A Deeper Shade Of Blue



Album Surf's Stoke Mobile Tour will be at Lone Wolfs from 4-7PM this Saturday:

Meet head shaper Matt Parker
Book a time to order a board
Check out current board models
Pick up some fine Album gear
Enjoy free swag and giveaways
Feel the stoke and slap a high-five


Lone Wolfs
2545 Lincoln Blvd
Venice California 90291



Labor Day Weekend brought tons of Wavestorms and wipeouts to all the spots. Here's some wipeout shots from the Venice Breakwater by Six12 Media.








Click: Wednesday Wipeouts for the previous wipeout photo sets.



Bay Street Boards is having their Fall Skate Jam! CONTESTS, PRODUCT TOSSES, BBQS and MORE. FREE STUFF FOR ALL! Saturday at Stoner Plaza around 1pm.

Stoner Skate Plaza 1835 Stoner Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025


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Surf & Skate Shop
3216 Santa Monica Blvd
310.310.2485
Mon-Fri 10a-8p Sat 10a-7p Sun 10a-5p
By Schaler Perry.
Fall is a great time to be a surfer in the Southern California bight. Three viable swell sources are in play, high pressure over the southwestern U.S. often brings light winds, and moving deeper into the season the lauded offshore Santa Ana winds return.

When looking at the climatology for Southern California, we see a small spike in days with appreciable swell through September, those numbers coming down slightly through October and November. While this is interesting, in that the offshore swell info shows the impact the statistical peak of hurricane season has on September, there is a tale of two exposures happening across Southern California. Looking to our archive of human surf reports, we see that breaks with an open exposure to Southerly swells offer the most size in September, and then gradually come down through October and November. Looking to areas that are winter stalwarts, like Ventura, there is an opposing upward trend through October and November.

We expect this usual trend to be generally in line this fall. There aren’t any factors pushing us to rail against the climatology one way or another, though we anticipate it may be right for the wrong reasons. First, the tropics have been pretty slow for SoCal surf over the summer, and while there is certainly potential for a great swell on account of an improved storm track (we typically see systems moving at us instead of to the west), a couple factors are keeping us from counting on it. Notably, it has been relatively slow in the Northeast Pacific tropics while the Atlantic has been, and looks to remain, very active.

Instead, we look to the Southeast Pacific to keep climatology in line for open south exposures, while the Southwest Pacific continues to mostly struggle early. There are some indications there is potential we will see better swell-making storms return near New Zealand. A note of caution, the longer-range climate models have been teasing this for much of the season, though it could be a little different this time. The North Pacific looks primed to have a respectable early season. We’ll see a pair of decent lows in early September and the available guidance suggests periodic opening of the storm track over the Gulf of Alaska and off the U.S. West Coast. While storms in the early season are often too high in latitude for solid swell, it’s a hopeful sign for the season ahead.
SoCal Goes Small

LOLA wave height chart in the North Pacific later Sunday evening.

SoCal is small with a blend of NW and Southerly swells
Modest NW swell through Tuesday as well