Aug. 24, 2001 — -- Hey Dude! If you think you can throw around a couple of "totally tubulars" and pass yourself off as a surfer, you're a real hodad with the IQ of a Malibu Barbie. The misguided ...

It wasn’t when I noticed the gray hair leaching into the corners of my beard or when I discovered my mid-length was getting dinged up while my shortboards gathered dust. This totally un-radical ...

Surfing columnist Corky Carroll talks about the lifers who still are at the heart of surfing in Orange County.

Canoe surfing, particularly in an outrigger, is an ancient Polynesian tradition. The plastic, cookie-cutter kayaks you find at Costco and lining the beach at Sandals Resorts, those are not in ...

Many moons ago, a young actor named Sean Penn made a household name for himself playing the quintessential surf dude Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." It was, in a word, awesome. Every ...

Jeff Spicoli is alive and well, playing quarterback for Agoura High. Wearing his baseball cap backward atop his long hair and possessing a vocabulary that includes saying “dude” multiple times, ...

I have lived a relatively long life, zeroing in on my 76th birthday on Sept. 29. In terms of being a surfer, I am an old dude, almost always the oldest person in the lineup when I paddle out. I feel ...

FARGO — You know the stereotype of the surfer dude — tan, blonde and lean. Of course, the “tan” and “blonde” parts are the result of days spent under the sun’s rays, but the “lean” part has a lot more ...

Years ago, when a thunderstorm rolled into Ochlockonee Bay at night, locals used to wake up, think of Surf Dog and hope he was OK. "He's such a survivor, and we love his spirit," said Surf Dog's owner ...