Ella Boyd

Staff Writer and Photographer at The Inertia

News Writer at POWDER Magazine

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Laguna welcomes Surfing Heritage and Culture Center

1 month ago | lagunabeachindy.com | Ella Boyd

If you live and surf in Orange County, or really anywhere in Southern California, you’ve likely visited the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center in San Clemente, better known by its clever acronym, SHACC. While the exhibits, events and space left nothing to be desired, the location, being in an industrial and out-of-the-way part of east San Clemente, lacked foot traffic.
The FIS Freeride World Tour Just Announced It’s Returning to the U.S.

2 months ago | theinertia.com | Ella Boyd

The FIS Freeride World Tour just announced a new stop for 2026: Haines, Alaska. The big mountain freeride world tour has not seen an Alaskan event since 2017, marking almost a full decade since the destination’s last appearance. Nicknamed “the dream stop” on the FWT previously, Haines is especially well-known in the freeride world for its skiing and riding, with technical spines, pillows, and steep, deep terrain.
The FIS Freeride World Tour Just Announced It’s Returning to the U.S.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Ella Boyd

The FIS Freeride World Tour just announced a new stop for 2026: Haines, Alaska. The big mountain freeride world tour has not seen an Alaskan event since 2017, marking almost a full decade since the destination’s last appearance. Nicknamed “the dream stop” on the FWT previously, Haines is especially well-known in the freeride world for its skiing and riding, with technical spines, pillows, and steep, deep terrain.
The Length of Things: Trying to Understand Why I Longboard

Mar 25, 2025 | flipboard.com | Ella Boyd

7 hours agoWatch LIVE - Day 2 of BTMI Barbados Surf Pro and Live Like Zander Junior Pro pres. by Diamonds IntlThe pinnacle of North America's 2024/2025 QS season and 2025 Pro Junior season lands at the world-renowned reef of Soup Bowl. Located in the heat of Barbados, Bathsheba plays host to the final event of the season to determine who qualifies for the 2025 Challenger Series and World Junior Championships.
The Length of Things: Trying to Understand Why I Longboard

Mar 25, 2025 | theinertia.com | Ella Boyd

It’s the aesthetics. Photo: Luisa Denu I learned to surf from my dad. Let me rephrase that. A better explanation is my dad took me surfing and let me use his quiver. Which is/was pretty cool of him to do. We still surf together when I go home. He usually picks out some sort of ultra thin, sub-seven-foot-board which is a little bit ridiculous the majority of the time, considering conditions in Maine are rarely head high, with the average day being knee-high-ankle-slappers.
The Length of Things: Trying to Understand Why I Longboard

Mar 25, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ella Boyd

I learned to surf from my dad. Let me rephrase that. A better explanation is my dad took me surfing and let me use his quiver. Which is/was pretty cool of him to do. We still surf together when I go home. He usually picks out some sort of ultra thin, sub-seven-foot-board which is a little bit ridiculous the majority of the time, considering conditions in Maine are rarely head high, with the average day being knee-high-ankle-slappers. All of this is actually fine by me. The sub-par conditions, I mean.
Examining the Benefits of Longterm Surf Trips or Short-Term Strike Missions

Mar 17, 2025 | theinertia.com | Ella Boyd

Post session, when it’s all worth it, regardless of how long you’re there. Photo: Philip Kammerer//Unsplash A recent exhibit at the Surfing Heritage and Cultural Center got me thinking that travel is, perhaps, the most central component to surfing.
GROM OF THE WEEK: Gage Burch

Mar 13, 2025 | picketfencemedia.com | Ella Boyd

Gage Burch is 12 years old and in seventh grade at Shorecliffs Middle School in San Clemente, where he surfs for Shorecliffs Middle School Surf Team. He recently won a WSA competition at the Huntington Beach pier and made the finals in this year’s NSSA Interscholastic State Championships in Cardiff by the Sea. Gage told us that his dad got him into surfing when he was about 7 years old, and he’s been surfing ever since.
One Surfing Activist Will Win an All-Expenses Paid Trip to Namotu Island

Mar 10, 2025 | theinertia.com | Ella Boyd

Namotu is the ultimate playground. Photo: joliphotos.com So much of surfing revolves around community: the faces you see in the lineup day after day, the surfers you nod to in the gym or at local bars, the screaming groms and families hanging out at the beach on the weekends. In surfing, there’s also a lot of talk about attitude in the water, but usually, there’s no tangible prize for smiling on slow days or chatting up other surfers during lulls.
16 Images From an All-Time Run of Swell on the North Shore

Feb 28, 2025 | theinertia.com | Ella Boyd

The energy on the North Shore palpably shifts around the first week of March. Maybe even a little bit before then. “For sale” signs begin cropping up on trucks parked around Pupukea and Ehukai. The ratio of non-surfing tourists slowly creeps up until you realize you haven’t seen anyone walk into Foodland barefoot to buy poké in over a week. Cars no longer stack up on the side of Kam Highway, binoculars peeping out over Waimea Bay.