Beach Grit

At BeachGrit, we approach surfing with the same attitude we have towards life: as a source of joy and positivity! We think that surfers deserve fresh benchmarks that can help clear their minds and reconnect them with the true essence of surfing.

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Californian surfboard brand Rusty accused of stiffing queer female artist

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"I painted this mural in July of last year, and these guys told me how much they loved the mural and then decided to never pay me." The iconic Californian surfboard brand Rusty has been hit with a PR headache after a queer female artist took to her socials to accuse the R dot of not paying for an elaborate wall mural at their Carlsbad store.
New book reveals surfing the magic glue able to bond lily-livered lefties and thick-skulled MAGA clowns!

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

“What started as a surfing book became a story about whether an Obama speechwriter and a Joe Rogan superfan can become friends..." Very few saw this coming. Surfing, our very and most favorite pastime, has been lightly regarded for much of modern history. The pursuit of dropouts and derelicts. Non-serious folk who need only a tasty buzz and some cool waves to be fine.
French and German surfers on the brink after wild male-on-female clash during surfing contest

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"Violence, especially against women, should never, ever be part of surfing." Peacemakers are working overtime in Hossegor tonight after it was revealed local French surfers had given hell to competitors in a German gal contest there. A damning video, more of a GIF than a video but a moving testimony nonetheless, shows one French surfer becoming “physically aggressive”, as they say, after dropping in on a competitor and pushing her off her surfboard.
Florists overwhelmed as surfers who forgot International Surfing Day clog lines!

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

I love you, surfing. You are the best, surfing. There is still time but barely. Tomorrow (or today for our southern hemisphere brothers and sisters) is International Surfing Day. The occasion when surfers everywhere shower surfing with the praise and attention, love and care it deserves during the rest of the calendar year but sometimes doesn’t get.
World-record breaking surfer Dylan Graves stuns world with video of four-mile long wave in Africa

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"Chaotic, beautiful, and downright ridiculous…" For over one decade BeachGrit readers have enjoyed the sunny and generous persona of Puerto Rican Dylan Graves travelling hither and thither in search of weird, wonderful and perfect waves. Click here, here, here, here and here. And here. Here. Here, too. And, here, where it all began.
Major hurricane makes landfall near world-famous Mexican Pipeline

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

"Heavy rainfall will lead to life-threatening flooding and mudslides..." Hours ago, Hurricane Erick made landfall 100, or so, clicks north of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Upgraded to a category 3 with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (127 mph) and gusts reaching 250 kilometers per (155 mph), it is the first to hit Mexico this hurricane season. Forecasters are predicting above-average activity from May to November, guessing that eight to eleven swirling storms will form.
Olympic gold medallist Italo Ferreira names unborn son after Roman God of War

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"Come my son, we love you SO much already!" Two weeks ago, the world’s first surfing gold medallist Italo Ferreira shocked fans by deleting every single post from his Instagram account and leaving but one post featuring a carousel of he and his nutritionist-model gal Sofia Larocca embracing while Larocca holds printouts of an ultrasound of their upcoming kid.
Surf journalist buys Vans x Queer Surf collab shoes in solidarity but is horrified when they/them arrive

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

"I do not, nor never will, support SUPs, Wavestorms, Ben Gravy-branded soft-tops or foils around people." Polarized times, these are, but I don’t have to tell you. It’s hard to keep up what with America-first anti-forever war United States President Donald J. Trump considering bombing Iran under pretenses that makes George W.
Surf star Kelly Slater designs luxury watch to celebrate Hawaiian home

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Chas Smith

"This watch reflects everything I love—the ocean, nature, and the easygoing style I’ve always connected with.” Kelly Slater has been a multi-hyphenate since almost the beginning. The young surf prodigy, blessed with knee-buckling good looks, quickly added model to surf. Next came acting followed by boy toy followed by singer, songwriter, inventor, astrophysicist and designer. Wild to imagine that a boy from Cocoa Beach could become so much.
Volcom founder Richard “Wooly” Woolcott pours cash into surf start-up Florence

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

“I was really struggling with all the turmoil surrounding Volcom. I was in a dark place. Florence is a positive light in a sea of chaos." If any proof was needed that the start-up surf brand Florence, formerly Florence Marine X has become the hottest brand in surf, the appearance of Richard Woolcott, founder and former CEO of Volcom, as an investor is probably it. Florence Marine X was launched with $12 million in seed cash in 2020.