Living Rivers Freshwater Surfing
The snow melts to the rivers, and the rivers run into the oceans. This is the journey of our watershed, what now has also become the evolution of surfing. Mountain town used…
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Vissla Cosmic Hermosa 2016
Come enjoy a journey back to the alternative, more experimental time of the 1970’s. A place where surfboards ruled the shops, when shapers were gurus, and surfing had a mystical soul about…
SAY GOODBYE TO NEOPRENE: PATAGONIA INTRODUCES YULEX
New for Fall 2016, Patagonia introduces the world’s first and only neoprene-free wetsuits made with natural rubber from sources that are Forest Stewardship Council® certified by the Rainforest Alliance. It’s a groundbreaking…
SUMMER DREAMIN’ FEATURING COREY COLAPINTO
Here at Gearminded, summer dreaming really does involve a 9’0 boards and some super clean waves. At the water warms up and the sun lights up the afternoon all we want to…
IT’S NOT THE DESTINATION BUT THE JOURNEY
The Great Journey is an understatement of how inspirational this trip looks from these globe trotting athletes. From riding the copper color sand dunes to surfing waves that rarely see boards or…
GoPro Surf: Best Wave of 2016 Featuring Anthony Walsh
Anthony Walsh just made our day with his latest GoPro footage. Waves like this simply don’t come around very often and when they do it’s a game of chance to being in…
First Surfable Board From 100% Agave by Gary Linden & Cuervo
Big Wave Legend Gary Linden and Jose Cuervo Tradicional Create Surfable Surfboards Made of Recycled Agave Gary Linden, legendary surfboard designer, has created ridable surfboards made of recylced agave, in partnership with…
Bureo x Carver Collection of Skateboards
Bureo Inc., an emerging venture focused on developing solutions to prevent ocean plastic pollution, announced today the release of their newest skateboard model, the ‘Ahi’. Constructed from recycled fishing nets, the new…
World’s First Water Resistant Wooden Watch
“THE WORLD’S FIRST AND ONLY WATER RESISTANT WOODEN WATCH” The first watch we created is called “Oceania.” For this watch, we wanted to pay homage to the cultures that created modern action…
Smith Photo Journal: The Galapagos
Smith is excited to launch its 2016 Life Beyond Walls webisode series with Life Beyond Walls: Galapagos featuring surfers Dillon Perillo, Brett Barley, and Mike Gleason. Life Beyond Walls: Galapagos We are for the explorers, for…
Hudson Ritchie: Malibu
South Bay’s Hudson Ritchie ripping Malibu during the tail end of an early south swell on his new MS Surfboards. Music by the Allman Brothers Band Video filmed/edited by Cory Gehr (corygehrphoto.com)
This Surfer Wasn’t Hot Enough For Sponsorship
Silvana Lima has the passion and raw talent but is said to be lacking something even more important in the eyes of her potential sponsors, the looks. Let’s face it, when brands…