I will plead ignorance here and say that not only have I never personally been to a wave pool, but I haven't even looked at footage of a wave pool in years. Which is why when I saw the video below, it blew my mind. No wonder people are advocating the development of wave pools to replenish a very limited resource.

There’s been a lot of talk regarding a new Dream Tour that is rumored to be debuting next season.  We’ve broken down some of the basics, adding our pros and cons, but outside of an e-mail Kelly Slater sent to his fellow pro surfers back during the Billabong Pro J-Bay announcing that there will be a new tour next season, the greatest surfer of all-time hasn’t said much, if anything, regarding this new tour.  Not anymore.

Pete Devries, arguably the greatest surfer to ever hail from Canada, joined Cyrus on his special summer radio series Board Talk to talk about possibly being one of the favorites to win the ASP’s first contest ever in Canada, the upcoming six-star O’Neill Cold Water Classic Tofino, being photographed numerous times for a special Surfline series focusing on the amazing South swell that hit the Pacific Coast (pics 5, 7 & 16), and why he will never leave his hometown of Tofino.

Pete Devries, arguably the greatest surfer to ever hail from Canada, joined Cyrus on his special summer radio series Board Talk to talk about possibly being one of the favorites to win the ASP’s first contest ever in Canada, the upcoming six-star O’Neill Cold Water Classic Tofino, being photographed numerous times for a special Surfline series focusing on the amazing South swell that hit the Pacific Coast (pics 5, 7 & 16), and why he will never leave his hometown of Tofino.

The madness is over! Yey! Seriously, has there ever been a more boring version of the Disney X Games? It’s just a stale, stagnant version of its old self. Two things are direly needed: A change in venue (and by “venue” we mean a whole new location, enough of L.A. already), and less events. Amazingly enough, a massive south swell coupled with the arrival of the world’s best surfers resulted in the U.S. Open of Surfing coming through. Highly doubt that’ll happen again. Congrats to Brett Simpson for winning at his home break of Huntington. Listed below are the complete results from the latest clusterf*ck edition of the Disney X Games, plus video highlights of Kelly Slater’s Perfect 10 at the U.S. Open of Surfing.

We seem to bash the folks who handle the writing for Disney’s Surfing Site quite regularly, and for good reason.  They write pure rubbish.  Whether it’s sharing their boring personal stories, or sharing news that everyone else knows about, or simply publishing irrelevant and drab stories, Disney’s surf site blows.  Which is why when their Blonde Whale decided to write a piece bashing East Coast surfing, readers came out from hiding in droves to lay into the Blonde Whale for yet another idiotic piece, leaving nasty yet witty and hilarious comments that we’ll gladly republish for your viewing pleasure.

When suit poseur ASP CEO Brodie Carr is willing to fly half-way around the world and wait three weeks for a meeting with Kelly Slater’s business manager Terry Hardy, you know the ASP is starting to sweat.  Yet that’s what Carr did, and while he isn’t discussing what took place in the meeting, according to The Australian, Hardy “was bullish about his ability to steal the sport away from the ASP.”

Proud father films his tiny little grom learning how to surf.  How adorable.  Yet lurking amongst the spectators is a vision of hideous proportions: Not just a beached whale, but a naked beached whale.  Proceed at your own risk.

Disturbing video after the jump.

A photographer shooting Malibu surf from a helicoptor spotted a Great White Shark lurking just 500 feet from shore.  The amazing video footage reminds everyone that Great Whites owns the Pacific Ocean.

Video of a massive Great White Shark lurking in Malibu after the jump.

If you’ve ever decided to take your favorite stick with you on your travel adventures far and wide, only to arrive at your beautiful destination with a wrecked surfboard due to baggage mishandling, you’re not alone.  My beloved 6’ 1’’, which has traveled with me to multiple countries, ridden hundreds of breaks, and witnessed some of the planet’s most beautiful islands, beaches, waterfalls and terrain, had its tail wrecked last year upon my return from Costa Rica.  It breaks the heart.