Swell Lines Mag

Bodysurfing yarns woven ‘tween crest and trough

Volume 4 Issue 5

  • Volume 2 Issue 1

      a. Fleeting Womp Perfection b. Tribe c. Sports Illustrated- Feb. 22, 1971 d. Goin’ Straight e. Visions of the Month: March 2015

  • Fleeting Womp Perfection

    Sure it’s closed-out, but if you spend enough time swimming around a womp, you find moments, instances, flashes of Cloudbreak, Pipeline perfection. A doubled-up right meets a tripled-up left as the backwash flares… and a single, fleeting section of mindbending beauty appears. Warping, slabbing, sandsucking dynamism.  These are the waves that are most synonymous with…

  • Tribe

      Born-again in the sea, salt junkies we are. Great and small we have found our home in the gentle unrest of the Ocean. Instead of tattoos or flagship colors we don ankles raw almost to bone. Our intent is, simple as our uniform, to feel the Ocean’s heart thump and be tangled in its…

  • Sports Illustrated- Feb. 22, 1971

    *This article is reprinted from Sports Illustrated- February 22, 1971 SI Vault According to longtime Wedge rider, Ron Romanosky, Sports Illustrated was unsuccessfully sued for slander by one of the Wedge bodysurfers in the article. Ron says, “Curry Kirkpatrick, SI staff writer, wrote this in a tongue-in-cheek manner, thinking all along that those of whom he…

  • Goin’ Straight!

    Here comes a set. “Which way should I go? Left? No, its closed out and not hollow. Right? No, its even less hollow…GOIN’ STRAIGHT!”  Kick, kick…take off, arms spread wide, head up, chest glide. Down the sloping wave face, racing white water. Feels fast, feels good. Huge smile. Hit a bump, go airborne, stick the…

  • Visions of the Month- March 2015

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Scenes from a very special run of swell. Merry everything. Find your happy little corner. WBC 2025 is on. We hope everyone creates lasting memories with the big bodysurfing family. Thanks to Scott, Casenelli and all of the awesome volunteers who keep this tradition going. Yew! June was solid with consistent combo swells and windows of clean conditions. July began with 6 days of pumping SSW swell. An excellent start to Summer! We met Mark in the water during a massive swell at a local North County San Diego beachbreak. Today our bodysurfing family is saddened to learn of the passing of Fred Simpson. Fred Simpson played a major role in shaping modern bodysurfing performance, culture and equipment. He was a fatherly figure to many young guys scrapping for waves at one of the most famous surf spots in the world. He also designed a fin built to perform for wave surfers. As a vessel of bodysurf and surf knowledge we have lost a titan. He was humble, kind and always willing to share his wealth of experience with us. While he loved Newport, he would often be seen roaming the Oceanside Pier on the Sunday of the WBC championships watching the performers and talking about technical bodysurfing. We wish our wedge family peace in their time of grief and we wish his family the same. Feel free to share memories here and read our two articles about Fred on Swell Lines Mag. 🖤💛 Thanks 2024…here’s to a swell-filled 2025 for all! Pocket rider.

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The History of.

How to.

All-Time Sessions.

Salty Fins.

The Science of.

Sandy Pages.

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