Wave Tribe News

Eco Surf Artist Titus Ruiz Every surfer is an artist. Think about it, each wave is a blank canvas and your art is the expression of your turn, the line you draw down the face, the way you carve the lip—if you surf, you are an artist.  Robert Franken in his book Human Motivation defines creativity as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in entertaining ourselves. I don’t know about you, but that sounds a lot like surfing, which is full of split second ideas with an abundance of alternatives and infinite...

Shell Beach Surf Shop owner Stu Silvani arranged this interview with Wave Tribe founder Derek Dodds on the Jeff and Jeremy morning radio show broadcasting live on 93.3 KZOZ in San Luis Obispo. This interview explores surfing, ecology and freedom. The interview is in two segments, 14 minutes in length.

The sea can be so devastating, it is amazing that the thing that give us all such joy as surfers in our lives has the power to also destroy life—maybe that's why we are so attracted to it, like walking the edge of life and death.