Field Notes

"I was six years old when I decided the only thing I want to be in life is a skier," says Cody Townsend. "It felt almost biological." Considering he was named after a 10,000 plus foot peak in Wyoming's Teton range, he's probably correct. "Apparently, my mom was eight months...

Surfing is a rare form of personal expression. So too, are surfboards. Both are art forms. Matt Parker, the shaper behind Album surfboards, loves to explore their relationship. Just as there shouldn't be boundaries in art, Parker insist, "There shouldn't be any rules of what a surfboard looks like." To...

Kelly Slater's brain doesn't shut off very often. That's been a blessing and a curse for the world's best surfer. On the one hand you don't become an 11-time world champion at anything by being weak minded. But get Kelly talking about a subject he's passionate about and you'll find...

In late June of this year the California legislature passed SB54, a bill that can only be described as a broad, ambitious assault on the exploding plastic pollution problem. The idea of tackling this problem enjoys widespread public support, and that showed, as the bill passed with a bipartisan majority...

Our Dirty Little Problem Here in the U.S. we're pretty darn good at collecting waste. So good, in fact, that it's never a top-of-mind issue until garbage collectors strike. So when it comes to waste management most of us are under the impression we're doing a great job. And on...

Dave Ford, like many of us, is no fan of today's hyper-partisan atmosphere. He sees the damage being done and it doesn't sit well with him. But rather than complain about it, he's emboldening a chorus of voices intent on bringing common courtesy, common cause, and common sense to dialogues.As...