Spotlight Series: Kevin Ferris

How's it everyone! Welcome to this week's Spotlight Series feature on wave rider and all around good guy Kevin Ferris. If you're ever in San Diego he is definitely one of the guys to seek out and go wave riding with, whether its on a surfboard, surfmat, or even bodysurfing you will probably find this guy somewhere around the water. Thanks Kevin and enjoy the Spotlight Series Q and A!

Name: Kevin Ferris


Where are you from? Imperial Beach, CA


What got you in to the sport? My Pops and older brothers.

How long you've been wave riding? 25 years


Amateur, Professional or Underground (Prone, DK, Surfing, Surfmat, Bodysurf, Skimboard)? Once a professional shortboarder, now keeping it underground. I have translated to other shapes such as fishes and going finless. I have also busted out the swimfins for body surfing. Another thing I have taken up is the longboarding, to keep me challenged and motivated. I pretty much have taken up whatever makes me feel closer to the ocean and stokes me out.

Favorite breaks: Mexico, PB Point, Imperial Beach, and Cardiff

Shout outs (Sponsors)? Thanks to Brixton, Stance Socks, Old Harbor Surfboards, Good Times Barbershop, and Xcel Wetsuits for keeping me dialed!

Stand Up Bodyboard or Super Shortboard

It's interesting to see how the surfing world can come a full circle and still get inspiration from a bodyboard shape to create a surfboard. Well one surf company shop has done that and it's pretty rad to see this happen. Bing Surf is the shop that has done just this. Below is a brief description of the board.

"Speed Square

Inspired by his fond childhood memories on a Mach-77 boogie board, Bing team rider, Chris Del Moro convinced shaper, Matt Calvani to help him recapture the magic in this modern-day twin-finned version called the Speed Square. Because of its short length, Matt added belly in the nose with a quick transition into a hard, tapered rail in the tail so that the board would be quick and responsive.  He added a deep straight concave that runs from where your front foot sits through the tail of the board to gain efficiency in glide and maintained thickness in the tail to improve glide and wave-catching ability.  The small twin keels maintain a “fin-less” riding quality but still allowing for some control.  Ride it short, ride it fast and get ready for a whole lot of fun! "

Surge Magazine Issue 8.0

Trying to get information or the lastest photos on what is going on in the bodyboarding world is tough. We know as fans of this sport we would love to see all the latest photos and clips of your favorite riders. Luckily we still have some companies still willing to put out a magazine and document this great sport, one of them is Surge. The great thing about Surge is that they are an online magazine so their content is available for many to check out. Below is their latest issue.

Brad Domke Skimboarder

When you hear the word skimboarding, you usually think of the kids skimming across a thin layer of water on the beach. Well if you've been around the beach or know about Wave Slide Culture, Skimboarding is a lot more than that. It usually appears like the skimboarding is just sliding into a wall of a wave, but what they do with that is quite amazing. Here's an extreme view of what skimboarding can be.

Aussies Takeover the USA Pacific NW

Dave Winchester, Chris James, and Jordan Putland come over from the land down under to the Pacific Northwest of the United States to shred these frigid waters and tame the "Yeti". Watch as they shred these slabs and tame the beast. These Aussie came to shred and shred they did. Enjoy "Chasing the Yeti".

CHASING THE YETI from STOKE MACHINE on Vimeo.

Lady Wave Riders

If there's one thing us guys enjoy it's seeing beautiful women at the beach whether it's in the water or just at the shore trying to get their tan on. We think there's something much more enjoyable than that, it's a women that can surf and shred with the best of them. Here's a clip we found of lady wave shredder Isabela Sousa shredding it up in Rio. Enjoy.

BELA IN RIO from LifeMedia on Vimeo.

Vintage Jacob Romero

This is the footage from a while back in which we realized that Jacob Romero was going to be a force in the bodyboarding world. One reason why we thought this is because of the pure fact that whenever he rides in this clip, he just seems to have fun. Pretty much that's what we love to see in professionals is are they having fun doing what they're doing. Check out the clip.