Spent the Holy Week in Baler and it was an incredible weekend. What’s more awesome is we got to spend it with the guys and girls of the Choco Banana Crew. And thanks to our friend Dindi here is a video of that weekend which is one of the best surf trips we had so [...]

Didn’t see the action that happened in Baler during the 7th Aurora Surfing Challenge? Watch the videos below. Presented by VANS ph and Blunt Magazine. ELIMINATION highlights   FINALS highlights Jeff, Bad Boy, Balat and Pakits powered by: WONASOLUTIONS sponsored by: VANS ph Blunt Magazine Tourism Aurora Kahea’s Beach Resort Aliya Surf Camp and many [...]

Sun, surf, single fins and smiles. Enjoy the video folks! Single And Unattached from COAST THRU LIFE on Vimeo.Single and Unattached is the first single fin longboard contest in the Philippines. This event highlights for the very first time the traditional, classic style of longboarding in a country where performance surfing takes center stage. Surfers [...]

Were you there? We were. Now let’s relive those moments because all had our own. Aloha Boardsports Surf & Music Festival 2012 – La Union from Aloha Boardsports on Vimeo. See you at the next SMF!

So this one weekend in Baler we have gone from surfing shoulder to overhead waves at Rollin’s Point in the morning to scratching our heads in disbelief that the swell died down later on the day. The South swell sure was sketchy. Anyway there are many things you can do in Baler and good thing [...]

La Union surfer Ronnie “Poks” Esquivel has recently passed away due to deteriorating health conditions. News of his passing swept across the nation and even overseas to people who got inspired by this one legged surfer who did more with what life has given him. Heartfelt grievances and tributes echoed thru the Social Media – [...]

So it was just another rainy day yesterday in Manila and we were so bored to death. When you haven’t surfed for a while the least you could do is skate. But of course being it’s the wet season in the Philippines, all you could do is just stay home and get fat while watching [...]

the title says it all Video by Mark Mabanag – that guy from Manila who surfs harder than most and apparently has the skills to push Philippine surfing further. Also, we think he should make a surf film. Hope to see more videos of Mark. And hope to see more people out there making surf [...]

It’s too hard to find the words to entice you dear readers to watch this video after seeing it. My jaw dropped and I’m kinda stupefied. Bayogyog, a skimboarder from the land of high flying skimmers aka Mati in Davao Oriental, jumped over a banca with his skimboard and did a little flip on the [...]

Noel “Engineer” Tolentino | one of the early Baler surfers Here’s an analogy. If Baler is Hawaii, then the “Classics” are the Gerry Lopez and the Derek Ho’s of the surfing community. Sure, there’s the John John Florence and the Jamie O’Brien’s of today, but without these group of surf pioneers it’ll be difficult to [...]

Sometimes at home I wear my boardshorts to sleep because well, you never know, I do go on surf trips in my dreams from time to time. Also, life’s just better in boardshorts. But watch below Billabong’s treat for everyone, the free short film Life’s Better in Boardshorts, and let Taj, Parko, Rasta and the [...]

Ok. Honestly, we don’t know much about kiteboarding. Well there’s Boracay and those airborne kiteboarders at Bulabog beach, but that’s about it. What we do know however, is someone who kitesurf and surfs depending on what kind of day it is in the unpredictable world of Philippine surfing. MG Ebro is a friend of ours, [...]

Skateboarding was born out of surfing – or the lack of it. And this mini cruiser of mine is an absolute source of stoke whenever I couldn’t go out for a weekend surf. That’s why I’ve been hitting concrete almost every other day. Totally addicting. I mean I’m no awesome skate/longboarder but yeah. It’s great. [...]

While we were slicing ham at home, the Philippine’s best surfers Okoy, Jeff and Pete Pete were launching airs and throwing sprays at the bowl at Cemento Reef in Baler. Damn these Aloha boys are sick. Gotta be at the 6th Aurora Surfing Challenge to catch them all. *video by Anton Lagmay

Remember the awesome Stranded in Paradise blog entry we posted last year? Well it now has a video and it’s much much more awesome. There’s a series of Go Pro footage revealing the gorgeous reef below glassy peeling Majestic waves, some travel shots and pictures of what definitely is an epic surf trip for this [...]

2011 was a great year for Philippine competitive surfing. We’ve seen standout performances from various National competitions from Cabugao to Siargao. Although we haven’t pretty much covered the entire surface of profiling our very own local surfers, there is one guy who’s basically a standout at surf contests. If he ain’t winning 1st, his name [...]