Learn more about our gear review policy here. Surf leashes are important. They do a few handy things. First, you’re not swimming into shore every time you fall on a set wave. Your precious ...

Though designed for use in surf and tidal rivers, the Tsunami Airwave Elite is not as beefy as most surf rods we’ve seen, and we found it light enough to use comfortably for hours. It does have ...

Taschman’s girlfriend, two friends and a food truck operator rallied him into a car and fashioned tourniquets out of the surfboard leashes as they sped to the hospital. “I actually blacked out ...

said he was able to make his way back to the shore following the attack and his friends used surfboard leashes as a tourniquet for his legs. He was then taken to the hospital. “I actually ...

That’s when I knew it was bad,” he said. “I wrapped my surfboard leash around my leg as a tourniquet and drove myself to the hospital.” He received 10 stitches and was back in the water by ...

Back on the beach, Taschman met his two friends, girlfriend and a food truck operator who helped tie his legs with up with surfboard leashes in place of tourniquets. Taschman was then rushed to ...

On Monday, September 16, 42-year-old Lahaina resident and local surfer Shawn Lewis was shot and killed in his car. The murder ...

Back on the beach, Taschman met his two friends, girlfriend and a food truck operator who helped tie his legs with up with surfboard leashes in place of tourniquets. Taschman was then rushed to the ...