The Top 10 Surf Colleges In America
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- November 10 2008
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Jesse Merle Jones schooling a lip on the South Shore of Oahu. Photo: Zak Noyle.
With application deadlines looming, it’s time to narrow down where you’ll be continuing your education—and you’re ripping—for the next couple years. If you’re past all that college stuff, just revel in our mapping out of some of the best four-year schools in America to surf, party, sling chicks, and still walk away with that diploma.
Do you agree with this list? Leave your top 10 below!
What Makes A College A “Surf College”?
This is by no means a comprehensive list. These are basically schools that are either geographically situated near great surf, have healthy surf scenes, and/or have surf clubs or teams. There are scores of schools with surf organizations on campus—we could have added two dozen more schools in California alone—so do your research, go online, and visit campuses.
What To Consider When Choosing A School
1. Academics
Every college offers a bachelor’s degree in political science, but when you dig deeper, you’ll realize that schools have specialties, and their marquee programs get the best funding and attract dynamic professors who will open your mind to your potential. You don’t go to a steak house and order a salad, so do your research and you’ll get way more out of your college education.
2. Surf Quality
College is full of two things: poverty and commitment. You’re poor because you have no real job and you’re being charged between five- and 35-thousand dollars in tuition each year, and you’re committed to classes, study groups, seminars, internships, etc. Long story short: you aren’t gonna be taking surf trips, so if surfing is a priority for you, choose a school near some decent waves.
3. Life Experience
Are you going to college to make Mom and Dad happy, or are you looking for new experiences? You can get a good education in California or Maine, so unless you need the diploma to say “Harvard” on it, remember, New Jersey has good surf, too, you just need to get a six-millimeter, hooded fullsuit for winter.
4. Costs
College is something most only do once, so if you get into a great school that charges an arm and a leg for tuition, don’t panic. Almost everyone gets some sort of federal, state, or private assistance in paying for college these days. Case-in-point; TransWorld SURF’s Online Editor Justin Cote’ basically got paid to go to college because he was broke-ass.
5. Partying
First of all, every school is a party school. Yeah, some have wilder reputations than others, but realize that degrees from “party schools” are taken less seriously in the real world. Understand that later in life, if you’re competing for a job against someone you’re evenly matched with and the recruiter sees that he graduated from Princeton and you hold a degree from Beer Bong U, he’s getting the nod.
The Top 10 Surf Colleges In America (in no particular order)
1. University of California Santa Cruz
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Enrollment: 14,381 (46% men, 54% women)
Yearly tuition: $8,200 in-state, $28,808 out-of-state
Room/board: $13,038
Acceptance rate: 82%
Application deadline: November 30
Top three majors: Social Sciences (17%), Biology (12%), Psychology (11%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Steamer Lane, Natural Bridges, Pleasure Point
Average Water temp in January: 52°F
Get accepted to UCSC and start ripping the Lane with Kieran Horn. Photo: Nelly/SPL
The best of both worlds: a great education and some of the best, most-consistent surf California has to offer—from never-ending right points and peaky, powerful beachbreaks to big-wave spots like Mavericks. The school mascot is a gigantic banana slug. UCSC’s downsides include cold water, sharks, co-eds soaked in patchouli oil, drum circles, and demanding professors.
http://www.ucsc.edu/public/
2. University of California Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Enrollment: 18,415 (43% men, 57% women)
Yearly tuition: $8,386 in-state, $28,994 out-of-state
Room/board: $12,485
Acceptance rate: 54%
Application deadline: November 30
Top three majors: Social Sciences (18%), Business/Marketing (11%), Biology (8%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Campus Point, El Capitan, Rincon
Average Water temp in January: 54°F
Rincon, dubbed “The Queen Of The Coast” is a quick drive from UCSB. Photo: Kew
School of choice for SoCal surfers who want to escape the suburban drudgery of S.D., L.A., and the O.C., but who want to be close enough to occasionally drive their laundry home. Like all UC schools, studying is a must, and with Rincon just twenty minutes away and a legendary party scene in Isla Vista, distractions can be plentiful. And oh yeah, the cops here act like it’s a police state, so watch your ass while partying.
http://www.ucsb.edu/
3. University of California San Diego
Location: San Diego, California
Enrollment: 22,048 (48% men, 52% women)
Yearly tuition: $8,062 in-state, $28,670 out-of-state
Room/board: $10,787
Acceptance rate: 43%
Application deadline: November 30
Top three majors: Social Sciences (20%), Biology (18%), Engineering (15%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Blacks, Scripps, La Jolla reefs
Average Water temp in January: 59°F
Classes take a backseat to barrels when Blacks in firing. Photo: Steindler
Even if UCSD wasn’t a top-ten California school situated in one of the most affluent, beautiful beach communities on the Pacific Rim (La Jolla) with a diverse student body and one of the best marine biology departments on Earth, the fact of the matter is, the surf team gets a key to the Black’s parking lot. Where do I sign? The downside though: extremely tough courses and not the hottest co-eds on this list.
http://www.ucsd.edu/portal/site/ucsd
4. Pepperdine University
Location: Malibu, California
Enrollment: 3,398 (45% men, 55% women)
Yearly tuition: $36,770
Room/board: $10,480
Acceptance rate: 35%
Application deadline: January 15
Top three majors: Business/Marketing (27%), Communications/Journalism (18%), Social Sciences (11%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Malibu, Topanga, Venice Beach, Point Dume
Average Water temp in January: 58°F
At $40,000-plus in annual tuition and living expenses, Pepperdine ain’t cheap, but you get what you pay for—small classes, excellent academics (if there were a West Coast Ivy League, Pepperdine would be in it), quick access to the crazy nightlife of L.A. minus tons of crackheads walking around yelling at stuff, and one of the best pointbreaks in California (that’s Malibu, folks) is a five-minute walk from campus.
http://www.pepperdine.edu/
5. Point Loma Nazarene University
Location: San Diego, California
Enrollment: 2,346 (37% men, 63% women)
Yearly tuition: $25,120
Room/board: $8,170
Acceptance rate: 73%
Application deadline: March 1
Top three majors: Business/Marketing (20%), Psychology (12%), Health Professions (11%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Ocean Beach, Sunset Cliffs
Average Water temp in January: 59°F
A small school tucked away in a residential neighborhood of coastal San Diego, Point Loma Nazarene is perched directly above Sunset Cliffs and offers up nearby beachbreaks and semi-secret reefs and coves. This is the land where the fish originated and you can still see Skip Frye out connecting sections that most could never get close to. The downside? Having to attend religious classes.
www.pointloma.edu/
Why California?
Want the short answer? Consistent surf. From the Oregon border to Tijuana, the Golden State gets decent surf year-round. Spring tends to be the weakest season, but that just frees you up to study for finals. California’s state school system is excellent, and the UC system offers a world-class education on par with the Ivy League. Add in warm weather, tolerable winter water temps, and infinite job prospects, and you begin to get the picture.
6. University of Hawai‘i Manoa
Location: Honolulu, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
Enrollment: 13,746 (46% men, 54% women)
Yearly tuition: $6,259 in-state, $16,915 out-of-state
Room/board: $7,564
Acceptance rate: 70%
Application deadline: May 1
Top three majors: Business/Marketing (22%), Social Sciences (11%), Education (8%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Kaisers, Ala Moana, the North Shore (45 minutes away)
Average Water temp in January: 72°F
Jesse Merle Jones snapping away less than 15 minutes from the UH campus. Photo: Noyle
Though it’s pricey for out-of-staters, once you’ve stepped foot on campus, you realize UH Manoa is worth every cent of the extra tuition. Nestled in the hills above Honolulu, UH is less than 45 minutes from every surf spot on O‘ahu, from Queens and Makaha to Pipeline. Students often complain that the beauty of nature can distract you from graduating if you aren’t careful.
www.uhm.hawaii.edu/
7. Flagler College
Location: St. Augustine, Florida
Enrollment: 2,145 (37% men, 63% women)
Yearly tuition: $13,600
Room/board: $6,900
Acceptance rate: 26%
Application deadline: March 1
Top three majors: Business/Marketing (19%), Communications/Journalism (13%), Visual and Performing Arts (13%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: A Street, St. Augustine Pier, Matanzas Inlet
Average Water temp in January: 60°F
Beachbreaks and babes galore in north Florida. Photo: Wilson
While it may seem like little more than a smallish business school in the oldest city in America, Flagler College is really a surf powerhouse. One of the top East Coast collegiate surf teams, Saints surfers have quick access to everything from Jacksonville in the north to New Smyrna in the south and tolerable water year-round. Having a student body comprised of almost two-thirds chicks doesn’t hurt either.
www.flagler.edu/
8. Monmouth University
Location: West Long Branch, New Jersey
Enrollment: 4,744 (43% men, 57% women)
Yearly tuition: $24,098
Room/board: $9,221
Acceptance rate: 57%
Application deadline: March 1
Top three majors: Business/Marketing (27%), Communications/Journalism (16%), Education (16%)
Surf organization: club
Nearby surf breaks: Manasquan, The Wedge, Presidents Street Park
Average Water temp in January: 36°F
The Jersey shore firing on all cylinders. Photo: Stafford
New Jersey isn’t the first place that comes to mind when surf schools are being discussed, but the Atlantic near Monmouth in West Long Branch will offer up some amazing sessions for anyone tough enough to brave the cold of Jersey’s school year, plus you get to experience a real grassroots surf community. If suburban NJ is too low-key for your taste, NYC is a mere 40 miles north.
www.monmouth.edu/
9. University of North Carolina Wilmington
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Enrollment: 10,753 (41% men, 59% women)
Yearly tuition: $4,527 in-state, $14,694 out-of-state
Room/board: $7,280
Acceptance rate: 58%
Application deadline: February 1
Top three majors: Business/Marketing (26%), Education (11%), Psychology (8%)
Surf organization: team/club
Nearby surf breaks: Masonboro Inlet, Columbia Street, Oceanic Pier
Average Water temp in January: 49°F
Worth the drive from Wilmington—Cape Hatteras; . Photo: Stafford
If there’s an East Coast surf college to single out, it’s probably UNC Wilmington, but not because it has the world’s best surf team, and certainly not because the water is even remotely forgiving in the dead of winter, but because it’s located very near Wrightsville Beach. If you bring your car, you’ll have access to the entirety of the Outer Banks, from Corolla Lighthouse to the Point.
www.uncwil.edu/
10. Salve Regina University
Location: Newport, Rhode Island
Enrollment: 2,125 (37% men, 63% women)
Yearly tuition: $31,500
Room/board: $10,700
Acceptance rate: 54%
Application deadline: No closing date
Top three majors: Education (22%), Business/Marketing (19%), Health Professions (11%)
Surf organization: club
Nearby surf breaks: Ruggles, 1st and 2nd Beaches, Bailey’s Beach
Average Water temp in January: 37°F
Despite water temps that average about three degrees above freezing for most the winter, Newport, Rhode Island has a pretty healthy surf scene. Newport’s the home of legendary East Coast break Ruggles, which can be world-class on the right swell. If none of that interests you, the student body at Salve Regina is 63-percent female. Need we say more?
www.salve.edu/
Honorable Mentions:
Cal State University San Marcos
Location: San Marcos, California
Nearby surf breaks: Oceanside Pier, Ponto Jetty, Swamis
Lots of commuters and older students and no NCAA football team means it doesn’t come close to its southern neighbor, San Diego State, as a party school, but don’t let that and its distance from the beach (fifteen miles) fool you. CSUSM has a top-ten-ranked surf team, and the student body is of the heavily tanned flip-flop and boardshorts-wearing variety.
www.csusm.edu/
Cal State University Humboldt
Location: Arcata, California
Nearby Surf Breaks: Humboldt Jetty, Cape Mendocino
The northernmost university in California, Humboldt boasts tons of big, cold surf. A beautiful campus, the trick is to not let your studies get sidetracked by the abundant supply of weed and surf.
www.humboldt.edu/
BYU Hawaii
Location: Laie, Oahu
Nearby Surf Breaks: Pipeline, Crouching Lion, Goat Island
Situated in the mostly Mormon town of Laie on the eastside of Oahu, BYU Hawaii has one of the most internationally diverse campus in the United States and is a quick, fifteen-minute drive to the North Shore of Oahu. A dry campus, don’t expect lots of Animal House style partying.
www.byuh.edu
University of Rhode Island
Location: Kingston, Rhode Island
Nearby Surf Breaks: Point Judith, Naragansett, Ruggles
If old-town Newport, RI isn’t exactly your style but you still want that northeast perfection, then just a few miles away lies URI. From URI, Point Judith is much more accessible then Salve Regina since you won’t have to cross the Jamestown Bridge. But remember, it’s still going to be f-king cold.
www.uri.edu/
Florida Institute of Technology
Location: Melbourne, Florida
Nearby Surf Breaks: The Boardwalk, The Radisson, Sebastian Inlet
This is an Institute of Technology, so you’re not going to find any English Lit. majors here. With that said though, the sleepy beach town of Indialantic is just a quick drive over the Intracoastal, and Sebastian Inlet just a half hour south. Oh yeah, it’s Florida, and the girls don’t get much hotter than this prized little area.
www.fit.edu/
*All stats on schools compiled from The College Board
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November 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
The Richard stockton college is way better then Monmouth University.
November 10th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
are you kidding? UNC Dub’s team will thrash any other on the right coast and probably beat some of the schools higher on the list. We may not have the best waves, but we for sure have the stoke
November 10th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
UCLA is best!
November 10th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Old Dominion University
November 10th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Mira Costa University
November 11th, 2008 at 2:06 am
While Charleston SC, isnt the most consistent spot on the east coast, The College of Charleston is a great bet for surf schools. When the waves are on, The Washout, Folly Beach Pier, and Burt’s on Sullivans island get really fun. There’s also a great skate scene with backyard bowls, skateparks, and nice setups in downtown Charleston as well. Throw in the fact that its about 5 to 1 girls to guys, and only 3 1/2 hours to Jacksonville FL, and you have a pretty nice setup.
November 11th, 2008 at 9:33 am
texas state
November 11th, 2008 at 9:39 am
What about Long Beach State, Cheap, Good education, HB, Surfside for waves and great looking ladies?
You guys don’t know what your doing.
November 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
University of Vermont…oh wait, that’s only if you want to be shreddin’ ice lines at the local VT slopes. But that’s why there are mags like transworld to whack it to all winter.
November 11th, 2008 at 10:23 am
UC Irvine…15 minutes away from newport/huntington
most of the cool kids live in newport anyway
November 11th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Was going to forward this to my 17 year old son until I read the “sling chicks” phrase. Can’t you keep it a little more wholesome for the under 18 crowd? Thanks.
A surfer MOM
November 11th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Addendum to my earlier comment, (submitted under the pseudonym Julie…) ……according to statistics, about half of all beginner surfers and half of all guest at surf camps, ARE those chicks you mention. You may want to clean up your act just to prevent offense and possibly acquire more readership…….
As an owner of a new, opening in Dec, surf camp in Costa Rica, we are targeting women as the largest growing market segment in the surf industry. Any surf business with vision would be wise to do the same. A little more respect for the fairer sex would be to your benefit in the long run.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:11 am
UCSC, cold cold cold water, gray suits patrol the surf, If your a student and not a local, beware the westside gang at steamers and points north. If you’ve just gotta try steamers (you’d be nuts not to) then jump the fence run out on the rock, jump in, paddle out, grab a wave, surf it all the way back to cowells (better yet all the way back to campus) and DO NOT LOOK BACK!
November 11th, 2008 at 11:27 am
“if there were a West Coast Ivy League, Pepperdine would be in it” - yeah right!
November 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I target women for different reasons …
November 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
College kids are kooks
November 11th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
POINT LOMA in San Diego? A friend of mine went there and from his bed in his dorm room he could check the waves. that has gotta qualify?
November 11th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
True but 80% of the student body sucks
November 11th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Man up and go read Surfer Girl. And get off my waves.
November 11th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Tell that mom to zip it, bake some pot brownies, and try not to turn her kid into a poofter—if she hasn’t already. Poor kid…
November 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
In terms of academics, UCSD owns all those retard academies!!
November 11th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I did summer school @ University of Hawai’i @ Manoa.
Super fun south swells and I could basically surf from 1030am to dusk everyday after class. Epic, except for the night we I was chased on myh bike by a pick up truck full of locals who wanted me dead just on account of me being a “haole”… good times… I’d still do it again though! Go Bows!
November 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
U of H at Manoa Mos def Surf all day party all night. doesnt get any better
November 12th, 2008 at 12:03 am
I beg to differ on the following UCSD point:
“The downside though: extremely tough courses and not the hottest co-eds on this list.”
Besides the fact that this isn’t necessarily true…isn’t that what state chicks are for? Go Tritons!
Plus, you really can’t beat the rent for living at Blacks!
November 12th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Pepperdine is an incredible school academically but make sure you are willing to put up with the crowds of LA in and out of the water, also pretty strict on religion. Point Loma Nazarene has an amazing location, as I could check the surf from my dorm. The school is ridiculous with religion…make you go to chapel three times a week, girls arent allowed in dorms except two nights a week, and you sign a document swearing off booze, sex, and smoking for your entire time there. I went there for a year and surfed my balls off, but it wasnt enough to keep me there because it is not real college. My advice, live in Mission, PB, or La Jolla, and commute to SDSU, great school. If you are from the east, the people out west takes some getting used to.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
surfer mom needs to realize that her kid is 17 and tail is number 1 on his list, if he isn’t a fag that is. everyone go to school in california, there aren’t enough people here already, lets add some more people to the lineups
November 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Florida State University! Who cares about surfing? Football is the shit anyway. And that photo for Flagler College is Sebastian inlet, not North Florida.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Well I have plenty of friends…so according to your math, if 80% of the student body sucks, with 20,000 undergrads I still have 4,000 cool kids to hang out with. Shit and I only have like 500 friends on facebook I guess I better stop being so antisocial
November 14th, 2008 at 3:49 am
BYU-Hawaii on the North Shore of Oahu is hands down the best surf university in the country I guarantee it. Trust me I went there for 4 years. If you rank by the best surfing BYU-Hawaii is the only option. Sure there isn’t drugs and alchohol but there are plenty of house parties w/ local bands and good times to be had. You can surf quality spots year round as the north shore is only a 15 minute drive away and when the north shore is flat you have goat island and a ton of other eastside spots that fire year round. It must be the place if on any given day you will see guys like Pancho Sullivan, Myles Padaca, Kalani Robb and other North Shore chargers surfing at the college breaks right in front of campus.
November 14th, 2008 at 3:50 am
BYU-Hawaii on the North Shore of Oahu is hands down the best surf university in the country I guarantee it. Trust me I went there for 4 years. If you rank by the best surfing BYU-Hawaii is the only option. Sure there isn’t drugs and alchohol but there are plenty of house parties w/ local bands and good times to be had. You can surf quality spots year round as the north shore is only a 15 minute drive away and when the north shore is flat you have goat island and a ton of other eastside spots that fire year round. It must be the place if on any given day you will see guys like Pancho Sullivan, Myles Padaca, Kalani Robb and other North Shore chargers surfing at the college breaks right in front of campus.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:57 am
there’s no reason any east coast school should be on the list. Anyone who could would pick UCLA, SC, Cal or USD over Flagler CC or whatever that place is in a heartbeat.
November 15th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
UCSD is great, but a few points: yeah, the co-eds don’t get close to State, although there are some hot asians. But they’ll never even talk to you, so it’s wash. Live or party in PB and you’ll be spearing in to all sorts of stuff. And yes, blacks may be amazing, but it’s crowded as hell and it takes a good long while before you’ve figured out the line up. You’ll take lots of big ones on the head for your first three years, at least. North county plan: go to mira costa, crazy amount of talent there.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:21 am
UCSC is hella sick for sure! just watch out for the locals… they hate slugs.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:02 am
As an alum of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, I would have to argue that Hawaii is number 1!!! Every day, every hour on the hour there are mass amounts of students riding their bikes or mopeds to the beach with their surfboards on racks. There are beach parties, house parties, and even parties in the dorms! If you like to surf, Hawaii is a great place to go.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
As a UCSC alum I can attest to the quality of the education. It’s also ranked high on the party school list, and as a state school pretty affordable. If the locals spook you, try Pleasure Point and parts south…and not all the women reek of patchouli…..
November 21st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
No San Diego State? What?
November 29th, 2008 at 10:38 am
The Outer Banks of NC are fantastic. One of the best kiteboarding spots in the world. Surfing is pretty sweet also. Check it out (villages of Rodanthe/Waves/Salvo) rock.
November 29th, 2008 at 10:43 am
California has the best waves, but the water never gets warm. BRRRRR…I’ll take a smaller warm wave in the SE or Hawaii any day. And the girls are scantilly clad.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
UC Santa Barbara Alum…Party. Surf. Repeat.
Also, check out Jalama Beach.
Campus Point for beginners.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 am
hahaha norcal…How sick?
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:59 am
gauchos baby!! need i say more
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:05 am
It’s all about the Gauchos! WAY better school than UCSC. At least UCSB gives grades! HAHAHA! #12 public school in the country. Plus the party scene makes the other schools look like high school BYOB parties. On top of that, UCSB’s surf team has dominated for years.
December 15th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
point loma is pretty ballin…yea ther are chapels… u have to go to 36 out of 70 a semester…you can bring your laptops and watch movie or listen to your ipod in the back…no one cares…super chill school…i can throw a rock from our volleyball court outside our dorm and it will hit the water… you only have to take 3 religion classes in ur 4 years here… every school technically doesnt allow you to drink if your under 21… at point loma…you just cant do it on campus and you will get away with it… grab your board from the board room and ur down in the water in 2 minutes… the beazies are pretty hott to by the way…way better that ucsd or sdsu if you are a real surfer
December 17th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
GO SLUGS!!!
December 29th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
l like surf dudes
December 30th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Vanguard University in Costa Mesa. 5 minute drive to 56th in newport. well worth it, everyone at school surfs
January 19th, 2009 at 11:52 am
you’re a fucking idiot
January 31st, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Chill out Surfer Mom. As a 17 year old guy, unless he’s gay, getting laid is number one on his list of priorities.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
ucsb is what it’s all about
February 24th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Salve Regina is Legit, You look out at the water from most every classroom, and ruggles is right next to campus, cant beat it
March 1st, 2009 at 10:18 am
i might be goin to ODU next year but im not ganna lie to ya i dont think alot of people even know virginia has a beach and norfolk is kinda a shit hole
March 1st, 2009 at 10:21 am
any college in nyc theres always somethin to do and at max only 45 min away from some pretty hollow breaks by subway water does get pretty cold though
March 8th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
fuck school
March 8th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
while your sitting in class listening to some dipshit blow hot air up your ass I will be sideways some where loving life and not trying to make a million bucks. Have a great day at school Jonny!!! Fucking idiots.
March 8th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
who in the hell could sit in a classroom and look at waves fuking ouch!
March 8th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
KOOOOOOOKS!!!
March 10th, 2009 at 11:50 am
University of Rhode Island = URI = UR HIGH = best college for surfing,girls,partying,and mary jane…..and you can throw a little education in there n thats rhode island for you.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Dude Jalama is one of the most legit spots when it is clean, the drive is a bitch but the surf is soooo worth it!!!!!!!
March 13th, 2009 at 12:05 am
good luck succeeding in life…. seriously i’m pulling for you man
March 16th, 2009 at 3:49 am
even though theres not a damn chance in hell youll read this i still would like to tell you that you called someone an idiot anonymously to something that had been said over half a year ago (unless of course you ramaind silent for such an incredible amount of time to call them that to bee the world most incredible pause of insult in the history of man(i doubt that))
March 18th, 2009 at 12:41 am
love that tarantulas am sessions
March 19th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Gaucho Locos! Love SB. Love Rincon it’s one of my favorite waves!
March 20th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
BORN TO KOOK!
April 1st, 2009 at 10:48 pm
its all about UCSB. right on the beach, it has isla vista parties every night of the week all the OC chicas migrate up here for college. surf team dominates. i could write a whole book on reasons why UCSB is by far the best college in the nation. They do call it University of California Sex and Beer.
April 1st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
oh ya and the surf is epic. Rincon( a short drive), campus point, jalama beach, sandspit.
April 21st, 2009 at 10:56 am
texas a&m-corpus christi
love the gulf
May 4th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Why are only straight male surfers highlighted?
“If none of that interests you, the student body at Salve Regina is 63-percent female. Need we say more?”
“Oh yeah, it’s Florida, and the girls don’t get much hotter than this prized little area.”
I surf.
I’m a guy.
I’m gay.
So stop stereotyping.
May 13th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Nothing even comes close to Hawaii. California is for donkeys
May 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
fsu sucks! i went for a semester and transfered to uf because the town isnt a trash hole full of bumms and crackheads, and the only beach within two hours of fsu is freakin panama city, and everyone knows that the florida west coast sucks, only picks up short period wind swell crap. UF is a straight shot to mantanzas inlet which is a good break, and NSB inlet and Playalinda are both around 2 hours away.
After UF i am gunna go to law school at pepperdine or ucsd….which would be better all around people from cali?
May 29th, 2009 at 12:25 am
Another possible option is San Elijo College. We’re a new college admitting our first class in 2010. We’re located in San Elijo Hills, and we’re less than 10 miles from Terramar, Ponto, Grandview, Beacons, D-Street, Swamis, and Pipes. The president of the college surfs. Check us out at http://www.sanelijcollege.org.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:39 am
You’re a bigger Fu(#ing idiot
July 20th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Newport Riis the bestttt you forgot tuckermans though and marines the left next to ruggles
August 7th, 2009 at 1:01 am
queer
December 5th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Satan's best, I must agree I saw the picture of "North Florida" and had to laugh. If it looked like that everyday I'd be in Heaven
January 10th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
a homosexual surfer is just what the quack doctor ordered.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
They are just trying to entice more readers. By statistics, there are still more hetero people i the world, so it makes buisness sense.
January 13th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Can anyone say 'Princeton?' The beach is only a twenty minute train ride away.
Unlike my fellow surfers, I have not taken too many waves to the head, 'brah.'
I also smoke the occasional doobie, its all good, all one needs are priorities.
February 4th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
agreed. id rather go to stockton