Time flies, so we stop it for a moment.
A 2012 photo feature
Chas SmithPosts
So Last Year
posted by SURFING Magazine / Photos / January 4, 2013
Chas Goes Right
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / August 29, 2012
Follow SURFING’s Chas Smith through Florida to see if his deep-seeded disdain for the Sunshine State is warranted, or if he falls in love.
With notes from the surf and the Republican National Convention. #chasgoesright
Baby Cobras, Young Scribes: Chas Smith
posted by SURFING Magazine / Blogs / August 27, 2012
SURFING Staff Writers tell how they got their starts — when there wasn’t a contest like this
Chas Smith found his start in the Middle East of all places. Right underneath Osama Bin Laden’s nose.
XXL Awards: Baby, Take it Off!
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / May 1, 2012
Chas Smith’s pick for the Billabong XXL Ride of the Year.
Would you believe his decision is color-based?
June Issue 2012 Surfing Magazine
posted by Taylor Paul / Magazine / April 23, 2012
REINVENTING: The Costa Rica Caribbean, The Surf Girl, The Board Dimension, and The Rivalry
John John Florence graces the cover
The Life of Bobby Vaughn, Part I
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / March 21, 2012
You know those three letters on the nose of Bobby Martinez’s board? FTW? This is the man behind those letters. Story by Chas Smith.
Part one of three: An orphan, murder # 1 and Tommy Lee
April Issue 2012 Surfing Magazine
posted by Taylor Paul / Magazine / February 20, 2012
This issue begins at Lei Lei’s with Chas Smith. Mai tais and Kona lagers. Poke, salmon and rib racks.
The Hawaiian way of life.
F–ken Heavy?
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / January 31, 2012
Chas Smith: Is Jaws the oceanic version of Ronald Reagan?
A discussion of style and of substance
That WaveJet
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs / January 18, 2012
Chas Smith recalls a jet-propelled North Shore winter.
Headshakes, laughter and applause
CEO of People’s Hearts
posted by Chas Smith / News / November 9, 2011
After a six year reign over professional surfing, Brodie Carr resigns.
The Greatest Surfer?
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / October 3, 2011
I spent the best part of Thursday evening chatting with Kelly Slater, and I couldn’t help but wonder
Is he the greatest sportsman of all time?
Read About the Fletchers In Your Sunday Times
posted by SURFING Magazine / Blogs, Editorial / September 11, 2011
Chas Smith’s story is in today’s issue of the Grey Lady
In the NYT Style magazine, of course
Expect the Best, Prepare For the Best
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / August 30, 2011
As Irene came and went in NYC, another sort of storm was brewing
Something Quik Pro this way comes
To The Parochial Outsiders
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / August 18, 2011
Reflecting Upon the Open
posted by Chas Smith / News / August 12, 2011
Feeling recovered and sitting in Portland, Oregon, where Peter Pans ride about on bicycles in the throes of perpetual youth, I can astutely assert that surf is it
Surf is the only thing that matters
Globe’s 0000 Premiere in Costa Mesa: Art!
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / August 4, 2011
Volcom Back to Fiji
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 25, 2011
The ASP: What’s Not to Love?
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 23, 2011
They do an amazing job wrangling many and varied un-wrangleable elements — like that flippant slut, Nature
And Kelly Slater
Another World Tour
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 18, 2011
Returning from a globe-trot, back to the warm waters of Cardiff by the Sea
In the Hamptons, Surfing
posted by Chas Smith / Blogs, Editorial / July 7, 2011
Summer and trendy Montauk surf aesthetes are totally in season
The cultural anthropologist’s dream
