Armed with just a 16-millimeter camera and more than 700 feet of film, art and design sophomore Jo Anna Edmison spent her summer recording strangers surfing and skateboarding. On the sunny boardwalks of Venice Beach, Edmison began to piece together…
How a Marine Corps vet turned his passion for surfing into a program to get people with disabilities on the water
Surfing requires a lot of patience and endurance in order to learn; now imagine ripping waves while missing a limb. Dana Cummings is a Marine Corps veteran who served two tours in Iraq. He faced gunfire and death, but came…
This industrial designer is turning SLO’s littered cigarette butts into surfboards
It may be common knowledge that smoking cigarettes is harmful — but what about using them to make surfboards? Cal Poly Surfrider Club teamed up with San José State alumnus Taylor Lane and put discarded cigarette butts from San Luis…
Alumni-founded BooBees surf wax promotes sustainability & women’s rights
Badrigian’s passion for surfing, feminism and the environment inspired her to create a commercially viable, environmentally sustainable and women-empowered surf wax called BooBees.
Cal Poly junior Malcolm Feix remembered as an outgoing leader with a love for the water
20-year-old electrical engineering rising junior Malcolm Feix died surfing at Pomponio State Beach Sunday, July 22.
It’s a swell life on the Cal Poly Surf Team
The Cal Poly surf team doesn’t just compete together, they share experiences.
15-Minute update: Free Speech protest, Dia De Los Muertos celebration, and The Nightcap’s new host
Mustang News anchors Connor McCarthy and Daniel Sanchez have today’s top stories.
Spookfest brings out ghouls and groms
When you think of Halloween, what typically comes to mind? Trick-or-treating? Scary movies? For biomedical engineering senior Griffin Paul, it’s surfing. Four Halloweens ago, Paul and his friends decided to throw on their costumes and hit the waves. “It turned…
Cal Poly surf club hits San Luis waves
San Luis Obispo County’s beach scene provides a second home to a small group of Cal Poly surfers. Almost every day, they paddle out to catch waves in Morro Bay, Pismo Beach or Cayucos. The Cal Poly Surf Team may not be…
Surf’s up at the PAC — YOPAC hosts first annual Surf Film Night on campus
Cal Poly surfers and surf fans alike can catch the waves on the big screen as the Youth Outreach Program for the Performing Arts (YOPAC) hosts its first annual Surf Film Night on May 19.