Originally a Polynesian endeavor, but honed in the Hawaiian Islands for centuries, surfing and its modern day complexion of personalities, destinations, and sub-cultures are as diverse as the hand-crafted platforms intended to facilitate the sport: longboards, shortboards, guns, eggs, standup paddleboards, skimboards, bodyboards…
GyroKumpass is here to provide an authentic and convenient portal to the surfing enthusiast’s ever-evolving search for trustworthy sources of journalism, photography, video, travel information, and quality gear reviews.
“Surfing as a subject really has no edges. It’s not like baseball or aviation or beekeeping, where the relevant information—box scores, airports, honey produced—is more or less identifiable.” – William Finnegan, The Encyclopedia of Surfing
