The Hawaii Surf Team (HST) Junior program remains the definitive proving ground for the islands’ most elite young talent. Under...
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From Diamond Head “Surf Rat” to Pipeline Powerhouse By Mike Latronic – Freesurf Magazine is always looking to spotlight colorful...
By Mike Latronic – When Kala DeSoto claimed victory at last month’s Da Hui Backdoor Shootout, it felt like more than a breakthrough performance at one of the North Shore’s most respected invitation-only events. It felt like a continuation—another chapter in a family story deeply rooted in Hawaiʻi’s surf culture,...
By Mike Latronic – In the wet and wild world of professional surfing, there are few stories as raw and...
Hawai’i Surf Team Journeys to Punta Rocas, Peru
2025 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship
By Mike Latronic – A cool current flows through the morning air and it’s still relatively dark, with just a...
Landon McNamara
Musician, Waterman, and Eddie Champion
By Mike Latronic – If the rhythm and melody of music were indeed connected to the natural currents of the ocean, then on December 22, 2024, Landon McNamara played the biggest concert of his life. When Landon McNamara stroked into some of the most massive waves ridden at Waimea Bay...
David Electric
Pulling up for the Champions
By Mike Latronic – In today’s world, most human hands are busy scrolling a phone screen or hovering over a...
By Kaea Latronic, Photos Spencer Suitt – Eight years ago, FreeSurf introduced the world to a pair of bright-eyed and...
By Mike Latronic Can you remember the first time you rode a wave? Who was there? What happened? And how is it affecting your future? What was it like growing up in Hawaii? I can’t remember my first wave exactly, but the first memory I have of surfing was probably...
By Kaea Latronic – Hawaiʻi has long been a cradle for surfing prodigies—youthful talents who announce themselves early, rewrite expectations,...
The Quiet Storm
Jacob Turner’s Rise from Unknown to Unshakable
By Mike Latronic – In nearly four decades of documenting surfing in Hawai’i, I’ve seen generations of talent bloom. Some...
Mike Ito is a self‑taught surf and lifestyle photographer and art director based on Oʻahu, Hawaii. After leaving a high‑paced corporate design career, he embraced creativity full‑time to focus on what moves him—family, surfing, punk rock, and photography. His work, infused with a keen eye for light and shadow, has...