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Stacy Peralta: Keep Your Surf Spot to Yourself

Stacy Peralta: Keep Your Surf Spot to Yourself

Stacy Peralta is no gatekeeper. Far from it. But we all gripe about crowded lineups now and again. His solution? “I'll tell you something, Owen” he tells me as we go wide on everything from art and education to gardening, and, yes, every boardsport dreamt up by humankind—of which Peralta dabbles in all.

Gardening and Surfing: Stacy Peralta Says They’re More Related Than You Think

Zen and the art of landscaping may not exactly jive with your image of the Venice Beach surf/skate rat, former Z-Boy, and inveterate film director that is the constant mover and shaker Stacy Peralta.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 4
Stacy Peralta: Gerry Lopez is a Kook (In the Best Possible Way)

Stacy Peralta: Gerry Lopez is a Kook (In the Best Possible Way)

During a conversation with Gerry Lopez earlier this year, he confided in me that he’d recently taken up foiling, and that it may well be his single worst aquatic endeavor to date.

Stacy Peralta's Debut Art Exhibit Pays Homage To His Skateboard Collection

“I never thought to paint skateboards,” the 67-year-old surfer-cum-skateboard virtuoso-cum-entrepreneur-cum-director and screenwriter (and on, and on…)

Skateboarding News / TransWorld SKATEboarding / November 13

Stacy Peralta Mini Doc 'Against the Current' Celebrates a Life of Skateboarding and Creativity

From Dogtown to his art studio, impressive board collection and beyond, Stacy Peralta remains an inspiring figure in the world of skateboarding and in

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