April 2016
Surf USA (United Services Agency)
Since the beginning, the Richard Schmidt Surf School has offered scholarships for students to attend camps and lessons who otherwise couldn't afford it. To help supplement the cost, in 1995 we started a non-profit called [...]
April 2012
A Liquid Playground
Here is the opening piece I wrote that was originally published in "Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve," by Save the Waves. Or you can click to download (PDF: 5.5 MB) the whole book. It's a [...]
May 2011
Learn to Surf: How to Walk on Water in Seven Easy Steps
Here is the piece I wrote that was originally published on Surfline.com. The core "7-steps" are also found on the bottom of our Surfology page. This is a great beginner's guide to learning how to [...]