July 1st Tropical Weather: We have now officially ended June with no named storms in the Tropical Atlantic. This is the first time that this has happened since 2004.

DID YOU KNOW?: The last half of June is usually one of the quietest portions of hurricane season. In the 14 years since the current active hurricane period began in 1995, only four tropical storms formed in the last half of June. Thus, recent history gives us a 29% chance of a last-half-of-June named storm. None of those four storms since 1995 became a hurricane, and hurricanes are quite rare in June.

PENSACOLA SURF HISTORY: The video 'Opening Day' stirred up some inerest when Yancy stated he was not sure who was the 1st person to ever surf 'The Point.' I have received emails regarding the first to surf 'The Point'.... The first to Stand Up Paddle 'The Point'... The first to surf Pensacola, etc.. Surf Smooth Productions is putting together a video of the surf history of this area and I need your help. Who was the first??? If you have any knowledge of Gulf Coast surfing firsts I would be interested in hearing from you. Click to email John Russell. I will let you know what I find out.

May 24th: Good News...the road to Ft. Pickens is back open.

May 23rd: Well, the road to Ft. Pickens opened yesterday...The Point had some small but rideable waves. Everyone was ready to surf The Point Saturday because the waves were bigger....so big, in fact, that they washed over the brand new road. The road didn't even last 24 hrs before being shut down..

May 23rd: The Dave Bogan Family Surf Fest was cancelled today due to the bad weather. It will be re-scheduled.

May 19th: Word is that the road to 'The Point' (Ft. Pickens) will finally re-open this weekend.

Just a thought: God created surf to keep surfers from ruling the world.

April 3rd: Hall of Fame: Yancy Spencer III joined an elite group of athletes tonight when he was inducted into the Pensacola Sports Association's Hall of Fame. Previous inductees include Roy Jones, Jr., Emmitt Smith, and Jerry Pate. View the Video.

Surfing next to the pier: We can surf on the West side of the pier year round, however, Escambia County Ordinance 95-45 restricts surfing on the East side of the pier from March 1 - Oct. 31. Luckily, we have a surfer friendly Director of Public Safety, Bob West, who uses some discretion and permits surfers to remain in the water on the east side of the pier when there are no swimmers present or conditions are too dangerous for swimmers. Please be respectful of the lifeguard's authority while surfing on the East side of the pier. Do not get too close to the pier when fishermen are present and exit the water promptly when asked to do so by the lifeguards. Check out the Pensacola Beach Lifeguard's web site here.

March 12th: PENSACOLA FEATURED ON SURFLINE. Surfline.com is the most viewed surfing web site in the world and Pensacola surfers, photographers, and Surf Smooth video are currently making headlines.
View Sterling and crew in Nik McCue's front page featured Pensacola pictorial 'Panhandling.'
You've seen it here, now see John Russell's video 'No Place Like Home' featuring Sterling on Surfline.

March 11th: In case you haven't seen it yet, there's a new Island Empress web cam on Pensacola Beach. It's got an aerial view of the surf looking SW towards The Pier. Check it out here.

March 1st: In case you haven't noticed, Magic Seaweed now has a surf report and forecast for The Cross at Pensacola Beach. Surf Smooth is now a contributing reporter for MSW's excellent reports and forecasts.

February 26th: Kelly Slater has made it official. He is going to go for a 10th world title.

February 15th: Word is that the road to Fort Pickens will finally re-open this spring and it will include bike paths on both sides of the road. Can you imagine driving down to check if The Point is going off???

January 09, 2009: If you're flying to a surf destination be surf to check the current regulations and prices for surfboards for your airline. Prices and rules are changing regularly and you don't want to arrive at the airport, only to find out your board is not going with you. Also some of the airlines are now checking to see how many boards you have in one board bag and are charging for each board.