Surfline
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Surf report and forecasting company launched in 1985 by Southern Californians Jerry Arnold, David Wilke, and Craig Masuoka; home to surfing's biggest and most-visited website. Surfline began as a Los Angeles-area pay-per-call phone service (213-976-SURF; 55 cents per local call), utilizing California's newly approved 976 customer-toll numbers. Surfers looking for wave reports had previously eithe...
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Surfline feature, 2023Subscribe to view
Surfline website, around 1995Subscribe to view
Surfline editor Nick Carroll, 2021Subscribe to view
Surfline cameras, around 2011Subscribe to view
Surfline homepage, 2010Subscribe to view
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Sean Collins
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Surfline feature, 2023
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Surfline website, around 1995
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Surfline editor Nick Carroll, 2021
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Surfline cameras, around 2011
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Surfline homepage, 2010