A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Alexandre, João (Dapin)

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

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August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

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Azores

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bail out

Bain, Rob

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Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

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Beachley, Layne

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Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

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Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Military-ruled country in tropical Southeast Asia, located in the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by Thailand, Laos, China, India, and Bangladesh. Myanmar, formerly called Burma, came to the surf world's attention in 2001, when the Surfer's Journal published "On the Edge of Burma," documenting a short visit made by American surfers Randy Rarick and Tor Johnson, who endured 16 separate tear-apart luggage searches but also found some small but well-shaped waves peeling off the nearshore islands adjacent to Gwa, about 150 miles north of Pagada Point. 

Myanmar has three distinct seasons: the May-to-October wet season, which produces nearly 200 inches of rainfall; the cool months from October to February, when temperatures drop to the high 60s; and the hot season, February to May, when temperatures often hit 100. 

Sea temperatures range from the mid-70s to the low 80s. Indian Ocean storms push small- to medium-sized surf into the Bay of Bengal throughout the year, with the biggest and best waves usually arriving between March and June. 

Myanmar's exotic 1,650-mile coastline, decorated with hundreds of gilded pagodas, remains almost entirely uncharted for surf breaks. "We only saw a tiny portion of Burma, mystical and backward, full of gracious people and despotism," Johnson wrote in his Surfer's Journal article. "It's also got some good surf. I'll go back, if they'll give me a visa."

Myanmar

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