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

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

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

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bespectacled pro surfer and comedic surf blogger from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Spencer was born (1988) in Pensacola, Florida, and raised in nearby Gulf Breeze, the son of Yancy Spencer III, a longtime surf shop magnate and pioneering Gulf Coast ripper. Spencer began surfing with his father as a toddler, showed great talent early on, and by age eight was signed to a Billabong sponsorship deal. He enjoyed a successful amateur competitive career in the early 2000s, racking up four NSSA East Coast championship titles.

The air-boosting regularfooter made a brief run at qualifying for the world pro tour, but didn't make the cut and soon turned his attention to starring in video clips and going on sponsor-backed photo jaunts.

In 2008 Spencer launched PinchMySalt, an absurdist and often hilarious website that featured skits (often involving Spencer dressed up as a centaur), short clips of high-performance surfing starring Spencer and his pro surfer buddies, and general mockery of some of the surf industry’s biggest names. Tow-in surf hero Laird Hamilton came in for a lot of good-natured abuse, though PinchMySalt’s most cherished clip was of French pro Jeremy Flores rebuffing a young fan’s attempt to get his autograph at a contest, with Spencer providing the anguished kid’s voiceover. Flores was enraged, but PinchMySalt rode the publicity to take 

 magazine’s 2011 Battle of the Blogs crown.

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