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Navigating tropical surf trips in 2025 isn’t the easiest of affairs. It turns out that surfers really are everywhere. The search for tropical isolation is eternal.

Read More: Club Tropicana
Take a trip through the sunshine mind-state of legendary surf artist, Andy Davis.

Read More: Helloha
Our friends over at Wasted Talent teamed up with Sun Bum's newest ambassador, Arthur Longo, and journeyed to Japan. The finished product? "Washed Up," a film you’ll want to watch on repeat (luckily we’ve got you covered here).

Read More: Watch This: Washed Up
There’s a fine line between “cute” and “sun-damaged,” and the difference between freckles versus sunspots is a great way to illustrate this point. In this guide, you’ll learn more about these “solar kisses” and how to know when your relationship with the sun has simply gone too far.

Read More: Understanding Sunspots vs. Freckles
Sun dial marks the spot! Our Miami fam knew where to find us recently when we set up shop with our mega Sonny in the heart of Miami Beach, Florida.

Read More: Finders Keepers Miami Beach
Skin cancer prevention starts by understanding that exposure to the outdoors always means exposure to the sun’s harmful UV rays — even when it’s cloudy. The best way to combat this? Wear sunscreen every day—truly.

Read More: How to Prevent Skin Cancer
What’s the fastest way to turn your tropical dream vacation into a nightmare? Plan a full schedule of outdoor activities on Day One without using adequate sun protection.

Read More: How Long Does a Sunburn Last?
Sunscreen talk? We're all ears! Dr. Laura Scott, our skin expert, is here to drive home the point. SPF in daily life? A must for everyone (yes, even you!).

Read More: Sunscreen Is For Everyone
We get it, checking your skin can seem like a hassle, but trust us, it's worth it. Our pal and Dermatologist Dr. Lindsey is back with simple ways to DIY your own skin check at home.

Read More: How to do a Self-Skin Check
We try to avoid bombarding you with a bunch of boring ads that guilt you into buying a ton of stuff you don’t need. But we love what we make and think there’s a chance you will too.

Read More: We Made Ads (about making ads)
As busy as Santa gets around the holidays, he'll never pass up on the chance to partake in some good ole fashioned dares—even if it means doing something against his better judgement.

Read More: Dare Santa
The energy was at an all-time high in Oceanside this weekend during the 14th annual Super Girl Surf Pro—the only community event of its kind.

Read More: Girls Rule
Back in the day, we didn’t have the cash to sponsor a bunch of pro surfers to compete in a legit contest decked out with shiny trophies and fancy champagne.

Read More: 10 Years of Bum Rush Tour
Hey, we wanna show ya something cool. By now you know that we’re all about yellow, but just this once, we made an exception.

Read More: Project Purple: Behind the Scenes
We heard a rumor that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade might be cancelled this year. So, we decided it would be kinda cool to put on our very own holiday production here at the office.

Read More: Our Thanksgiving Day Parade
We know it’s going to take a little extra love from our community to really get these shops up and runnin’ again—and we want to do what we can to help.

Read More: Support Your Local Surf Shop