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24 alternatives to Pipe Dreams: A Surfer's Journey

Surfer Kelly Slater shares his struggles & triumphs

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pipe Dreams: A Surfer's Journey launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life ▲61

   William Finnegan's memoir on surfing

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Heroin Diaries▲66

   A year in the life of a shattered rock star

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Go Flow▲90

   The Instagram of Surf Reports

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4IC
   I curated 500 YouTube daily surfing videos, organised by date and break▲5

   I built this site just because I wanted it to exist. I'm a keen surfer who lives near one of the worlds surfing epicenters; the Gold Coast, Australia. Getting home from a surf I'd often get excited seeing videos on YouTube of the breaks and waves I'd surfed that day. There's hundreds of these daily surf videos on YouTube and I thought it would be good to document and organise them like a historical archive. The volume of videos posted tends to peak when significant swells arrive so I think I could build some interesting visualisations and maps in the future. I also want to add some kind of…

   2024 · swelldiary.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World▲56

   Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Surf▲87

   Create web stories & templates

   2022 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Story & Collage Maker by Surf▲70

   AI chat & Instagram templates

   2023 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Surf▲203

   Get rewarded for your everyday browsing

   2021 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Surfingers▲79

   Surf as far as you can.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Surfer▲162

    Seo content optimization platform

    2025 · surferseo.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Millennial's Guide to Landing Your Dream▲56

    Because applying online and never hearing back sucks.

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76

    Stories of people climbing to be number one.

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Surf▲190

    Flipboard's new app for browsing the open social web

    2024 · about.surf.social · its alternatives →

14. 14
    I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography▲66

    Autobio from one of the first New York punks

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Surf Air▲87

    Private air-travel membership.

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Conversations With Her: On Resilience ▲83

    Real-life stories from 7 women who have shown resilience

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Miracle of Morning Pages▲64

    Writing morning pages changed my life. Read it and do it.

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    When to Surf▲177

    Find the best time to 🏄 surf anywhere

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Lean Channel: YouTube for Entrepreneurs ▲64

    Have you ever wanted to start a business on YouTube?

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Deta Surf (Beta)▲156

    AI Notebooks for the internet (Open Source)

    Oct 2025 · deta.surf · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Third Wave▲82

    An entrepreneur's vision of the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Life at Sea▲62

    Observations of a Modern Mariner

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Search▲86

    Perfect wearable for surfers

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Tubes▲54

    A Journey to the Center of the Internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

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