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Surf World Series, the video game, announced for PS4, Xbox One and PC

UK-based independent studio Climax Studios announced the launch of Surf World Series, a console video game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. In Surf World Series, players will take to the waves to experience the thrill of pure arcade-style surfing. The game will be released in 2017. Ride monster waves from around the world […]

Oxford English Dictionary adds new surf-related words

There are new surf-related terms and expressions in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The OED is one of the oldest English dictionaries. It was published for the first time in 1884, and it is considered by many specialists as the most trusted English language dictionary in the world. The Oxford English Dictionary is not a […]

The 2016 Billabong Pipe Masters kicked off in small surf

It was not classic Pipe, but time is running out. Round 1 of the 2016 Billabong Pipeline Masters has been concluded in four-to-five foot surf. The barrels were rare, and the stakes were high. The last event of the pro season kicked with unusual ocean conditions. Judges were looking for powerful carves and vertical lip […]

Mick Fanning surfs Norway underneath the Aurora Borealis

Mick Fanning has ridden the Arctic waves of Lofoten, in Norway, underneath the Aurora Borealis. The three-time world champion could not contain his delight after he journeyed to the Arctic Circle to undertake a magical adventure. The 35-year-old Australian surfer had to combat freezing water completely at odds to his usual warm surfing conquests around […]

The best quotes by Mark Foo

If you were a surf journalist in the 1980s and 1990s, you would’ve loved to chat with Mark Foo. His catchy and memorable quotes made a splash, and were frequently exposed on the cover of magazines and newspapers. Mark Foo was born on February 5, 1958, in Singapore, but moved with his Chinese photojournalist parents […]

How did two Russians end up surfing Nazaré?

They’re two big wave surfers, and they hail from Russia. The previous sentence doesn’t seem to make sense, but they’re in Nazaré, Portugal, to prove that our preconceptions are wrong. Andrei “Dolphin” Ovchinnikov and Andrey Karr Boldyrev have the looks of a surfer. Their hairstyle, their clothes, and their eyes on the ocean are not […]

Finn McGill, 16, conquers the Pipe Invitational 2016

Sixteen-year-old surfer Finn McGill has taken out the Pipe Invitational 2016, at Banzai Pipeline, in Hawaii. The young local talent defeated Gavin Beschen, Joshua Moniz, and Victor Bernardo in the four-to-six-foot surf final. McGill couldn’t be more stoked. “I cannot even believe this is happening right now. I’ve been surfing here my whole life and […]

Brazil wins the 2016 ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship

Team Brazil has conquered the 2016 ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship, held at La Jolla Shores, in California. The surfers from Brazil won two gold medals (Felipe Lima and Davi Teixeira), one silver medal (Elias Diel), and one bronze medal (Henrique Saraiva). “To be crowned world champion has been a dream of mine my whole […]

"Mad Dogs," the story of the Jaws paddle-in pioneers

”Mad Dogs” is a documentary about three surfers that wanted to prove to the world that paddling for waves at Jaws was not an impossible mission. The 75-minute film features three Brazilian hellmen – Danilo Couto, Marcio Freire, and Yuri Soledade. They moved to Hawaii in the late 1990s with a specific goal in their […]

Phil Rajzman and Tory Gilkerson crowned 2016 Longboard Tour champions

Phil Rajzman claimed his second World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Longboard Tour title, in Riyue Bay, Hainan Island, China. The Brazilian rider won the last event of the season and raised the most coveted trophy in longboarding. Rajzman, who had won his first title nine years ago, defeated Steven Sawyer in the Jeep World Longboard […]

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