Surf News
Shane Dorian’s performance at Jaws won “Ride of the Year” at the 2015/2016 World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Awards, held at Grove Theater, in Anaheim, California. The experienced hellman had two rides at Jaws competing for the most prestigious award in big wave surfing, but it was his last one (February 10th) that won […]
William Finnegan has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize (Biography or Autobiography) for his “Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life.” The New York writer’s surf book was considered a “finely crafted memoir of a youthful obsession” by the Pulitzer Prize Board. Finnegan takes home $10,000 and one of the most prestigious awards in Arts and Letters. In […]
The Cook Islands have joined the International Surfing Association (ISA) as its 99th member nation. The archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean is comprised of 15 islands. The new member of the ISA family receives favorable swells from nearly all directions, offering great waves all year round. The Surfing Cook Islands Association is the […]
Sebastian Zietz defeated Julian Wilson to claim the 2016 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro, in Western Australia. Its his first ever Dream Tour victory. The former Championship Tour (CT) competitor earned a spot in the event as an injury replacement surfer, but he used his Hawaiian trumps to overcome the Australian in the decisive matchup. “The […]
The Big Wave Tour (BWT) has added Nazaré’s Praia do Norte to the 2016/2017 schedule. The circuit managed by the World Surf League announced that the Portuguese beach break will challenge the world’s best big wave riders. The new calendar showcases six breaks, three in each hemisphere. But there’s more: the schedule includes a brand […]
Sixteen slab surfing specialists will compete at the 2016 Red Bull Cape Fear, at Sydney’s Botany Bay. At the spot also known as Ours, all variables are against surfers. The place is cold, sharky, shallow, rocky, and truly dangerous. Fortunately, an elite group of surfers is willing to give it a go, no matter how […]
Mick Fanning is the Waterman of the Year 2016 by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA). The three-time world surfing champion from Sydney, Australia, will be honored at the 27th Annual Waterman’s Weekend between August 5th-6th 2016, in Laguna Beach, California. Fanning, who has never had an easy road throughout his career, experienced last season […]
“Ninety-five percent of the people that were surfing in the 90s were probably on the wrong surfboard.” The statement is from Rob Machado, and he is 100 percent right. The fish surfboard design emerged in the 1960s, but the format lost traction in the subsequent decades. And by the time surfing reached the 90s, everyone was […]
Surfing games are rare these days. Despite the rapid technological advances, the video game industry has not yet developed the game surfers are waiting for. But the scene isn’t dead. There have been a few independent producers keeping the lights on. In 2013, Senne De Pré saved water sports video games from extinction with his […]
He is one of our favorites. A true gentleman. Taj Burrow, 37, has announced his retirement from professional surfing. His ultimate pro surfing contest will be Fiji Pro. Taj Burrow was born on the 2nd June 1978, in Busselton, Western Australia. He caught his first waves when he was only seven and, ten years later, […]