Surf News
The NLand Surf Park, the first Wavegarden surf pool built in North America, will be the size of nine football fields. The artificial wave park will open in Austin, Texas, during spring 2016. The man behind the landlocked surfing dream is Doug Coors, a surfer-engineer who has been one 15-year journey to find the ultimate […]
The 2016 Rio Pro will likely be relocated because of the severe pollution in the city’s waters. The World Surf League (WSL) is planning to move the contest site from Barra da Tijuca to a surf spot located further west. Health concerns rise, as the city of Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 […]
Alex Gray and Cheyne Magnusson (Team Los Angeles) have conquered the 2015 Red Bull Qiantang Surfing Shoot Out, in the tidal bore of the Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, China. The event puts four two-man teams against each other in the “Silver Dragon.” The third edition of the innovative competition was compressed into a one-big-day format due […]
A Brazilian photographer has launched a project to document the women’s connection with the ocean. “Salty Eyes” is a surf photo adventure by Marianna Piccoli. She wants to take the feminine soul to the waves. With an artistic and unique language, Piccoli’s intention is to perpetuate the feelings and beauty of this virtuous, deep connection. “Salty […]
How do you know who’s the best surfer in the water? How do you rate a surfer’s performance in the waves? Who decides who wins a surfing heat? Judging surfing is never a scientific and objective formula; it can’t be compared with football/soccer, tennis, rugby, baseball, volleyball, hockey, running and basketball. In all of these […]
Surfing has been confirmed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. What do surfers and industry professionals have to say? More than two decades after kicking off the Olympic campaign, and losing five bids, surfing made the cut. Surfing is one step closer of becoming an Olympic sport, with 40 male and female wave riders […]
It’s official: the sport of surfing has been proposed to take part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. There will be two events for 20 male surfers and 20 female surfers. The historic decision was announced by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee this 28th September 2015. Surfing – alongside skateboarding, karate, sports climbing, and baseball/softball […]
Bruno Hansen, Jesse Billauer, Mark “Mono” Stewart and Felipe Lima have been crowned the 2015 ISA World Adaptive Surfing champions, at La Jolla, in California. The inaugural ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship saw Brazilian surfer Fellipe Lima collecting a heat total of 12.93 and winning the first-ever gold medal in the Upright division. “I couldn’t […]
Jack Freestone has conquered SATA Azores Pro 2015, at Praia de Santa Barbara, in Sao Miguel, Portugal. The young and talented Australian surfer defeated fellow countryman Dion Atkinson in an exciting final held in highly competitive four-to-five-foot waves. “I’m so happy. Those last twelve minutes watching Dion getting all the waves; I was so anxious. […]
Where are the Faroe Islands located on the world map? Do you know the answer? The archipelago of 18 islands is located between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea. And it was perfect uncrowded waves. Searching and scoring. Finding and riding. The premises of the contemporary surfer are founded on solid, instinctive feelings: […]