Surf News
Google Doodle celebrates the 125th anniversary of Duke Kahanamoku’s birthday. Have you seen it? Matt Cruickshank, a visual artist from San Francisco and a member of the Google staff, depicted the father of modern surfing in a simple and iconic 16-foot wooden surfboard. Duke’s warm Hawaiian smile is quickly perceived. Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola […]
Surprise, or maybe not. Kanoa Igarashi prevailed in the highly competitive final of the Vans Pro 2015, at 1st Street Jetty, Virginia Beach. The Huntington Beach star is living the dream. Igarashi is enjoying a fabulous season and has jumped to third place in the Qualifying Series (QS) rankings. “It’s crazy having such a good […]
Maxime Huscenot defeated Nomme Mignot to conquer the 2015 Soöruz Lacanau Pro, held in bumpy three-to-five foot surf, at Lacanau, in France. The competition was completely dominated by French surfers, who made the most of local knowledge to dominate the shifty beach break of Grande Plage. Huscenot used his powerful backhand snaps to take an […]
Waves are the reason surfing exists as a sport. You can’t ride a wave that wasn’t born. Pretty philosophical, isn’t it? Well, that’s our goal. Dive with us into the magical universe of (un)broken waves. Waves are like children of the ocean. They’re meaningful to us, surfers. Have you ever closed your eyes while riding […]
Tia Blanco has been featured in Playboy’s “Becoming Attraction.” Female surfers are beginning to show their natural curves more than ever. Alana Blanchard found a lucrative niche as a surfing model, but she only opened the way to many other girls such as Anastasia Ashley, Malia Manuel, Alessa Quizon, etc. Tiarah Lue Blanco was born […]
How do you say “surfing” in Hawaiian? Are there multiple Hawaiian expressions to say “wave”? Learn how to translate English surfing expressions into “Olelo Hawai’i” (Hawaiian language). John R.K. Clark, author of “Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From The Past”, has extensively studied the presence of surfing in the Hawaiian language. The sport of kings is richly portrayed […]
The world’s best young guns will ride for glory at the 2015 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Surfing Championship, to be run in Oceanside, California, between October 11th-18th. Tom Curren, Gabriel Medina, Julian Wilson, Jordy Smith, Alejo Muniz, Filipe Toledo, Owen Wright, Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Laura Enever and Tyler Wright have won gold […]
Lukas Brunner is the grand winner of the 2015 European Championship in Stationary Wave Riding, held at the Munich Airport, in Germany. A total of 130 surfers from 14 countries participated in the fifth edition of this popular artificial wave challenge. This year, the pool was wider, and the waves were bigger. Brunner, 19, was […]
In one of the most exciting heats of the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, Gabriel Medina eliminated John John Florence from the competition. An 18.84 heat total was not enough for the Hawaiian. It was crazy. Medina and Florence went head-to-head in the three-to-five-foot surf at Teahupoo knowing that only one could advance through to Round […]
President of the Maldives Abdulla Gayoom has suspended the development of a luxury surf resort in the Thanburudhoo Island (Kaafu Atoll), home to the world-class surf spots of Sultans and Honkeys. The Tourism Ministry cancelled the lease agreement with Telos Investment. The authorities informed that the private investors didn’t develop the resort within the agreed […]