A powerful Raglan swell greeted Laird Hamilton and his foil board, as the American surfer prepares for “The Ultimate Waterman.” Laird Hamilton is the pioneer of foilboarding. He has been riding waves over blades for a long time, with a very personal approach. Hamilton is the ambassador of the New Zealand-based event “The Ultimate Waterman.” […]
British-Australian pro surfer Taz Knight narrowly escaped serious problems after getting caught inside at Todos Santos, in Mexico. When Tasman Knight passed the Mexican border, he had a destination: Salsipuedes, a surf spot located in the World Surfing Reserve of Todos Santos Bay. After checking the local conditions, Knight paddled out at San Miguel Bay, […]
“Surfing” is a noun; “surf” is the verb. But how did these words evolve over time? So where do the words “surfing” and “surf” come from? When we look up in the (online) dictionary for the word “surfing”, this is what we get in return: a) the sport or pastime of riding a wave towards […]
Frontside snaps are a classic intermediate surfing maneuver in which the surfer comes off the bottom turn, quickly attacks the lip in the right section and keeps riding the wave face. Contemporary surfing requires speed, power, and flow. After understanding how a wave should be ridden, surfers start improving their bottom turns and begin working on […]
Surfing New Zealand (SNZ) has announced a three-year strategic plan to guide and boost surfing in the country. Sport development, sport business and high-performance sport. These are the key driving forces in “Surfing New Zealand Strategic Plan 2015-2017”. The governing body for surfing in New Zealand will increase emphasis on initiatives such as the award-winning […]
Gabriel Medina and Stephanie Gilmore are ready to defend their Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast titles, as the first ever World Surf League (WSL) season prepares to ignite the Australian fans. They’re ready to paddle out. The world’s best male and female surfers have concluded their pre-season training routines. It’s time to surf for […]
Newcastle has broken the Guinness World Record for the most surfboards laid end to end on a beach. A total of 608 surfboards were lined up along Nobbys Beach, Australia, during the 30th anniversary edition of the Surfest. The previous Guinness World Record stood at 398 surfboards, i.e., 783.5 meters of lined up boards, and […]
Californian powerhouse Kolohe Andino conquered the 2015 Australian Open of Surfing, at Manly Beach, Sydney. The 20-year-old surfer from San Clemente defeated Mateia Hiquily, 19, in consistent one-to-two meter waves and sunny skies. Andino opened the final with a near-perfect 9.73 left-hand ride. “I wanted to win the event and I did it. I’m stoked. […]
Jarryd Foster, Mark Visser, Chris Ross and Justen Allport have stolen Surfing Life’s Oakley Big Wave Awards 2015. The finest big wave riders in Australia were crowned in the “Biggest Wave,” “Biggest Paddle-In,” “Biggest Slab” and “Viewer’s Choice Award.” Foster won the most coveted award for an epic ride at Cow Bombie. The Western Australian […]
Cork is slowly entering the surfboard world. Shapers are giving it a go; surfers like its consistency. But we had never seen a board shaped from recycled cork stoppers. A group of social entrepreneurs from Murcia, Spain, has shaped and developed a patented-protected surfboard made of traditional cork stoppers. When the wine’s over, cork stoppers […]