Duke Kahanamoku is the father of modern surfing. “The Big Kahuna” won multiple Olympic medals and spread the Aloha Spirit throughout the world. Kahanamoku has several nicknames. “The Duke,” was also the “Dook.” He was a quiet and peaceful man, always ready to help others. He introduced surfing Australia, and helped get surfboards into lifesaving. Duke […]
Waves reaching 18 feet ignited Round 3 of the 2015 Volcom Pipe Pro, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. A critical drop and deep tube ride scored at 9.5 points sent Ian Walsh to Round 5 of the competition, in a heat filled with high drama. Leonardo Fioravanti suffered a brutal wipeout after takeoff and was whisked […]
Gary Linden, vice-president of the Big Wave World Tour, is excited. At 65, he rode his first big wave at Jaws. Greg Long told him: “No, you can’t do it, I don’t think you can do it, Gary.” That was the trigger. Linden had never tasted the power of Peahi before, so he had to […]
The Caparica Primavera Surf Fest will launch the 2015 European junior surfing season, from April 1st-4th, in Portugal. The new event will be the first of two under-20 competitions to take place in Portugal. The World Surf League (WSL) is debuting a new format in which all events offer the same amount of ranking points. […]
The Snapper Rocks Surfriders have conquered the 2015 Australian Boardriders Battle for a second successive year at Cronulla. Australia’s biggest grassroots, boardriders event series showcased the 20 best surf clubs in the country. The defending champions from Queensland maintained their consistency and finished second in the last event of the day in the teams’ relay […]
When in doubt, try it out. World skimboarding champion Austin Keen rode three boards in a single wave. Now, that’s a triple transfer. It was just another sunny day in San Diego. The small summer waves invited surfers to take their Malibus and longboards out the back. Nevertheless, one man thought different. Skimboarding specialist Austin […]
The 2015 Volcom Pipe Pro will storm the Banzai Pipeline, on the Oahu’s North Shore, between January 29th and February 8th. A fleet of 112 world-class surfers travel to Hawaii to fight for 3000 Qualifying Series (QS) points and a $100,000 prize purse. The 2015 surfing season is officialy opened in the venue of all […]
No matter where you live, or where you move to in the search for big, juicy waves, there will be days when the surf… well, just isn’t up. On these days, a surfer has a choice to make. Do you sit out the day in a vague haze of depression, watching videos and compulsively checking surf […]
Ricardo dos Santos lived 24 years doing what he loved most. Surfing. From Australia to the United States, surfers, friends, fans and sports enthusiasts are still recovering from a state of shock and profound sadness. Ricardinho, the Brazilian surfer from Praia da Guarda do Embaú, was not an average surfer. He excelled in surfing, and […]
It might sound rhetorical. After all, like any athlete, a surfer becomes shaped over time by the continual use and strengthening of certain muscles required to surf in the first place. A “surfer’s body”, therefore, can only be obtained by actually learning to surf, right? Well, yes, technically; a lot of bodily reshaping goes on […]