Belharra and Mullaghmore Head fired the first bombs, as the “Black Swell” hits Europe in all its glory. Guess who joined the party. Kurt Rist opened hostilities in Irish waters. The moment Winter Storm Hercules touched the shores of the British Islands, the surfer from New York got barreled in the tricky curls of Mullaghmore […]
Europe has shown its potential for big wave surfing. A world record for the largest wave ever surfed can easily be broken in the Old Continent. So, where are located the highest peaks? Surfing was not born in Europe. Not even big wave surfing. But the Old Continent has a long Atlantic tradition, when it […]
Australian surfers will paddle out in protest against the two billion dollar proposed Ocean Terminal/Casino development, at North Kirra/Bilinga, on the 19th January, 2014. Surfing and non-surfing community are convinced that if the latest proposal for North Kirra/Bilinga goes ahead, its size and impact will wipeout Kirra forever. Save Our Southern Beaches Alliance, one of […]
The “Black Swell” is hitting UK, Ireland and Portugal. Huge waves have been spotted, as the storm passes through the Azores Islands and heads to Continental Europe. The black fetch is wide, fast and furious. The swell charts don’t lie. The eye of the storm is larger than the territory of France and the wave […]
Europe will be hit by one of largest swells of the decade, as strong winds combined with high tides and large waves are coming in from the Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland are in state of high alert. A severe storm is already hitting the British Islands, with severe flood […]
Tony Hawk is a skateboarding legend, but he proved to be an all-round boardsports masters when he took a surfboard to the Eisbach River, in Munich, Germany. At 45, Tony Hawk is still riding. The best skateboarder of all time has helped push the sport of surfing over the last decades, with his innovative aerial […]
What would you do if you were a surfer in a landlocked country? Would you create your own waves or would you travel every weekend to the nearest ocean? Planet Earth has 48 landlocked countries. These sovereign states don’t have a direct access to a classic oceanic coastline, and represent 11,4% of the world. Kazakhstan […]
They are the pioneers of modern surfing. From James Cook to George Downing, a very restrict group of people helped transform the act of riding waves into a proper sport called surfing. The birth of surfing. The act of surf riding has many centuries. We know it was part of the ancient Polynesian culture, and […]
Sending press releases in Chinese? Attaching low-resolution photos? Communicating broken links? Caps Lock abuse? Hashtag madness? Check out the do’s and don’ts in wave sports brand communication. Wave sports are changing every three months. New gear, new trends, new technologies, new shapes, new design, new colors and new communications. How does your action sports brand reach media […]
Banzai Pipeline has delivered two consecutive days of classic big wave surfing, on the 21st and 22nd December, 2013. Add the words “epic” and “memorable” to the adjectives list. The pro surfing craziness has settled down, we’ve got a new world champion and it’s winter time on the Oahu’s North Shore. Is there anything new? […]