Now more than ever, surfers have a great responsibility on the shoulders. Here’s what makes a complete, contemporary wave rider. A surfer is someone who practices and enjoys his or her sport at the heart of Nature, surrounded by the elements. But also, surfers are an integral of a society, a local, regional and national […]
Rob Bain, Layne Beachley, and Dave Macaulay have taken out the 2018 Azores Airlines World Masters Championship in the Grand Masters, Women’s Masters and Men’s Masters divisions. The finals got underway in highly contestable three-foot surf at Praia de Santa Barbara, in the island of Sao Miguel. A World Surf League (WSL) Specialty Event, the event has […]
You can’t be a good surfer if you don’t you use your grey matter. Here’s why intelligence is a powerful weapon in the waves. Although surfing sounds pretty much like a physical and technical outdoor activity, intelligence plays a critical role in the development of the skills, and the performance you actually achieve in the […]
Surf spots – the place where dreams come true. And yes, magnificent surf breaks do exist. Everyone has their favorites peaks, but sometimes – or maybe often – it’s just better somewhere else. That’s why surfers are travelers. They’re in constant search for the ultimate wave, the secret spot. Perfection is the goal; pure joy […]
The Golden State boasts more than 1,000 miles of coastline, as well as some of the world’s best surf breaks. And the Ventura County Coast is one of the original birthplaces of California surf culture. Ventura County surf breaks were made famous by The Beach Boys back in 1963 with not one, but two references […]
Santiago Muñiz claimed the gold medal in the Open Men division at the 2018 ISA World Surfing Games, held in Tahara, Japan. In a tight final, the surfer from Argentina beat local favorite Kanoa Igarashi, Peruvian Lucca Mesina, and Japanese sensation Shun Murakami. “I am the world champion! Again! I have now qualified for the […]
A Scotch whisky distillery teamed up with an American surfboard company to create a surfboard made from whisky barrels. The limited edition handmade 6’11”, 39.96-liter surfboards are part of Glenmorangie’s “Beyond the Cask” project and were fully shaped by Maine’s Grain Surfboards. The Glenmorangie Original is made using approximately 12 barrel staves; it is 20 1/8” […]
The world’s first multi-break surf park will enter the test mode in October 2018. Surf Lakes within weeks of completing its first full-scale demonstration facility near Yeppoon, on the Capricorn Coast in Queensland, Australia. Although it will not initially be open to the public, it will be the first proper surf park with multiple wave […]
For many surfers, film critics, and surf historians, “Big Wednesday” is the greatest surf movie of all time. The film chronicles the story of three young California surfers – Matt Johnson (Jan-Michael Vincent), Jack Barlowe (William Katt), and Leroy “The Masochist” Smith (Gary Busey) – who breathe and live surfing during the Vietnam War days. […]
The Kamchatka Peninsula is a cold, isolated, and arid region located in the Russian Far East. You could say it’s in the middle of nowhere. It is definitely not the first place you think of when planning the surf trip of your dreams. It rains a lot here, too. And it’s not even the best […]