Natxo González returned to the scene of the crime, where he once had this wave all for himself. Now, he is sharing his little secret with his friends. It’s a fast, hollow right-hander that breaks in very shallow water. This dreamy beach break looks perfect, but if anything goes wrong, you’re hundreds of miles away […]
The World Surf League (WSL) announced the launch of Red Bull Airborne, an aerial specialty event. The aerial surfing competition will run in conjunction with the 2018 Quiksilver Pro France and will showcase Championship Tour (CT) athletes, and some of the best new school surfers in the world. There will be two additional spots reserved […]
The city of Bunbury, in Western Australia, has approved the installation of the world’s first inflatable surf reef at Back Beach. Troy Bottegal, the inventor of Airwave, wants to deploy a 12-meter round inflatable dome on the ocean floor, and in shallow waters. The two-meter high bubble will help create perfect waves. “Ten years ago, […]
Shepps is a new surfboard hanging system that allows you to store your favorite wave riding on the wall. Surfboards are large sensitive objects that require maximum attention, especially after a long and strenuous surf session. And that is the moment cracks, and dings appeared. Shepps allows you to store your surfboard on any wall […]
He faced racial segregation with a smile and spent his life sharing the true values of sports. Explore the life of Duke Kahanamoku in pictures. For many, Duke is the ultimate surfing legend; the father of modern surfing. But he was also a prolific record-breaking swimmer, with multiple Olympic medals under his belt. The ambassador […]
Laird Hamilton is a key personality in the development of big wave surfing. On August 17, 2000, he rode one of the meanest and thickest waves on the planet. This is the story of the Millennium Wave. Half Hawaiian, half Californian, Laird Hamilton pioneered the birth of tow-in surfing and participated in some of the […]
Hiroto Ohhara claimed the 2018 Van Pro at Virginia Beach, in Virginia. The Japanese surfer, who had won the US Open of Surfing in 2015, has once again proved he is one of the most in-form athletes on the Qualifying Series (QS). Ohhara defeated fellow countryman Reo Inaba, Brazilian rider Flavio Nakagima, and American surfer […]
They call it one of the most photogenic waves on the planet. And there is a good reason for that. Watch Impossibles making magic. Impossibles is a temperamental reef break that comes alive when powerful S/SW swells hit the south coast of Bali and meet gentle SE trade winds. The left-hand wave breaks between Padang […]
On March 11, 2011, surfing was banned from the beaches of the Fukushima Prefecture. A magnitude-9 earthquake occurred off the Pacific Coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that killed over 18,000 people. As a result, three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant exploded. After the tsunami and the nuclear meltdown, the region became […]
Surfing has been officially named the official sport of the state of California. On January 8, 2018, California state legislators, Al Muratsuchi and Ian Calderon introduced a bill that aimed to establish surfing as the official state sport. Assembly Bill (AB) No. 1782 has been approved and it is now time to add the surfboard […]