A man, his 14-year-old son, and a 25-year-old friend were greeted by gunshots while surfing near Taharoa, in New Zealand. The group was sitting out in the lineup waiting for the waves near the entrance of the Kawhia Harbour, north of Albatross Point, when they heard three shots fired. Initially, they thought someone had fired […]
A man, his 14-year-old son, and a 25-year-old friend were greeted by gunshots while surfing near Taharoa, in New Zealand. The group was sitting out in the lineup waiting for the waves near the entrance of the Kawhia Harbour, north of Albatross Point, when they heard three shots fired. Initially, they thought someone had fired […]
What happens when a determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Junior Lifeguards while managing relationships and embracing challenges in the summer of 1986? The answer is in “Age of Summer,” a 89-minute feature film shot locally in South Bay area of Los Angeles over 28 days, more precisely at Rat Beach, Hermosa, […]
What happens when a determined teenage boy struggles to find acceptance within the Junior Lifeguards while managing relationships and embracing challenges in the summer of 1983? The answer is in “Age of Summer,” a 89-minute feature film shot locally in South Bay area of Los Angeles over 28 days, more precisely at Rat Beach, Hermosa, […]
Gabriel Medina has taken out the 2018 Tahiti Pro, in Teahupoo. It’s his second win at the infamous Pacific reef break. The Brazilian surfer defeated Owen Wright in a final held in small five-foot waves. There were few barrels, and it all came down to wave selection and maneuvering. This time, World Surf League (WSL) […]
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Professional surfing is a highly competitive occupation. World title races are increasingly tight. And sometimes it all comes down to the wire. Modern competitive surfing is an incredible intense sports activity. It’s hard to imagine an athlete competing at the highest level that can’t throw and land an air reverse, get barreled, and complete a […]
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) called it “The Harland.” It is a surfboard. With the company’s logo on it. There’s only one in the world, and it’s been sold for $3,000. Wait: why would anyone buy a surfboard with Colonel Harland David Sanders’ face printed all over the board. Has the world gone mad? Fortunately, there’s […]
Virtual Surfing is a surfing simulation that features impressive 3D breaking waves with ultra-realistic lighting, and real-time foam generation and water splash effects. The surf game is discreetly being developed by Vincent Galioit, CEO of Waveor, in Regensburg, a landlocked city located in the southeast of Germany. That said, yes it is an independent production, […]
Foil surfing is changing the way people can get access to previously inaccessible areas in all types of bodies of water. The hydrofoil changed the classic surfing paradigm that tells us that we need waves to glide across oceans, rivers and indoor pools. That’s not the case anymore. Horue is a French water sports company […]