Welcome to Windansea Beach, a classic surf break located in La Jolla, San Diego. Known initially as Neptune Beach, the famous Southern California surf spot is named after the 1909 oceanfront Strand Hotel, which was renamed Hotel Windansea ten years later by its owner Arthur Snell. The hotel didn’t resist the test of time because […]
The world’s finest storm chasers were already on red alert. There was something big moving toward Fiji. Kelly Slater said it was a day that will never be forgotten. And we don’t hear him saying it often. On May 25 and 26, Tavarua’s Cloudbreak roared to life, and the big wave surfing community gathered at […]
The inaugural 2019 World Beach Games will feature five board-and-water sports disciplines. The event announced by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) will take place at Mission Beach, in San Diego, California, from October 10-15. The final list of sports features 15 sports and 17 disciplines, including shortboard surfing, longboard surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, and waterski.
Static surfing is about to have its own competitive circuit. WaterWorks, a company from Munich, in Germany, is preparing the launch of the Rapid Surfing League (RSL), a high-performance river surfing tour held in stationary wave spots like river waves, rapids, wave machines, and surf pools. “We came up with the idea for the name […]
Surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will take place in the ocean, not in a wave pool. The waiting period runs from July 24 to August 9. The president of the International Surfing Association (ISA) confirmed that surfers will fight for gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals in a natural environment. Despite supporting the […]
The push through, or punch through technique allows surfers to get past a small broken wave and reach the lineup without having to duck dive or turtle roll. With bigger board, it is often more challenging to get out-the-back. However, sometimes, the turtle roll is not necessary. Sometimes, you don’t need to get into the […]
Take a close look at this simple, yet ingenious surf item. FinsOut is the world’s first fin removal tool. We have all suffered at the hands of the thruster setup. And if you’re riding a five-fin system, it’s even worse. Installing and removing FCS II fins can be a painful experience for your fingers and […]
Surfing is a beautiful outdoor activity, and an exciting water sport, but it also hides insincerity, falsity, and duplicity. Discover why we, as surfers, behave like hypocrites. Surfers are profoundly surrounded by superlatives, catchphrases and utopian marketing slogans that depict them as a tribe in sync with Nature – the lifestyle, the coolness, the healthy […]
A perfect big wave can change your life. Not only it will put you under the media spotlight, but it will also open new sponsorship opportunities, and invitations to elite contests. “Vague à l’Âme” follows Shane Dorian and his partners in crime, Benjamin Sanchis, Justin Becret, and Jack Robinson, as they chase some of the […]
Filipe Toledo has taken out the 2018 Oi Rio Pro, at Barrinha Beach, in Saquarema, Brazil. The Brazilian wonder boy defeated Wade Carmichael in the final held in four-to-six foot (1.2 -1.8 meters) waves. There were no airs, but a lot of barrels. Filipe won the sixth Championship Tour (CT) event of his career. Toledo put the […]