Flamboyant, fully-energized, exotic, passionate, and persistent. Fernando Aguerre is one of the most influential personalities in the surfing world. The history of surfing is often too much biased by an anglophone perspective of reality that completely distorts the sport’s evolution. Fernando Aguerre spent two decades advocating for the inclusion of surfing in the Olympic Games, […]
Australian surfer and craftsman Bob McTavish won the inaugural FCS Legend Shaper Award. McTavish is one of the most influential surfboard shapers of all time. His contribution to the sport of surfing is immeasurable. The pioneer of surfboard shaping and design was born in 1944, in Mackay, Queensland. He started surfing on a 16-foot plywood […]
Jordan Lawler has taken out the 2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro, at Manly Beach, New South Wales. The Australian surfer defeated Championship Tour campaigner Jadson Andre in clean two-to-three-foot waves, and in front of thousands of cheering surf fans. Lawler secured the most important win of his career. The North Narrabeen local was competing close […]
Caio Ibelli is not happy with the World Surf League (WSL) wildcard policy. The 25-year-old surfer has contested WSL’s decision to hand out the season wildcards to Kelly Slater and John John Florence. The Brazilian athlete broke his foot and missed out eight out of 11 Championship Tour (CT) events in 2018, and was expecting […]
The 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Championship Tour (CT) will feature competitors from ten different nations. The top 34 includes 11 Brazilian surfers, eight Australian athletes, four American competitors, four Hawaiian surfers, two French wave riders, and single representatives from South Africa, Tahiti, Japan, Italy, and New Zealand. The men’s 2019 CT is comprised […]
Steven Sawyer has been crowned the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) longboard champion at Jinzun Harbour, in Taiwan. The South African logger claimed his maiden WSL World Longboard Championship title after defeating Kai Sallas in a tight, nerve-wracking 25-minute final. The 24-year-old longboarder combined traditional longboarding maneuvers with the fundamental pillars of competitive surfing – […]
Despite having left the Dream Tour, Taj Burrow continues to step on the gas pedal. The Australian who never won but should’ve won the world surfing title is now traveling the world in search of idyllic swells and transparent barrels. The talented regular-footed surfer from Busselton, in Western Australia, turned 40 and released a new […]
Leonardo Fioravanti and Chelsea Tuach claimed the 2018 Martinique Surf Pro, at Basse-Pointe. The Italian surfer defeated Nat Young in the men’s final held in two-to-three-foot waves. Fioravanti combined his classic surfing skills with new school moves and conquered the 3,000 Qualifying Series (QS) event. “It feels so good to win again. My last win […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved surfing’s qualification system for the Tokyo 2020. The sport’s Olympic debut will feature 20 male and 20 female surfers competing in a shortboard event. The qualification process is the result of a previous agreement between the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the World Surf League (WSL).
Once labeled the “Anna Kournikova of Surfing,” she grew up to become much more than just a blonde beauty. Today, Alana Blanchard is one of the most popular female athletes in social media. The Hawaiian professional surfer, model, and actress was born on March 5, 1990, at her house in Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii. Don’t judge her […]