It’s been a long journey, but the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge has finally crowned the 2016 champion. After finding the best regional teams, the event founded in the early 1980s got all seven squads competing for the national title at Lower Trestles, in San Clemente, California. Heritage Surf & Sport (Northeast), Huntington Surf & Sport […]
Tiago Pires is the most successful Portuguese surfer of all time. The story of his life and career are now revealed in “Saca: The Story of Tiago Pires.” He left his mark in Pipeline, he won impossible heats, and he spent 20 years raising his country’s flag on the Qualifying Series (QS), and on the Championship […]
Ellie Turner and Jobe Harris have taken out the 2016 British National Surf Championships, at Perranporth. British surfing is changing. Surfing Great Britain and the English Surfing Federation announced plans for a merger and the future of the sport looks bright in the country. And when 215 surfers are willing to compete for glory across […]
When we talk about health, we tend to focus on the anatomical structures, on the functioning of the human body. However, we rarely consider our brain – and what lies inside – as an organ that might (or might not) be fresh and vigorous. Mind surfing is a non-religious experience. It has nothing to do […]
American Wave Machines (AWM) announced the construction of a two-acre surf lake at BSR Cable Park, near Waco, Texas. The company says that the BSR Surf Ranch will be one of the largest inland surfing and watersports structures in the USA, and it will be equipped with AWM’s Perfect Swell wave generating technology. BSR is […]
Keanu Asing has taken out the 2016 Quiksilver Pro France, in Seignosse. The Hawaiian surfer defeated defending event winner Gabriel Medina and conquered his first Championship Tour (CT) event of his career. As a result, Asing, 23, climbed 13 places in the rankings. Despite the small wave conditions, Keanu unleashed his backhand skills to build […]
Tyler Wright is the grand winner of the 2016 World Surf League Women’s Championship Tour (CT). The Australian surfer from Culburra Beach secured her first world surfing title at the age of 22. After guaranteeing a spot on on the Roxy Pro France final, Wright saw her rival Courtney Conlogue failing to overcome Carissa Moore […]
The 2016/2017 Big Wave Tour has officially opened the Northern Hemisphere season. The second half of the competition runs from October 15, 2016, to February 28, 2017, and there are three extreme surf spots ready to welcome the fearless riders – Nazaré (Portugal), Peahi (Maui), and Todos Santos (Mexico). Contests get green light when wave faces […]
The California Surf Museum will honor Nat Young and Joyce Hoffman on the 29th October 2016. It’s a monumental year – the 30th anniversary of the California Surf Museum, and the 50th anniversary of the 1966 ISF World Surfing Championships, a six-day event held in San Diego, California, and won by the legendary duo. Young […]
Surfer Ken MacDonald and bodyboarder Renan Faccini are featured in two of the eleven winning photos of the Red Bull Illume 2016. The action sports photography contest awarded Luke Shadbolt with the best “Energy” shot of the year. The Australian photographer captured Renan Faccini celebrating the power of the ocean in Jaotinga Beach, near Rio […]