Mick Fanning is the Waterman of the Year 2016 by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA). The three-time world surfing champion from Sydney, Australia, will be honored at the 27th Annual Waterman’s Weekend between August 5th-6th 2016, in Laguna Beach, California. Fanning, who has never had an easy road throughout his career, experienced last season […]
“Ninety-five percent of the people that were surfing in the 90s were probably on the wrong surfboard.” The statement is from Rob Machado, and he is 100 percent right. The fish surfboard design emerged in the 1960s, but the format lost traction in the subsequent decades. And by the time surfing reached the 90s, everyone was […]
The Main Break delivered the first waves of the 2016 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro, in Australia. And yes, Matt Wilkinson has won his Round 1 heat against Stuart Kennedy, and Dusty Payne. The Championship Tour (CT) leader found two good waves and found the key to Round 3. “This 6’1” board is feeling really […]
Traveling with surfboards is like handling a Chinese vase. A small mistake can have huge consequences. Learn how to pack your surfboard bag and prevent damage during travel. Because surfboard packing is the art of transporting feathers. Surf trips are always the best and most exciting moments of a year. Our well-deserved surf holidays always arrive […]
The 2016 ISA World Surfing Games will be held in Jacó, Costa Rica, between August 6th-14th. The event organized by the International Surfing Association returns to the Central American nation seven years after being held in Playa Hermosa. Costa Rica will be able to defend its 2015 title in home waters. The institution led by Fernando Aguerre […]
It’s the third and final stage of the Australian leg. The 2016 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro kicks off with an unexpected Championship Tour (CT) leader. Matt Wilkinson, grand winner of the first two events of the pro surfing season, will be eyeing a historical third consecutive win on the Dream Tour. It might be […]
Sixty amateur surfers have participated in the Oasis Open, Canada’s first ever indoor surfing contest, held in Montreal. Wave pools are spreading throughout the world, and the American Wave Machines (AWM) are doing their role in promoting surfing in landlocked regions. Canada has a long tradition in surfing is still far from Tofino, the country’s […]
The WaveClock is an analog clock that shows you real-time wave height, wave period and tide from your station/buoy of interest. It’s your window to the ocean. It connects to your WiFi network through a smartphone app. The app can be used to select any wave buoy or tide station through the entire NOAA network. […]
The vertical wooden spiral built by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk will be adapted to artificial surf pool designed by the Kelly Slater Wave Company. The skate and surf legends will team up to design a complex structure that will allow surfers to descend a helix curve straight into a man-made wave. In other words, it […]
Find us a surfer that doesn’t like to eat. Impossible. The only thing a surfer wants after a three-hour surf session is a tasty meal. And if it’s summertime, a cold beer never too much, thank you. The story of German adventurers Johannes Riffelmacher and Thomas Kosikowski is quite spicy. They quit their jobs, pooled all […]