Surfing Western Australia announced the launch of its first Surfers Rescue 365 course. The program debuts at City Beach on June 11 and will provide recreational surfers with the opportunity to do a three-hour free CPR, first aid, and board rescue techniques course. The project is a joint-venture between Surfing WA and Surf Life Saving […]
Surf legend and wetsuit pioneer Jack O’Neill passed away at 94. According to his family, the founder of O’Neill died of natural causes at his home in Santa Cruz, California. Jack O’Neill was born in Denver, Colorado, on March 27, 1923. He started body surfing in Oregon in the late 1930s before moving to San […]
An oncoming giant wall of whitewater is entirely different from a little inside wave. Learn how to get past the breaking waves easier and without getting pounded or losing your board. The turtle roll, also known as the eskimo roll, is a surfing technique that allows you to get past the breaking waves without having […]
Team France won their first-ever ISA World Surfing Games, at Grande Plage, in Biarritz. The French surfers dominated the competition held in home waters and claimed the top spot thanks to the gold and silver medals conquered by Pauline Ado and Johanne Defay in the Open Women’s division. “I am so happy to win here […]
John Severson – surf filmmaker, writer, painter, photographer and founder of Surfer Magazine – passed away in his sleep at the age of 83. Severson was born in Pasadena, in 1933. He started surfing aged 13 after moving with his family to San Clemente. Severson earned a degree in art education from Long Beach State […]
Surfing is an inclusive sport, and the number of clubs, schools, foundations, and associations that help disable surfers fulfill their dreams is growing rapidly. Everybody can catch and ride waves, and enjoy the pleasures provided by ocean swells. That is the essence and the spirit of surfing. Surfing’s healing properties have already been widely confirmed […]
Learn what to do if you find yourself unexpectedly in cold water for a long time. The UK and Irish waters are cold enough to kill, even in summer. This is why the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) released a video that teaches us how to survive in extremely low temperatures. The average water temperature […]
Surfing is the art of riding waves. But why do surfers say that offshore wind conditions bring pristine waves? Wind creates the waves in our oceans. Without the wind, there would be no ground swells and wind swells. The sea would be a flat body of water, and surfers would have to create waves artificially. […]
Do you want to try surfing waves, but you don’t have time or patience for overpriced surf lessons and bossy instructors? Watch the best instructional videos for learning to surf. Have you decided to learn to surf? Start surfing in one day with a five-step video course that will help you with the equipment, the […]
When summer kicks in, waves go on vacation. Learn what you can do to live through flat surfing days. There’s always a time in our lives when we can’t live without surfing. It fills our days, and we became slightly obsessed with the ritual of checking the forecast, packing up, and searching for idyllic, silky […]