Surfing is literally where you find it. And what better place to catch a few good waves than in a cold landlocked German city. Welcome to Osnabrück, a quiet urban community with around 150,000 inhabitants located in the northwest of Germany. The city is around 100 miles away from the North Sea, so there are […]
How can you sell your first love? Why do you plan to get rid of the surfboard that got you into surfing? Why should a surfer sell his or her fondest memories? There’s nothing like our first wave. The feeling of walking on water is something will never erase from our waterlogged minds. The stick […]
The Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC) has developed a unique tandem surfboard for physically challenged children. British charity Cerebra has partnered with Surfability UK and Tonic Surf Therapy to design a longboard equipped with a supportive “bucket” seat that can be controlled by a surf instructor. The CIC product designers have also produced a surf access […]
“The Wild,” a short surf film by Aaron Lieber has conquered the Grand Prize at the REDirect Surf 2015. The contest for 11 short surf films shot on RED cameras awarded the movie featuring Noah Beschen a RED Epic Dragon camera package worth over $50,000. “Once again, the submissions for this year’s REDirect competition exceeded […]
Three surfers have lost their lives in a rip current off Mawgan Porth Beach, near Newquay, Cornwall, in England. Two men and a woman, with ages between 42 and 52, were surfing in challenging conditions, with powerful three-to-six foot waves hitting the Cornish shores. “The waves were bigger, they were quite big. And it wasn’t […]
The world’s first national junior participation surfing program VEGEMITE SurfGroms is poised to take over Australian beaches for a second year.
Editor’s note: Keith Malloy recently produced, directed and starred in his first film production, a movie about bodysurfing called “Come Hell Or High Water.” If you haven’t had a chance to see it you should. Shooting ‘Come Hell Or High Water’ Check out Chris Burkard’s amazing photos from filming…
While the Billabong Pro Tahiti continues to play an aquatic game of chess with Teahupoo, lets take this opportunity to get to know young Billabong team rider Jack Freestone. He was the first Australian in 10 years to win the ASP World Junior title back in 2011, and most recently he finished runner-up…
PORT HAVEN, Port Macquarie: (Saturday 18th August 2012): Indigenous children from throughout the Hastings had the opportunity to learn to surf today, at the Essential Energy Indigenous Surf Program in Port Macquarie.
On June 21, Lib Tech co-founder Mike Olson made the drive from Mervin Manufacturing to the Cleanline surfshop in Seaside, Ore., to personally deliver the first batch of Lib Tech Waterboards. It was a big day for Olson, for a couple of reasons. You see, he used to work at Cleanline, as their ding-repair…