Gabe Davies and Posh Tom Wilson have been crowned the Kings of the Point, in Scarborough, England. Designed by East coast surfers, the King of the Point is surf contest with a long, six-month waiting period that accommodates the nature of the rare swells of the North Sea. The organizers wanted to get competitors surfing […]
Jack Buckingham is a British surfer-vlogger. He built a surfboard out of duct tape and wood in five days. Buckingham got the things needed in his shed. With a saw, some screws, a drill, chunks of wood, and 50 rolls of tape, he shaped a silver surfboard. Jack studied carpentry and woodwork at college, but he […]
An Australian artificial wave firm has teamed up with Mark Occhilupo to conquer the surf pool industry. Will Surf Lakes really stun the world? The race for the golden wave is on. The number of players seems to have increased in the last decade but, until now, only Wavegarden managed to open a couple of […]
Surfing is not a lethal sport, but monstrous waves have already claimed a few lives. Let’s take a look at notorious athletes who perished in the surf. Surfers have been cheating death for a long time. In big wave scenarios, you can’t be fooled, and it’s in your face – death is a living threat. […]
The World Surf League (WSL) announced the list of nominees for the 2017 Big Wave Awards. The competition will deliver $350,000 in prize money to the winners of the following categories: “Ride of the Year,” “Paddle Award,” “Biggest Wave,” “Men’s Overall Performance,” “Women’s Overall Performance,” “Tube of the Year,” and “Wipeout of the Year.” The […]
The 2016 Billabong Pipeline Masters in Memory of Andy Irons is ready to ignite the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii, from December 8th-20. It’s easy to understand why a long surfing season always ends in Pipeline. The last gem of the Triple Crown of Surfing truly is a gift of nature. Although pretty much […]
The world’s best adaptive surfers will compete for gold, silver, bronze, and copper medals at La Jolla Shores Beach, in California, from December 8th-11th. The second edition of the ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship will crown world champions across six divisions: AS-1 and AS-2 (stand/kneel)), visually impaired, upright, prone, and assist. The Paralympic-style competition features […]
“The Eddie” can go. Quiksilver, World Surf League (WSL) and the Aikau family have reached an agreement, and the iconic big wave surfing competition will continue uninterrupted. The contest format remains the same for the 2016/2017 edition. The event will be called on somewhere between December 1st, and February 28th, only if waves reach a minimum […]
It can’t get any crazier. Portuguese surfer Nuno Santos has ridden the big waves of Nazaré, in Portugal, while playing the violin. He wrote the music for Garrett McNamara’s Red Chargers project. And he loves huge waves, too. Nuno Santos, a Portuguese teacher, decided to ride and play the fiddle in one of the most […]
Tom Lowe had a day to remember at Nazaré. On his first wave ever at Praia do Norte, the British found an improbable jet ski halfway down the face of the liquid mountain. All’s well that ends well. It was just another big wave surfing day at the Portuguese fishing town. It wasn’t colossal, titanic […]