World Surf League (WSL) ran the first ever competition at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch, in Leemore, Central California. It was named the Future Classic. The pro surfing organization tried to keep it a secret but also spread the rumors that something special was about to take place at the private surf pool. The marketing stunt […]
“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 Yallingup Boardriders have won The Surf Boardroom Surf League 2014, at Scarborough Beach, in Australia. The competition founded in 1986 is the longest running and most prestigious tag team surfing event in Western Australia. The format allows clubs to nominate their six strongest surfers (four in Open age, one Over 28, and one Under […]
She won four ASP Women’s World Tour titles in a row from 1994 to 1997. Lisa Andersen is the star of the third annual SurfAid Cup Malibu, to be surfed on the 6th September, 2014. At 45, the New York surfer girl is back in the competitive line-up. Lisa Andersen started surfing at 13, when […]