Surfing’s debut on the world’s largest sporting stage – the 2020 Olympic Games – may be over, but the memories and impact continue. Over the last several weeks, we’ve talked to many of you and reflected on the legacy of surfing’s first Olympics and what we can improve in Paris 2024. Here are our top […]
“I would sacrifice a world title for a gold medal.” The heartfelt words are from seven times world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore. The purists will always be purists. For them, surfing doesn’t belong in the Olympic Games. It’s a perfectly valid opinion. There’s even a minority that doesn’t even see surfing as a sport. The […]
It’s okay not to be okay. Filipe Toledo revealed he struggled with mental health issues in the first semester of 2019. The Brazilian surfer told the Olympic Channel that his emotional victory at the 2019 Oi Rio Pro was a turning point in his outlook. He felt that he need to seek help. “There’s the […]
Two Peruvians may have become the first surfers to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Lucca Mesinas and Daniella Rosas secured the gold medals in the shortboard division at the 2019 Pan American Games, held in Lima, the capital of Peru. Two qualification slots for the sport’s Olympic debut in Japan were at stake for […]
On March 14, 2019, Christina H. Koch joined the crew at the International Space Station (ISS). She was launched on Soyuz MS-12 alongside Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague. Koch surprised the surfing world after publishing a series of tweets in which she hailed the ocean conditions as seen from the sky.
Surf Lakes announced the construction of its first public wave pool on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia. The creators of the central wave machine concept will build their first public artificial wave structure near Robina, the company’s home town. “We have selected an appropriate site in a central location that is easily accessible for […]
Australian surfing icon Wayne Deane passed away at the age of 66. The iconic surfer was fighting a battle against stomach cancer and died peacefully on July 19. Wayne Deane was born in Queensland, in 1952. He started riding surf-o-planes in the mid-1950s, and began surfing when he was only eight years old, quickly spreading his […]
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 […]
The Gold Coast has been announced as the 8th World Surfing Reserve (WSR). The official ceremony will take place in 2016. The World Surfing Reserves is a program designed and launched by Save The Waves Coalition, in 2009. Australia’s Gold Coast joins Malibu, Ericeira, Manly Beach, Santa Cruz, Huanchaco, Bahia Todos Santos, Baja California, and […]
Adriano de Souza defeated John John Florence to claim the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro 2015, at the Main Break. The Brazilian surfer rejoiced. The fifth victory of his ten-year career on the Dream Tour had a Hawaiian flavour. De Souza opened the final with an excellent 8.93 for two big carving turns ending with […]