Welcome to The Surfing Christmas Gift Guide for 2016. Start writing your Christmas letter, inspired by the best and most useful surfing items in the market right now. As we start spending more time indoors than we would like, we finally have the head space to think about what we need to boost our surfing […]
Kai Lenny opened a new chapter in the history of surfing. He rode a 5’6” foil surfboard in open ocean swells for several miles, off the coast of Maui, in Hawaii. Forget long flat spells, and unsurfable wind swells. Thanks to Kai Lenny’s ongoing technological adventures, it will be possible to ride a surfboard in […]
It was one of the most dangerous surf contests in the history of the sport. In the end, Russell Bierke won the 2016 Red Bull Cape Fear at Cape Solander, in Sydney, Australia. On the first day of competition, 12-to-15-foot bombs were detonating in the shallow waters of Sydney’s infamous surf break. For many, it […]
There are only two universities on the entire US East Coast that offer surfing for college credit. One of them is the College of Charleston. The “Beginning Surfing” class teaches the science of surfing – how are waves formed, what is wind, the importance of tides, surfboard hydrodynamics, human kinesthetics, and everything that involves the […]
Welcome to the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii. Here, you’ll find the most concentrated and celebrated stretch of world-class surf breaks on the planet. The region is home to the famous Seven Mile Miracle. Hawaii is the spiritual home of surfing. It’s where it all began – the ritual, the boards, the ride. Hawaii […]
The 2015 SeaHawaii Tandem Surfing World Championship will take place on December 5-6th or 12-13th, depending on the surf forecast, at Makaha Beach, Hawaii. The invitational event will feature 16 of the world’s best tandem teams, and returns to Hawaii for the first time since 2009. “This year’s championship has special meaning because it is […]
Alex Gray and Cheyne Magnusson (Team Los Angeles) have conquered the 2015 Red Bull Qiantang Surfing Shoot Out, in the tidal bore of the Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, China. The event puts four two-man teams against each other in the “Silver Dragon.” The third edition of the innovative competition was compressed into a one-big-day format due […]
Every surfer should drop into the life story of Duke Kahanamoku. Fortunately, “Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku” has been published. Duke Kahanamoku is one of the most influential people in the history of surfing. He is widely recognized as the father of modern surfing, and he is the man responsible for introducing surfing […]
Mick Fanning was attacked by two sharks in the opening minutes of the 2015 J-Bay Open final, in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. It had never happened in the history of competitive surfing. The decisive heat of the South African World Championship Tour stage was suspended and called off for the day when a couple of unidentified […]
Surfing has been included in the 2019 Pan American Games, to be held in Lima, the capital of Peru. The decision marks a significant moment in the history of the sport, and puts surfing one step closer to the Olympic Games, an old dream envisioned by Fernando Aguerre, president of the International Surfing Association (ISA). […]