The career of professional athletes is relatively short, especially when compared with those who have “regular” nine-to-six jobs. But what happens in surfing? On average, a surfer starts his or her professional career at between 14 and 18 and hangs the leash around 35. Nevertheless, we’ve athletes reaching their peak of performance around 35 or […]
Bethany Hamilton, alongside husband Adam and son Tobias, went surfing at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch in Leemore, Northern California. The 27-year-old surfer from Kauai knows how hard it can be to surf with only one arm, but it never stopped Hamilton from chasing her dreams. And an artificial surf pool session can now be ticked […]
Hawaiian Pipeline Master Gerry Lopez has been invited by Kelly Slater to test the new left-hander on offer at Leemore’s Surf Ranch. The Kelly Slater Surf Ranch has been upgraded. It now delivers perfect-peeling left-handers, and what better way to present it to the world than inviting one of the most experienced tube riders in […]
If every wave coming ashore was perfect, the sport of surfing as we know it would be much different. Contest judges would have to rethink scoring, and amateurs and beginners’ skill levels would have a linear growth. But as we all know this isn’t the case. A good surfer must know which wave to catch […]
The Kelly Slater Wave Company (KSWC) filed an application to transform the Leemore surf pool installed. The artificial wave park owned by the World Surf League (WSL) plans to run a year-round operation open to the general public from 6 am to 11 pm, in Northern California. The Surf Ranch developed by Kelly Slater and […]
Kelly Slater has broken his right foot while free surfing at Jeffreys Bay, in South Africa. The 11-time world surfing champion pulled into a closeout barrel, and his surfboard slammed back into his foot while underwater breaking his foot in two places. Slater was immediately forced to withdraw from the 2017 Corona Open J-Bay and, […]
They’re rare and precious. Watch the perfect heats that marked the history of competitive surfing. Pro surfing has had five different eras: the ISF World Surfing Championships (1964-1972), Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships (1969-1977), IPS World Circuit (1976-1982), ASP World Tour (1983-2014), and the World Surf League (2015-). For a pro surfer, the perfect heat […]
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 […]
And the first Kelly Slater artificial wave park goes to… The champ’s home state. The Kelly Slater Wave Co. (KSWC) is planning the opening of its first man-made surf pool in Palm Beach, Florida, just 120 miles away from the founder’s hometown of Cocoa Beach. The Surf Ranch Florida application was filed by a planning […]
The J-Bay Open 2016 reached the semifinals, at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Kelly Slater continues to showcase his experience in waves of consequence. He beat Michel Bourez and Alejo Muniz in Round 4, and advanced through directly to the quarterfinals. Slater is a serious contender to win here for the fifth time. “I feel comfortable […]