“I’ve been waiting all my life for this swell,” says professional big wave surfer Nic von Rupp about 2020’s late October storm. Hurricane Epsilon merged with a low-pressure system near Greenland, generating an unprecedented XXL swell in the North Atlantic. The combination of the two systems, together with the mechanics of the Nazaré Canyon, created the perfect conditions for some […]
Spanish wave pool company Wavegarden and Daewon Plus Group opened the gates to the world’s largest surf park in South Korea. Wave Park, Asia’s largest wave park, was officially opened with a formal ceremony and a testing surf session in Siheung. The centerpiece of Wave Park, a mixed-use real estate development, is the world’s largest […]
Arguably one of the best and most influential surfers of all time, Tom Curren is the sport’s master of style. Curren dominated professional surfing in the 1980s before Kelly Slater took over the competitive arena in the 1990s. Low-key by nature, the American surfer blended the style and radicality inherent to the sport with an […]
Kelly Slater joined the Olympic Channel podcast for a very special talk about his private life, successful career, and the Olympic Games. The greatest surfer of all time will not retire before he completes three decades as a professional athlete. And that will always be after Tokyo 2020. Here’s the edited transcription of the interview with […]
Surf Dog Ricochet and Staff Sergeant Persons B. Griffith IV (Ret) traveled from their homes in San Diego and Texas to Washington DC last week. They were invited to the Pentagon to be interviewed by the Office of U.S. Marine Corps Communication. Ricochet lay at Griff’s feet, as Sergeant Tara Bray began the videotaped interview.
Jordan Lawler has taken out the 2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro, at Manly Beach, New South Wales. The Australian surfer defeated Championship Tour campaigner Jadson Andre in clean two-to-three-foot waves, and in front of thousands of cheering surf fans. Lawler secured the most important win of his career. The North Narrabeen local was competing close […]
Puerto Escondido is a laid-back coastal community located in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is the home of one of the heaviest and most dangerous waves in the world. The town’s most famous surf spot is Playa Zicatela, a pounding and temperamental beach break capable of producing big, powerful, and bone-breaking tubular waves. Surfers discovered Puerto Escondido […]
Sean Penn, the actor who played Jeff Spicoli in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” didn’t get an Oscar for the second role of his career. But, today, it’s impossible not to mention his role in the character’s popularity through time. Spicoli became an icon of surf culture and an artistic representation of the first real-life […]
They are one of the most well-known Hawaiian surfing families. Their blood reflects not only Hawaiian, but also Portuguese, Japanese, Irish and Chinese ancestry. Tony and Tammy Moniz met each other at Local Motion when Montgomery “Buttons” Kaluhiokalani was riding for the brand.
This is the story of three Spanish surfers and a filmmaker who embarked on a surf trip to India to ride a mysterious beach break located in the middle of nowhere. “When I saw the lineup, I couldn’t believe it. I just wanted to get in the water,” says Natxo Gonzalez. “It was one after […]