The breaking of waves is studied by fluid dynamics, a sub-discipline of physics that studies the science behind liquids and gases. Scientists have concluded that waves break when their amplitude reaches a critical level that causes large amounts of wave energy to be transformed into turbulent kinetic energy, like a ball rolling down the hill. […]
Vasco Ribeiro and Tessa Thyssen have conquered the inaugural Espinho Surf Destination, in clean 2-3Ft waves at Praia da Baia, in Espinho, Portugal. The first stop on the European Pro Junior Series saw Vasco Ribeiro being carried up the beach and acclaimed by the crowds, after a tricky final against Natxo Gonzalez, Ethan Egiguren, and […]
The Surfing America USA Championships 2014 have been successfully concluded at Lower Trestles. The 2014/2015 Surfing America USA Surf Team is ready to conquer the world. Write down this name: Caroline Marks. The Floridian, 12, had already been the youngest girl ever to join the US Surf Team. Now, she steals three out of four […]
Surfing NSW, with the support of the New South Wales authorities, are giving all surfers in the region the opportunity to do a free Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Board Rescue Course. Surfers are on the beach from dawn to dusk, 365 days a year. A lot of them are responsible for hundreds of thousands of […]
Time flies, and in the year 2500 this article may be checked for its veracity. How is surfing going to be like? Will there be robot surfers, and personal surf drones capturing each surfer’s wave? The truth is that there are many threats to the sport of surfing. We usually think that, hopefully, everything’s going […]
David Barr has introduced “Shapeshifter”, an innovative surfboard removable tail system. There’s a wide range of surfboard tail shapes. It’s easy to get confused because, in some cases, the variations between them are subtle and marginal. The most important tail shapes are squash tail, square tail, thumb tail, rounded pin tail, pin tail, baby swallow […]
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