At the world’s most crowded surf breaks, you’ll always find surfers sitting further out than the rest of the pack. They are “waiting for the set.” But do waves really come in sets? And what are set waves? In surf lingo, a wave set is a series – or group – of waves that are […]
Mark Drewelow had a grandmother named Eve. “She was a painter. The first female to get a master’s degree in Art from the University of Iowa in 1925. Moved to Boulder. She was an artist and curious she did everything herself. She even welded her own sculptures,” he said, and he laughed. “I love that,” […]
Brad Spencer, Annissa Flynn, and Daniel Tarapchak have taken out the 2018 World Flowboarding Championships, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The event was exceptionally well organized and crowned the world’s best flowboarders in one of the most popular surf machines on the planet – the FlowRider. Riders from all corners of the globe showcased their […]
Perfect waves are not always a winning combination of wind, swell and tides. Sometimes, idyllic surf sessions depend on a concept called wave refraction. In oceanography, wave refraction is the bending of a wave as it propagates over different depths. The concept should be taken into consideration whenever we analyze and read a surf report. […]
Without waves, surfers are nothing. Take a look at the different energy zones that make a wave the ultimate resource for water sports enthusiasts. The ocean produces four types of breaking waves, and the majority of them are rideable from a surfing perspective. From the moment wind produces the first ripples until they reach the […]
This past weekend has seen the awakening of the ocean that autumn so promises to bring, as the Atlantic comes to life and spawns new swells welcomed by England’s rugged coast. A community lay in wait for these swells, a group of surfers united in representation of their surf clubs, at an event where rivalries […]
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 […]
Surfing is the art of riding waves. But why do surfers say that offshore wind conditions bring pristine waves? Wind creates the waves in our oceans. Without the wind, there would be no ground swells and wind swells. The sea would be a flat body of water, and surfers would have to create waves artificially. […]
Are you ready to master all surfing tricks? We’ve broken down all the names of the moves you need to execute to become a surf champion. Surfing is an action sport with many tricks. The surfer’s informal rulebook tells us that the athlete who invents, pulls, and completes a new maneuver has the honor of […]
Billy Stairmand smashed a 30-year-old record at the 2017 New Zealand National Surfing Championships. The surfer from Raglan secured his sixth title in the Open Men’s division. The finals got underway in solid six-foot surf at Piha Beach, near Auckland. Stairmand, the most successful surfer in the history of New Zealand, defeated Taylor Hutchison, Elliott […]