The Save San Onofre Coalition reached a settlement with California’s Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA), and the six-lane, 16-mile toll road will not be built through the San Onofre State Beach. In the past 15 years, the iconic surf break of Lower Trestles and the surrounding habitat have been threatened by the extension of a toll […]
Bruce Blankenfeld, Diane Stowell, Paul Strauch, Jr., and Sharron Weber will be inducted into the Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place at the Outrigger Canoe Club on the 23rd August, the eve of what would be the 126th birthday of Duke Kahanamoku, the father of modern surfing. “The Hawaii Waterman Hall […]
The Cook Islands have joined the International Surfing Association (ISA) as its 99th member nation. The archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean is comprised of 15 islands. The new member of the ISA family receives favorable swells from nearly all directions, offering great waves all year round. The Surfing Cook Islands Association is the […]
The Big Wave Tour (BWT) has added Nazaré’s Praia do Norte to the 2016/2017 schedule. The circuit managed by the World Surf League announced that the Portuguese beach break will challenge the world’s best big wave riders. The new calendar showcases six breaks, three in each hemisphere. But there’s more: the schedule includes a brand […]
A group of Maldivian surfers was arrested after protesting against the construction of a bridge that will connect the island of Malé to the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, and will destroy the local surf break. Eleven protesters were taken into custody after swimming towards a tugboat anchored off Raalhugandu. The authorities say that one surfer […]
The second edition of the Surf Park Summit will take place at the Surf Expo, in Orlando, on September 7th, 2016. The event is organized by Surf Park Central and the Center for Surf Research and aims at discussing the future of surfing outside the ocean. “Success for us means two things: first, multiple surf […]
Team USA has taken five medals at the 2015 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, held in Oceanside, California. The Americans celebrated a maiden title with surfers in three out of four division podiums. Wave riders from 36 countries battled for gold, silver, bronze, and copper medals. The last day of competition got underway in two-to-four-foot […]
The Azores Islands will host the 2016 Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, between September 17th-24h. The Portuguese archipelago located in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean has been chosen by the International Surfing Association (ISA) to host a competition that, in the past, crowned champions such as Matt Wilkinson, Stephanie Gilmore, Julian Wilson, Owen […]
Surfing has been confirmed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. What do surfers and industry professionals have to say? More than two decades after kicking off the Olympic campaign, and losing five bids, surfing made the cut. Surfing is one step closer of becoming an Olympic sport, with 40 male and female wave riders […]
It’s official: the sport of surfing has been proposed to take part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. There will be two events for 20 male surfers and 20 female surfers. The historic decision was announced by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee this 28th September 2015. Surfing – alongside skateboarding, karate, sports climbing, and baseball/softball […]