Are you planning a surf trip? Make sure you include a surfer’s first aid kit in your baggage. Accidents and injuries happen all the time, and they can be especially tricky to deal with if you’re surfing in isolated, remote destinations, with poor access to healthcare. According to a 2007 study published in the American […]
Is it safe to surf after it rains? How does surfing after a heavy rainfall affect your health? Make no mistake: the risk is much greater than the reward. It’s hard to be out of the water when the waves are picture-perfect, and the lineup is empty. But if rain has just fallen, you might […]
Surfdome and Plymouth Sustainability and Surfing Research Group (PSSRG) have teamed up to study the boardsports market’s attitude towards sustainability. Boardsports brands, like most of the fashion, apparel, and sports goods market operate in a fast-paced marketplace and have the ability to alter their proposition from season to season. With attitudes changing towards product and […]
Ocean buoys measure a whole range of weather variables such as wave height, swell period and direction, wind speed and direction, air and water temperature, and barometric pressure. These heavy and colored weather stations are usually placed by national meteorological centers in open ocean. In the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) […]
The world of surfing is ready for one of the most anticipated movies of the decade. “Andy: The Untold Story of Andy Irons” promises to reveal the whole story behind the Hawaiian idol. Andy Irons was more than just a prolific surfer. Philip Andrew Irons was and is an icon, a one-of-a-kind character, a unique […]
They say it’s dangerous to learn to surf, but not because of the big waves, the wipeouts, or the wildlife. Your first surf lesson is dangerous because the minute you catch your first wave, buddy, you’re a goner. Hooked. You belong to the sea now, and everything else, well, kind of falls away. Whatever your […]
The Wave Bristol has decided to change the artificial wave technology used in the surf park scheduled to open in 2016, in England. Nick Hounsfield, the founder of The Wave Bristol, has signed a contract with US company Wave Loch to develop a project that will pump six-to-eight waves per minute. “For the last five […]