For the majority of surfers, winter surfing is often seen as an intimidating challenge – the time when sand grains turn into snow. Yet, the cold and rainy season comes with a few bright and interesting appeals. It’s fair to admit that summer is the season of surfing. When you think of surfers and surfboards, […]
The Surf Ranch will host one of the events of the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour. The announcement comes two months after the completion of the Future Classic, the first ever surf competition held at Kelly Slater’s wave pool in Leemore, Central California. WSL is not entirely clear on how the contest format […]
The 2017 World Surf League (WSL) champion will be decided at the Pipeline Masters, in the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Four surfers remain in contention for this year’s world surfing title. Who will raise the most prestigious trophy in professional surfing? Will John John Florence reconquer his 2016 crown? Can Gabriel Medina get his […]
Gabriel Medina defeated Julian Wilson and claimed the 2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, in Peniche. The finals got underway in excellent six-to-eight foot surf at the iconic beach break of Supertubos. The World Surf League (WSL) title was on the line for the reigning champion and defending event champion John John Florence. The Hawaiian could […]
Alex Botelho won the “Paddle In Wave of the Year” at the 2017 EDP Mar Sem Fim Awards. The Portuguese big wave surfing elite gathered to celebrate the most extreme rides of the season. After narrowing 87 entries to 20 nominations, the event finally crowned four new division champions. On December 12, 2016, Alex Botelho […]
Twenty waves are nominated for the 2017 XXL EDP Mar Sem Fim Awards. The EDP Mar Sem Fim (Endless Sea) is an exploration project that aims to increase the visibility and development of the Portuguese big wave surfing community. The program not only provides specific training programs and logistic support to athletes, but it also holds […]
Filipe Toledo and Silvana Lima have taken out the Hurley Pro and Swatch Pro at Trestles, in Southern California. The Brazilian duo defeated Jordy Smith and Keely Andrew in the iconic cobblestone surf break of Lower Trestles. Despite the small three-to-four-foot waves on offer, Toledo and Lima are a force to be reckoned with in […]
Jesse Mendes and Malia Manuel conquered the prestigious 2017 Australian Open of Surfing titles, at Manly, in New South Wales, Australia. The Brazilian surfer is on a roll. Mendes, who had finished runner-up at the Newcastle Surfest, defeated the experienced Championship Tour (CT) campaigner Julian Wilson in the final held in two-to-three-foot surf. Wilson started […]
It was the largest swell of the 2016/2017 winter season so far. Nazaré’s Praia do Norte delivered the goods under sunny skies. It was one for the record books. On February 10, 2017, the mammoth waves returned to Portugal’s infamous big wave surf break. And, as always, a large crew made sure they had their […]
Chris Kendall is a magician for 15 years, and he loves surfing too. A short time ago, he spent seven minutes with Kelly Slater and created a surf-themed magic trick. You will love it. Kendall, also known as the Surfing Connoisseur, has recently invented a magic trick based on the 2016 World Surf League (WL) […]