Nelson Ahina and Kekoa Cazimero have been crowned winners of the 2015 Hawaii Surfing Championship. The final event of the season kicked off at Full Point, in Sandy Beach. The competition moved to Half Point, as conditions started improving gradually throughout the day. Longboarders and shortboard riders took the most out of the crazy right […]
Filipe Toledo has taken out the 2015 Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal, at Supertubos, in Peniche. The all-Brazilian final had those who were able to adapt to the onshore wind conditions on offer. Toledo could win his third event of the season. An amazing track record, compared to Italo Ferreira’s first Dream Tour final. But […]
American Wave Machines (AWM) announced the construction of the first surf park in the sky. The Skyplex entertainment complex will feature three standing wave pools in Orlando, Florida. The theme park capital of the world will pump waves ten stories up at Skyplex, thanks to AMW’s SurfStream technology. The new out-of-ocean surf venue will open […]
“View From A Blue Moon” is the first surf movie shot in 4K. And John John Florence is the star of the film. The flick’s storyline couldn’t be more promising. They say we’ll see “the sport of surfing as it’s never been captured before,” as imagined through the eyes of Blake Vincent Kueny. In the […]
Remi Petersen has taken out the O’Neill Jackpot 2015, held in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Waves are a scarce resource, especially if you’re a passionate surfer-citizen living in Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg (Benelux). However, that doesn’t mean they can’t crown national surfing champions. The O’Neill Jackpot is one of the most prestigious surfing competitions in central-western Europe. […]
KLM is welcoming surfboards on all intercontinental flights. For free. The Royal Dutch Airlines has announced that it will carry surf equipment on all KLM, and all Air France operated flights. The oldest airline in the planet has even set up a site for their new surfer friends (surf.klm.com). “On intercontinental flights, travelers can now […]
Longboarders have reasons to celebrate. “The Longboard Travel Guide” has been released. And it’s a wonderful guide to the planet’s best logging waves. Longboarding has never been dead. The art of riding a longboard setup might have faded away for a while, but surfing’s most stylish side returned in full glory. According to the author […]
Two Portuguese wildcards have caused the first upsets of the 2015 Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal, in the opening round of competition held in Supertubos, Peniche. Vasco Ribeiro, the 2014 world junior surfing champion, sent Owen Wright and Michel Bourez to the repechage heat with an efficient performance in the small waves. “My strategy was […]
The Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC) has developed a unique tandem surfboard for physically challenged children. British charity Cerebra has partnered with Surfability UK and Tonic Surf Therapy to design a longboard equipped with a supportive “bucket” seat that can be controlled by a surf instructor. The CIC product designers have also produced a surf access […]
Tokyo 2020 wants the surfing competition to take place in natural waves. Artificial waves are ruled out, at least until 2024. Organizers of the Olympic Games have told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that if the sport of surfing gets its debut in Japan, then wave riders must compete for medals in their natural environment, […]