Surfers can be selfish. Sharing waves, secret spots and ideal conditions can be suicidal, but the mobile app goFlow wants to give action sports enthusiasts the power to spread the stoke. Imagine that your favorite surf spot hasn’t got a surf camera. And you want to paddle out but you’re unsure about the conditions. The […]
Ready to catch waves at midnight? Suffering from insomnia? No problem. The world’s first artificial wave pool turned the flood lights on. The night surfing era has just begun. Wavegarden has teamed up with a range of leading technical suppliers to light up their headquarters in Northern Spain. The surf pool masters invited three surfers […]
Mick Fanning believes it was nothing short of a miracle he escaped unharmed, after being attacked by a shark during the J-Bay Open 2015 final, in South Africa. When Fanning got knocked off his board by a shark at Jeffreys Bay, he thought of fighting – literally – for his life. At a press conference in […]
What can you expect from the Red Bull Party Wave? Surf madness in the heart of Waikiki. Have you got what it takes to win the Red Bull Party Wave? Judges are looking for craft creativity and ingenuity, team showmanship, and wave performance, but if you and your friends are crazy enough, then your chances […]
Tim Boal and his team have claimed the inaugural Big Surf Invitational, at Côte des Basques, Biarritz, France. The tag team competition saw 16 surfers in the final heat. Riders in the water had to run to the beach to give green light to their next teammate competing. Creativity, freestyle and show off. That’s what […]
Fear is a liberating drug, but if you’re a big wave surfer, it can kill you. Greg Long was invited to share is near-death experience in Cortes Bank, at the National Geographic Live series. “I do feel fear,” Greg Long confirms. The problem is that fear almost ruled his life, with real consequences. When the […]
Kelly Slater, Gabriel Medina and Mick Fanning will compete against each other in Round 4 of the J-Bay Open 2015, at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Three world champions in a heat. One of them will secure a ticket to the quarterfinals when competition resumes at the iconic pointbreak. And Adriano de Souza is the only […]
Kelly Slater posted the highest heat total of the opening day of competition at the J-Bay Open 2015, in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. In a wind-affected lineup, Dane Reynolds sent Filipe Toledo and Adam Melling to Round 2, with a collection of effective power turns in critical sections of the four-to-six-foot surf. “Two 6’s isn’t […]
Surfing has been included in the 2019 Pan American Games, to be held in Lima, the capital of Peru. The decision marks a significant moment in the history of the sport, and puts surfing one step closer to the Olympic Games, an old dream envisioned by Fernando Aguerre, president of the International Surfing Association (ISA). […]
Laird Hamilton and Gabrielle Reece have paddled out naked for ESPN’s The Magazine Body Issue 2015. All-round waterman Laird Hamilton and professional beach volleyball player Gabrielle Reece got their clothes off and proved they’re fit as ever. “I am not sure how I willingly got myself into this, but I’m about to go paddleboarding naked, […]