Surf News
Alejo Muniz defeated Davey Cathels to conquer the 2015 Ballito Pro, in at Surfer’s Beach in KwaDukuza, South Africa. The Brazilian surfer dropped a near-perfect score of 9.33 and added a 7.83 during the 40-minute final held in three-to-five-foot waves. Muniz moves to the top of the World Surf League Qualifying Series (QS) rankings. “It’s […]
The Canary Islands Surf Film Award will deliver 50,000 euros to the best surfing movie made on the archipelago’s beaches. The largest prize purse ever in a surf movie competition wants filmmakers to shoot locally and with surfing, bodyboarding, windsurfing and kiteboarding as the main theme. “The Canary Islands are an international reference location for […]
The Surfing Heritage & Culture Center (SHACC) will host its first annual National Luau on the 21st August, in Washington, DC. The Luau will bring together an unprecedented gathering of surfing legends and icons to discuss and celebrate the legendary filmmaker Bruce Brown and his movie “The Endless Summer”. Robert August and Mike Hynson, the […]
What’s better that American football? Surfing. What’s better than a 20 million-dollar contract? Surfing. Marcus Mariota, an Hawaiian-born quarterback, has refused to sign a multimillionaire deal with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL) because he wants to surf. The Titans have offered Mariota a rookie contract with a clause that forbids him […]
“Curt: The Story of Surfing’s Oldest Grom” is a heart touching documentary about Curt Harper, probably the best-known surfer in Southern California. Curt was diagnosed with autism as a child. In the past two decades, he became a beloved character in the central Californian surf spots. Filmmaker Brendan Hearne followed his footsteps and revealed his […]
“Exit” is just passing through. Reef’s new cinematic adventure takes us through the turbulent surfing life on the road in Japan, Caribbean, Mexico, Australia, California, Indonesia, and Europe. “Exit” is a retro-futurist surf movie experience with the brand’s famous team members. Follow the surf lines led by masters Shane Dorian, Taylor Knox, and Mick Fanning.
Gordon Clark, the founder of the leading producer of polyurethane foam blanks from the early 1960s through 2005, is an inevitable brand in the history of surfing. Clark was born on the 19th January 1931 in Gardena, Los Angeles, and he was raised in Whittier. He learned to ride waves while attending Pomona College in […]
The 2015 Vans US Open of Surfing will run from July 25th to August 2nd, in Huntington Beach, California. The world’s elite in surfing, skateboarding, and BMX will return to Surf City USA for a nine-day event. The US Open of Surfing is the largest professional surfing competition and action sports festival in the world. […]
Kingii is the world’s smallest personal inflatable device. It can save lives, and it is rechargeable. The Kingii (ken-gee) is named after the Chlamydosaurus kingii, also known as the frilled-neck lizard. This animal found mainly in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. The idea behind the Kingii is quite simple. Annually, around 372.000 people drown […]
When a so-called “swell of the decade” hits Australia, there are a few places an average human surfer shouldn’t be in. Those spots are The Right and Cow Bombie. In Margaret River, Justin Holland broke a leg in what was considered the biggest wave ever ridden in Australia. He nearly survived a 60-foot wall of […]