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Frontside snaps are a classic intermediate surfing maneuver in which the surfer comes off the bottom turn, quickly attacks the lip in the right section and keeps riding the wave face. Contemporary surfing requires speed, power, and flow. After understanding how a wave should be ridden, surfers start improving their bottom turns and begin working on […]
Surfing New Zealand (SNZ) has announced a three-year strategic plan to guide and boost surfing in the country. Sport development, sport business and high-performance sport. These are the key driving forces in “Surfing New Zealand Strategic Plan 2015-2017”. The governing body for surfing in New Zealand will increase emphasis on initiatives such as the award-winning […]
Gabriel Medina and Stephanie Gilmore are ready to defend their Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast titles, as the first ever World Surf League (WSL) season prepares to ignite the Australian fans. They’re ready to paddle out. The world’s best male and female surfers have concluded their pre-season training routines. It’s time to surf for […]
Newcastle has broken the Guinness World Record for the most surfboards laid end to end on a beach. A total of 608 surfboards were lined up along Nobbys Beach, Australia, during the 30th anniversary edition of the Surfest. The previous Guinness World Record stood at 398 surfboards, i.e., 783.5 meters of lined up boards, and […]
Californian powerhouse Kolohe Andino conquered the 2015 Australian Open of Surfing, at Manly Beach, Sydney. The 20-year-old surfer from San Clemente defeated Mateia Hiquily, 19, in consistent one-to-two meter waves and sunny skies. Andino opened the final with a near-perfect 9.73 left-hand ride. “I wanted to win the event and I did it. I’m stoked. […]
Tom Veiga is a Brazilian surf artist. Waves are his life. Literally. He may only be in his mid-30s, but Veiga is an experienced craftsman. Tom worked for several years in advertising agencies. Later, his design skills met the waves, and today the Brazilian artist lives of his own business. Tom Veiga’s colorful patterns have […]
The town of Basse-Pointe, in the North East of Martinique, offers one of the longest waves of the Caribbean island. The spot is not new to local and international surfers, but it has been hidden from the competitive circus until the World Surf League decided to add it to the Qualification Series calendar. The Basse-Pointe […]
Jarryd Foster, Mark Visser, Chris Ross and Justen Allport have stolen Surfing Life’s Oakley Big Wave Awards 2015. The finest big wave riders in Australia were crowned in the “Biggest Wave,” “Biggest Paddle-In,” “Biggest Slab” and “Viewer’s Choice Award.” Foster won the most coveted award for an epic ride at Cow Bombie. The Western Australian […]
Cork is slowly entering the surfboard world. Shapers are giving it a go; surfers like its consistency. But we had never seen a board shaped from recycled cork stoppers. A group of social entrepreneurs from Murcia, Spain, has shaped and developed a patented-protected surfboard made of traditional cork stoppers. When the wine’s over, cork stoppers […]
Baby on board. Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks are expecting a baby. The shark attack survivor, 25, has announced that she’s pregnant. The parents will be greeting a surfer boy in June 2015. “It’s been a pretty crazy last four months finding out that we’re going to be parents, and that life’s kinda going to […]