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How to pack a surfboard for travel

Traveling with surfboards is like handling a Chinese vase. A small mistake can have huge consequences. Learn how to pack your surfboard bag and prevent damage during travel. Because surfboard packing is the art of transporting feathers. Surf trips are always the best and most exciting moments of a year. Our well-deserved surf holidays always arrive […]

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Costa Rica will host the 2016 ISA World Surfing Games

The 2016 ISA World Surfing Games will be held in Jacó, Costa Rica, between August 6th-14th. The event organized by the International Surfing Association returns to the Central American nation seven years after being held in Playa Hermosa. Costa Rica will be able to defend its 2015 title in home waters. The institution led by Fernando Aguerre […]

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Margaret River Pro: will it be three in a row for Wilkinson?

It’s the third and final stage of the Australian leg. The 2016 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro kicks off with an unexpected Championship Tour (CT) leader. Matt Wilkinson, grand winner of the first two events of the pro surfing season, will be eyeing a historical third consecutive win on the Dream Tour. It might be […]

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Artificial wave pool era arrives in Canada

Sixty amateur surfers have participated in the Oasis Open, Canada’s first ever indoor surfing contest, held in Montreal. Wave pools are spreading throughout the world, and the American Wave Machines (AWM) are doing their role in promoting surfing in landlocked regions. Canada has a long tradition in surfing is still far from Tofino, the country’s […]

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Matt Wilkinson wins the 2016 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

Matt Wilkinson has taken out the 2016 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, in Victoria, Australia. It’s his second consecutive win on the Championship Tour. A stellar start of the season. After claiming the first event of the year at Snapper Rocks, Matt Wilkinson proved he will be chasing a maiden world title with another solid […]

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The real-time analog surf clock

The WaveClock is an analog clock that shows you real-time wave height, wave period and tide from your station/buoy of interest. It’s your window to the ocean. It connects to your WiFi network through a smartphone app. The app can be used to select any wave buoy or tide station through the entire NOAA network. […]

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Tony Hawk and Kelly Slater design a skate-to-surf spiral ramp

The vertical wooden spiral built by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk will be adapted to artificial surf pool designed by the Kelly Slater Wave Company. The skate and surf legends will team up to design a complex structure that will allow surfers to descend a helix curve straight into a man-made wave. In other words, it […]

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The culinary surf trip to Latin America

Find us a surfer that doesn’t like to eat. Impossible. The only thing a surfer wants after a three-hour surf session is a tasty meal. And if it’s summertime, a cold beer never too much, thank you. The story of German adventurers Johannes Riffelmacher and Thomas Kosikowski is quite spicy. They quit their jobs, pooled all […]

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"The Wave I Ride," the big wave surfing story of Paige Alms

She has the shoulders of a swimmer and all the courage in the world. Dive into the world of Paige Alms, the ultimate female big wave surfer. “The Wave I Ride: Paige Alms’ Story” is a 70-minute documentary that reveals the story of a Hawaiian hell woman. Alms has ridden some of the world’s most […]

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This Is What Happens When Scientists Go Surfing

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