Malia Manuel kicked off the 2014 Fiji Women’s Pro with the best result of the entire day of competition, at the world-class waves of Cloudbreak. Seven years after, the girls are back in town. Rounds 1 and 2 were run in speedy three-to-five foot (1-1.5 meter) surf. Wipeouts were out there blended with near-perfect rides. Manuel […]
The world-class surf spot of Punta de Lobos, in Chile, has earned a three-month construction freeze, halting a huge development along the country’s most famous left-hand point. Save The Waves Coalition and the local group Comité Defensa Punta de Lobos have taken an additional step to protect this beautiful, raw coastline from the recent onslaught […]
Time flies, and in the year 2500 this article may be checked for its veracity. How is surfing going to be like? Will there be robot surfers, and personal surf drones capturing each surfer’s wave? The truth is that there are many threats to the sport of surfing. We usually think that, hopefully, everything’s going […]
Video artist Cy Kuckenbaker superimposed an hour of perfect surf to observe the waves’ rhythm and movement. Imagine that your favorite surf break is pumping consecutive perfect rides that are all being ridden by someone. Cy filmed a San Diego spot for 60 minutes to see how the movements and patterns from surfing interact. “This […]
Big wave surfer and oceanographer Ricky Grigg has passed away at 77, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grigg was one of the first big wave riders of all time. To be more precise, he was constantly chasing waves. Born in 1937, in Los Angeles, Grigg began surfing at only nine. He never let surfing interfere with his […]
Time dilation and the irrelevance of the awareness of time are the core themes behind the surfers’ tube riding experience. “Time Barrel: How Do Surfers Experience Time in the Barrel” is probably one of the most exciting surf books ever written. Cynthia M. Peterson, who holds a PhD in Psychology, decided to study time perception […]
David Barr has introduced “Shapeshifter”, an innovative surfboard removable tail system. There’s a wide range of surfboard tail shapes. It’s easy to get confused because, in some cases, the variations between them are subtle and marginal. The most important tail shapes are squash tail, square tail, thumb tail, rounded pin tail, pin tail, baby swallow […]
William Aliotti has taken out the Nixon Surf Challenge 2014, in Kamchatka, Russian Far-East. The 21-year-old goofy-footer from the Caribbean haven of Saint Martin defeated Vincent Duvignac in the five-foot waves, and frigid water temperatures. “I’m so happy to return from Russia with two prizes in the bag – it’s more than I could have […]
Cam Richards has claimed the 2014 “Newport 500” Totally Crustaceous Tour Championships, a race-car themed surf contest held by Volcom. Track conditions started out clean, but as the day rolled on things got pretty hectic. Not even high wind advisories and sand storms could slow the competitors down as they continued to put the pedal […]
The 2014 North American FLOW Tour will be surfed in 12 stops across the USA. The world’s largest flowboarding tour is held at waterparks, stand-alone venues, and hotels/resorts, where the best riders showcase their skills for titles in their respected divisions, cash, prizes and bragging rights for the year. “The Tour allows friends, families and […]