The World Surf League (WSL) will allow its athletes to compete in the 2017 ISA World Surfing Games. The International Surfing Association (ISA) and the pro surfing circuit will work together to find a date for the World Surfing Games that fits in the WSL calendar. The ISA is the world governing body for the […]
John John Florence has won the 2016 World Surf League Championship Tour (CT). The Hawaiian won his maiden world surfing title. Florence qualified for the final of the Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal, and saw Jordy Smith failing to win his semifinal heat. He is the surfers’ surfer. John John has been dreaming of becoming […]
John John Florence is two heats away from a maiden world surfing title, as the Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2016 enters the semifinals. The Hawaiian is pitted against Kolohe Andino in the first semifinal heat. Florence needs to win the event at Supertubos to claim the first World Surf League Championship Tour title of […]
How do you catch a wave in surfing? This is probably the first question a beginner surfer will ask when they grab the surfboard and hit the water for the first time. Catching your first wave is an exciting moment in surfing. The secret is to paddle into a wave with method and synchronization. Frenetic […]
“Aloha Buttons,” a documentary film about the life of Montgomery Kaluhiokalani, promises to reveal fresh details about one of the most iconic surfers of the 1970s. “Buttons” was what we usually call a legend. His bold personality – in and out of the water – reached many people, but it was his passion for surfing […]
Hawaiian surfer Clay Marzo has found himself bankrupt after being embezzled of his life savings and his property by his bookkeeper. Felicidad Rivera, a 51-year-old bookkeeper from Makawao, Hawaii, has been indicted for fraud for allegedly taking $400,000 over six and a half years from the Marzo. According to the authorities, Rivera wrote herself no […]
Surf trips are fun, especially when you’re always scoring perfect waves. But before we go, our brain is confronted with the classic traveler’s dilemma: what should we pack for a surf trip? When you’re packing for the surf trip of your life – and it doesn’t matter if you’re traveling by car, bike, plane or […]
It’s been a long journey, but the Oakley Surf Shop Challenge has finally crowned the 2016 champion. After finding the best regional teams, the event founded in the early 1980s got all seven squads competing for the national title at Lower Trestles, in San Clemente, California. Heritage Surf & Sport (Northeast), Huntington Surf & Sport […]
The top 3 surfers on the Championship Tour (CT) rankings will have to surf Round 2 at the Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2016, in Supertubos. John John Florence, Gabriel Medina, and Matt Wilkinson were not comfortable in the shifty beach break located in Peniche and will have to win their repechage heat to keep […]
Ellie Turner and Jobe Harris have taken out the 2016 British National Surf Championships, at Perranporth. British surfing is changing. Surfing Great Britain and the English Surfing Federation announced plans for a merger and the future of the sport looks bright in the country. And when 215 surfers are willing to compete for glory across […]