Warmth and flexibility are the most important characteristics of the neoprene wetsuit. What has changed and what will be the future of neoprene in surfing? Neoprene has been invented in the 1930s, but it only enters the history of surfing in the 1950s, by the hand of Hugh Bradner and Jack O’Neill. Things have changed […]

Two of the most popular surfing waves in the Maldives will be off limits to most traveling surfers and local riders. The surf spots of “Sultans” and “Honkys” will only be surfed by paying clients of a surf resort with exclusive access to the breaks. The Maldivian Ministry of Defence decided to sell the Thanburudhoo […]

Luke Shepardson has conquered the HIC Pro Junior 2012, at Waikiki, in Hawaii. The event is part of the 11th Annual Duke’s OceanFest and got underway in 1-3 foot surf. The 40 surfers managed to pull high scoring off the lips and 360 spins, despite the small surf conditions. As the day progressed the waves […]

Surf companies prepare to battle themselves in the Typhoon Lagoon wave pool, in Orlando, Florida. For charity, of course. The Stokes Me Surf Contest is gearing up to throw surfers and the surf industry into the deep end of the chlorinated surf park, to raise money for the SIMA Humanitarian Fund. Robert “Wingnut” Weaver, Alek […]

Every surfer should have a collection of surfboards for different types of waves. What is the ideal surf quiver of the everyday surfer? Two shortboards, one Malibu and one longboard. If you had to take four surfboards to a distant surfing island, for the rest of your life, this would probably be the best surf […]

Hurricane waves cause damages in the coastal regions. Can the usual swell forecast apply to storm surges? Is it safe to go surfing during the hurricane season? The first hurricane wave models developed in the 1950 were based on significant wave height and period. Later, during the 1990’s, computers enabled better ocean wind and wave […]