The premier big wave contest in the Pacific Northwest begins its waiting period October 1st and will be called with 72 hours notice when a minimum 30′ swell with favorable conditions is forecasted. Entering its third year as stop three on the Big Wave World Tour, the best big wave surfers from around the world […]

Justine Dupont has conquered the EDP Surf Pro Estoril 2012, at Praia de Carcavelos, in Portugal. The French surfer beated the Hawaiian Nage Melamed, in windy 2-3ft surf, and proves she’s back to her top level of performance to give another run to the qualification race. “I’m just soo happy,” Dupont said. “It’s the first […]

The 2012 World Wake Surfing Championship is preparing to deliver the largest cash prize purse in organized wake surfing ever, between 27th-29th September. Wake surfing’s premier and most prestigious event, to be held in Parker, Arizona, will offer $40,000 in cash for the Pro Surf and Pro Skim style wake surf divisions, with equal payouts […]

Kelly Slater has clinched the 50th ASP World Championship Tour victory of his career, at Lower Trestles, California. The world is not enough. The Floridian surfer from Cocoa Beach smashed Joel Parkinson in the final heat, in in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Lower Trestles. “I know I went out there […]

What is cold water for Hawaiians, Europeans, Australians and Alaska surfers? A free eBook explores the issues around wetsuits, warmth and surf science. Scientist can’t tell you exactly what is cold water, but they estimate it is anything under 22ºC (70ºF). Surprised? Well, in fact, it depends on where you live and surf. For Seventhwave, […]

Close calls, judging controversy and interferences. The Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2012 Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles were firing moments in pro surfing. The cobblestone pointbreak of Lower Trestles witnessed the world’s best surfers tear in to building four-to-six foot glassy (1.5 metre) waves. Joel Parkinson, current No. 2 on the ASP WCT […]

More than 100 classic surfboards have gathered at the Museum of British Surfing for the first Vintage Surf Meet, in Braunton. Hundreds of surfers from across the United Kingdom have traveled to Braunton to show and see the oldest surfboards in the country. Star attraction was the visit of legendary Californian shaper from the 1950s […]

Three years before inventing the boogie board, Tom Morey adventured himself into the making of a paper surfboard. Have you asked for buoyancy and flotation? In 1965, surfing was exploding in the West Coast of USA. After being exported from Hawaii, the sport of riding waves was building a proper surf culture, in California, with […]

Nail biting wave exchanges decided who will dispute the Round 3 of the 2012 Hurley Pro, at Lower Trestles. The jewel peak of San Clemente delivered heavenly touched, glassy three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves for another impressive day of professional surfing. John John Florence, Jeremy Flores, Julian Wilson, Heitor Alves, Adam Melling, Travis Logie, Alejo […]

Lower Trestles is, for many surfers, the best surf spot in the world. There many reasons why riders pick the Californian break as their favourite wave. Lower Trestles means consistency, all-round fun, classic reef/point break, perfect peeling left and right-handers, easy paddle-outs and endless wave faces. San Onofre State Beach is, in fact, a virgin […]