Surf News
More athletes than ever are sticking up for animals by going vegan, speaking out against cruelty, and more. And peta2, PETA’s youth division, is recognizing these bold forces for animal rights in its 12th Annual Libby Awards. “Libby” is short for “liberation,” as in animal liberation. This year’s winners include Kyrie Irving, who nabbed the […]
The 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) will showcase the best competitive surfers on the planet. There are only 34 spots available in the elite of surfing and, after a long season, the top 22 CT finishers automatically secured their place in the CT. They will be joined by ten Qualifying Series (QS) […]
And the 2017 Championship Tour (CT) world surfing champion is John John Florence. The Billabong Pipe Masters is over. The finals day went underway in four-to-six-foot surf, and a packed crowd of surf fans witnessed a tense title race unfold in front of their eyes. Once again, the mother of all waves delivered the goods […]
There are only two surfers in contention to win the 2017 World Surf League (WSL) title: John John Florence and Gabriel Medina. The Banzai Pipeline delivered fair wave riding conditions, in a dramatic day of competition that lost two world title hunters. Jordy Smith was eliminated from the event, and Julian Wilson is mathematically out […]
It produces a characteristic sound that immediately takes us to tropical environments. The ukulele was born in Hawaii but has its roots in Western Europe. The ukulele is a four-stringed musical instrument made from wood that resembles a small classical guitar. English speakers pronounce it as “you-ka-ley-ley” but, in fact, the spelling of the word […]
The official competition window of the Mavericks Challenge will run from January 3 through February 28, 2018. The announcement was made by the World Surf League (WSL) after receiving the approval of event plan by the California Coastal Commission. “Mavericks is a special location that adds a new level to the Big Wave Tour (BWT) […]
Crowded lineups often generate tense vibes at the peak. Here’s what everyone should avoid doing in a busy surf break. The lineup is the area where waves break; the so-called take-off zone. Therefore, it is the place where the majority of surfers wait for their treasures, sitting on their surfboards and looking out to the […]
You don’t need to be a surfing legend to earn a cool nickname. Just do something memorable and let your friends do the rest. In the meantime, discover the best surf-inspired and non-surf-related nicknames. They’re cool, laid-back, aggressive, fresh, creative and quite often define a surfer’s personality. Nicknames are words that usually represent the person […]
Gabriel Medina and Julian Wilson will have to surf Round 2 to keep their world title hopes alive. The first day of competition at the 2017 Billabong Pipe Masters saw Kelly Slater returning to the waves after a long injury that kept him out of the game since July. The 11-time world champion won his […]
Bruce Brown, the father of the surf movie genre, has passed away in his sleep at the age of 80. Brown was born on December 1937, in San Francisco, California, and lived his first nine years in Oakland, before moving with his family to Long Beach. His first cinematographic experience was an 8mm short produced […]