Surf News
A surfboard stringer is a thin strip of wood that runs from nose to tail down the center of the polyurethane (PU) foam blank. The center stringer adds stiffness and rigidity to the surfboard. The stringer was introduced in surfboard design in 1958 by Gordon Duane, the founder of Gordie Surfboards. He wanted to reduce […]
Human beings are complex animals. And when they stand up on a surfboard for the first time, their lives may change dramatically for the better or the worse. Love, careers, relationships, family, and friendships are incredibly volatile variables of an even more complex structure that is life. So, how do you add an intangible passion […]
Mexican surfing star Oscar Moncada died in a car accident, in San Pedro Pochutla. Mexico. The tragedy took place near his hometown of Puerto Escondido, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Moncada was driving a Mercedes Benz with two friends – Diego Oropeza and Waldo Rendón. The vehicle collided with a truck. Diego and Waldo […]
Brazilian pro surfer Jean da Silva has passed away. The 32-year-old surfer from Joinville was found lifeless in his residence. In 2006, Da Silva finished third at the World Junior Surfing Championship and, four years later, he won the Brazilian Surfing Championships. He was the first surfer from the Santa Catarina state to be crowned […]
I will never forget the surfboard that got me into surfing. It was not a board like the ones I see today in fancy surf shops. It was the most important object I owned in my life. I was born in Porto, the city that gave the name to the oldest country in Europe – […]
A beautiful chaos, the ultimate surfing wave, a freak of nature, the advanced surfer’s testing ground, a specialty wave, the premier tube riding arena, and, ultimately, the Mecca of surfing. A lot has been said and written about Banzai Pipeline. The steep, fast Hawaiian barreling wave breaks almost all year round on the North Shore […]
What does an album titled “Surfing With The Alien” and featuring the Silver Surfer on its cover got to do with surfing? Nothing at all. “Surfing With The Alien” is an instrumental rock guitar record by American guitarist Joe Satriani. The album showcases ten tracks and was released on October 15, 1987. Satriani’s second work […]
The International Surfing Association (ISA) submitted a declaration of intent to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the inclusion of adaptive surfing on the 2024 Summer Paralympics program. Now that surfing has been added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and that ISA has been officially recognized as the international paralympic federation for “para-surfing,” the […]
If it’s not the biggest, it is undoubtedly one of the biggest waves ever ridden. Brazilian big wave rider Rodrigo Koxa caught a bomb at Nazaré that might very well beat Garrett McNamara’s 2011 world record wave. Like many others rides in Nazaré, Koxa’s wave was filmed from an elevated camera position. As a result, […]
It’s never an easy thing to do, but sometimes we really need to sell a surfboard if we want to get our hands on a brand new stick, equipped with the latest shaping innovations. Surfers dream about boards. It’s their ultimate object of desire; a work of art that will hopefully guide them through unforgettable […]