The 2013 Arnette Punta Galea Challenge will be run on the 22nd December, in the Basque Country, Spain. The European big wave surfing event has been given green light, as the North Atlantic fires a deep water swell of 18-20’+ inside the bay of Biscay, with a long 16-19 second swell period that will offer […]

Surfers need to get warm in winter days. Protecting from the cold means getting quality surf boots, gloves and hoods. Do you want to feel really comfortable in the icy waves? Surfing in cool to cold water has never been easy, but it’s far from being impossible. In the last couple of decades, surf science […]

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, in 2014. The ISA began as an institution created to organize world surfing championships and to crown the world’s best surfers as world champions. With 78 National Federations as members, the ISA has grown over the last 50 years to be recognized by the IOC as […]

A group of swans has been spotted riding waves on the Gold Coast. The iconic Kirra surf spot may well be changing its name to “Swan Break”. While the Australians were enjoying a day at the beach something unusual was taking place in the small surf. Four black swans went out the back and started […]

Glenn Hall is not happy with the injury wildcard decisions made by the Association of Surfing Professionals regarding the 2014 AP World Tour roster. The top 34 surfers on 2014 AP World Tour have been decided, but Glenn Hall doesn’t understand the criteria for the injury wildcards, allocated to Tiago Pires and Owen Wright. The […]

The top 34 surfers of the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) have been decided. The 2014 ASP World Championship Tour qualification process has been concluded. The Top 22 ranked surfers on the year-end ASP World Championship Tour rankings are automatically in for the 2014 Dream Tour season. They are the following:

Kelly Slater will be surfing waves in the 2014 ASP World Tour. The Floridian surfer, 41, confirmed he won’t be retiring from professional surfing, after winning the 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters, the 56th elite tour victory of his career. “Last year, someone asked me what excited me in the end years of my career and […]

Kelly Slater has conquered the Billabong Pipe Masters 2013, in a 10-15 foot big wave surfing day, at Banzai Pipeline. The Floridian defeated local favorite John John Florence. Despite having lost the 2013 ASP World Tour title to Mick Fanning, Slater put out a stellar performance in the final heats of the Pipe Masters In […]

Mick Eugene Fanning was born on the 13th June, 1981, in Penrith, NSW, Australia, to Irish parents. The blond boy learned to surf at the age of five, near Mount Gambier, before moving with his family to Tweed Heads, three years later. In 1998, he loses his brother Sean in a car accident. With only […]

The Beater mania is conquering new surf fans with its retro, portable design. Meet the 4’6” surfboard that looks like a bread toast. At Catch Surf, the producers of the Beater Original, they say the board is ready to “take over the world”. Made to be enjoyed as a surfboard, bodyboard or skimboard, the Beater “can […]