Surf News
It was not classic Pipe, but time is running out. Round 1 of the 2016 Billabong Pipeline Masters has been concluded in four-to-five foot surf. The barrels were rare, and the stakes were high. The last event of the pro season kicked with unusual ocean conditions. Judges were looking for powerful carves and vertical lip […]
Mick Fanning has ridden the Arctic waves of Lofoten, in Norway, underneath the Aurora Borealis. The three-time world champion could not contain his delight after he journeyed to the Arctic Circle to undertake a magical adventure. The 35-year-old Australian surfer had to combat freezing water completely at odds to his usual warm surfing conquests around […]
If you were a surf journalist in the 1980s and 1990s, you would’ve loved to chat with Mark Foo. His catchy and memorable quotes made a splash, and were frequently exposed on the cover of magazines and newspapers. Mark Foo was born on February 5, 1958, in Singapore, but moved with his Chinese photojournalist parents […]
They’re two big wave surfers, and they hail from Russia. The previous sentence doesn’t seem to make sense, but they’re in Nazaré, Portugal, to prove that our preconceptions are wrong. Andrei “Dolphin” Ovchinnikov and Andrey Karr Boldyrev have the looks of a surfer. Their hairstyle, their clothes, and their eyes on the ocean are not […]
Sixteen-year-old surfer Finn McGill has taken out the Pipe Invitational 2016, at Banzai Pipeline, in Hawaii. The young local talent defeated Gavin Beschen, Joshua Moniz, and Victor Bernardo in the four-to-six-foot surf final. McGill couldn’t be more stoked. “I cannot even believe this is happening right now. I’ve been surfing here my whole life and […]
Team Brazil has conquered the 2016 ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship, held at La Jolla Shores, in California. The surfers from Brazil won two gold medals (Felipe Lima and Davi Teixeira), one silver medal (Elias Diel), and one bronze medal (Henrique Saraiva). “To be crowned world champion has been a dream of mine my whole […]
”Mad Dogs” is a documentary about three surfers that wanted to prove to the world that paddling for waves at Jaws was not an impossible mission. The 75-minute film features three Brazilian hellmen – Danilo Couto, Marcio Freire, and Yuri Soledade. They moved to Hawaii in the late 1990s with a specific goal in their […]
Phil Rajzman claimed his second World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Longboard Tour title, in Riyue Bay, Hainan Island, China. The Brazilian rider won the last event of the season and raised the most coveted trophy in longboarding. Rajzman, who had won his first title nine years ago, defeated Steven Sawyer in the Jeep World Longboard […]
The new movie featuring Matt Bromley impresses for the quantity and quality of its adrenaline-pumped content. Matt Bromley is a professional South African big wave surfer. He hasn’t won anything spectacular yet, but as he likes to say, “one time, I beat Jordy.” Bromley’s job is not different from many other fellow big wave riders. […]
It’s still hard to believe that Andy Irons is not surfing the same waves we do. But while there are memories, he will continue to live in our mind and hearts. Recently, brother Bruce Irons, wife Lyndie Irons, and longtime friend Joel Parkinson visited Andy’s garage, which has been virtually untouched since his passing in 2010. […]