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Legendary surf guitar hero Dick Dale dies at 81

Dick Dale, the godfather of surf guitar, has passed away at 81, in Loma Linda, California. The “King of Surf Guitar” inspired millions of musicians worldwide and pioneered a music genre that enriched surf culture. Richard Anthony Monsour was born on May 4, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. He got into music by learning to play […]

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WSL announces changes in the Championship Tour format

The World Surf League (WSL) announced relevant changes in the Championship Tour (CT) format. The 2019 CT season will continue the updates made last year, which put an end to Round 5 in the men’s event and Round 4 in the women’s event. “We believe that going straight to head-to-head matchups from Round 3 onwards […]

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Arctic surfers are shaping surfboards made of ice

Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum have had a simple, yet surprising idea. They want to make surfboards out of ice. The Norwegian filmmakers, who have already released “North of the Sun,” are shooting a very special documentary about the limits of surfboard design. Between February and April 2019, the coldest months in the Arctic region, […]

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66-year-old surfer has heart attack at Mavericks

A 66-year-old wave rider suffered a heart attack while taking on Mavericks, at Half Moon Bay, in California. Christy Davis was enjoying a session at Mavericks with his friend, and cinematographer Grant Thompson was capturing the action from Curt Myers’ jet ski. Suddenly, he started feeling an acute pain on the left side of his […]

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The best surf spots in Big Sur

Though not an official county, Big Sur is a stunning region of the Central Coast of California that goes from Carmel-by-the-Sea to San Simeon. The designation “Big Sur” derives from the Spanish “El Sur Grande,” and means “The Big South.” The nickname was given by former Monterey settlers who arrived in the area in the late […]

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What causes tides?

Have you ever wondered how tides work? What causes high and low tide on Earth? And why do tides rise and fall? French astronomer François Arago once said: “studying the tides is the tomb of human curiosity.” In fact, the formation of tides in the ocean is a complex equation that involves several variables and […]

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F1 driver Pierre Gasly gets surfing lesson from Mick Fanning

Who better to give you your first surfing lesson than Mick Fanning? For Aston Martin Red Bull Racing debutant Pierre Gasly, the Australian proved the ideal water guide ahead of the opening grand prix of the 2019 season in Melbourne. A short drive from the host city for the Australian Grand Prix, Gasly traveled to […]

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Tokyo 2020 unveils official sport pictograms

Tokyo 2020 unveiled the official sport pictograms for the Olympic Games. They were designed by Masaaki Hiromura. The 1964Tokyo Olympic Games were not only the first Games to be held in Asia, but they marked the beginning of a design movement: sport pictograms. The 20 sport pictograms created for the event changed wayfinding at the Olympic movement forever.

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The physics of surfing

Nick Pizzo, postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, created an insightful video about the physics of the waves. The science of waves is a complex and intricate set of variables in an equation with multiple outcomes. Pizzo uses theoretical and numerical tools to study nonlinear wave processes. Here’s how he describes the scientific phenomenon associated with […]

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Gidget: the story of Hollywood’s first surfing star

“Gidget” is the linguistic blend of the words “girl” and “midget.” But the name means much more than that – it’s the movie that changed the course of surfing and made it mainstream. The fictional character was inspired by Frederick Kohner’s teenage daughter, Kathy Kohner, who embraced the surfing lifestyle in the sands of Malibu.

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