Griffin Colapinto and Caitlin Simmers have taken out the 2021 US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach in California. The American duo won the first stage on the 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Challenger Series (CS) and simultaneously celebrated the biggest achievement in their career. The finals got underway in average three-foot waves, with reform […]
Surfers often use deep water channels running adjacent to the surf breaks or wave peaks to get faster and effortlessly to the lineup. A channel is a current that usually runs perpendicular to the beach and provides a quick and safe route into the surf zone. Channels can also help create underlying high-to-low bathymetric profiles […]
Water sports such as surfing, bodyboarding, windsurfing, and kiteboarding are physical activities that are mostly practiced outdoors, especially in the oceans. Therefore, it is essential to understand our planet’s “operating system” and how and why some phenomena taking place on Earth occur. The atmospheric and meteorological conditions are elements and variables that influence the ocean […]
The stats, figures, and facts speak for themselves. Kelly Slater is the greatest and most successful professional surfer in the history of the sport. No one has ever been close to Slater’s record winning streak. Throughout his career, the Floridian-born athlete won 11 Championship Tour (CT) titles, 55 elite events, and many other second-tier trophies, […]
The surfers’ hearts are beating faster in Pforzheim, Germany. Munich’s Eisbach River is probably the best-known standing wave in Germany, but you can now ride a wave in a town known for its watchmaking and jewelry industry. After seven years of hard, voluntary work, the gateway city to the Black Forest – Schwarzwald, in German […]
If you want to become a better surfer, junk that soulless soft-top, pop-out immediately. Search the beach, and find the best local surfboard builder. It’s even better if your best local board builder is also one of your best friends. Then, pay generously for a custom-designed board that should be made to your specifications. But, […]
Steamer Lane is one of the most iconic surf spots in California and the epicenter of the Santa Cruz surf scene since the 1930s. Tucked into the northern part of the Monterey Bay, a crescent-shaped cove located northwest of the fertile Salinas Valley, is the town of Santa Cruz. It is known for its generally […]
Surfing is surfing. Two arms or one, you still must master all the same skills. Learn a few tricks and hints that can help you if you don’t have full use of both arms. In fact, there may be way more people moaning about not being in the water because of an acute or chronic […]
Gabriel Medina and Carissa Moore have been crowned 2021 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour champions. The WSL Finals got underway in classic four-to-eight-foot waves at Lower Trestles in San Clemente, Southern California. The new single-day surf-off format featured the top-ranked male and female athletes of the 2021 professional surfing season.
I am an Atlantic Ocean surfer. In 30 years of surfing, most of the spots I visited, explored, discovered, and rode were beach breaks. Probably over 95 percent of my surf sessions took place in those classic sand bottom seafloor lineups, located in front of long beaches and dune systems. Here and there, I find […]