Speed, power, and flow and the three main variables in competitive surfing. But does this winning formula translate to riding a wave? Surfing is not a sport like football/soccer, tennis, basketball,… Visit SurferToday.com for the complete article.
Greg Noll was one of the pioneers of big wave surfing and probably the first surfer to ride Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Greg Lawhead was born on February 11, 1937, in San Diego,… Visit SurferToday.com for the complete article.
Technology is changing the way we surf. Meet Boost Surfing, the attachable electric surfboard fin created to help surfers paddle faster and longer. The idea became a reality thanks to Alex Ostanin, a mechanical engineer from Huntington Beach, California, and Dmitri Kozhevnikov, an entrepreneur from San Francisco. The duo wanted to develop something that would […]
The final day of the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters has a lot on the line. The event’s results have implications on the World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Championship Tour (CT) title, but also on the qualification for next year’s elite season, the Tokyo 2020, and the Triple Crown of Surfing champion’s decision. There are three […]
The installation of the world’s first inflatable surf reef has been put on hold at Back Beach, in Bunbury, Western Australia. According to Troy Bottegal, the inventor of the Airwave, the device has been torn at the seam while being lodged on the ocean floor, 50 meters from shore. “A very deep swell that we […]
The inaugural Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival (SBSFF) will make its debut in the Arlington Theatre, in Santa Barbara. The two-day festival will take place between November 8-9. The event aims to celebrate surf filmmaking through the different storytelling styles that have help shaped surf culture’s rich history.
Skip McCullough claimed the 2018 Siargao Cloud 9 Surfing Cup, in the Philippines. The American surfer beat local star John Mark Tokong in epic conditions, with perfect six-foot barrels peeling smoothly down the line. McCullough even managed to adapt to the squall that stormed through in the final, and ended up getting the best waves […]
You can’t be a good surfer if you don’t you use your grey matter. Here’s why intelligence is a powerful weapon in the waves. Although surfing sounds pretty much like a physical and technical outdoor activity, intelligence plays a critical role in the development of the skills, and the performance you actually achieve in the […]
A man has been accused of holding a woman’s head underwater in Lennox Head, New South Wales. The violent incident was captured on video. According to the local authorities, the 55-year-old surfer pushed the woman’s head below the water surface for three times in what is being described as a surf rage incident. Police say […]
Noseriding still is the quintessential longboarding maneuver, but modern logging is a wide open world where riders execute a long list of creative moves. The longboard movement is here to stay and has been attracting a growing number of former shortboard-only fanatics. More than a lifestyle, longboard surfing is a highly pleasant experience. There are […]