You might not know, but Huntington Beach owes its nickname – Surf City USA – to Jan and Dean, a surf music duo that conquered American radio in the 1960s. When the group recorded and released “Surf City,” they certainly didn’t imagine their dream would last for 40 years. William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby […]
Street surfers of the world, rejoice. The new RipSurf promises to revolutionize the way you ride the asphalt when the ocean’s flat. Designed in Southern California, the RipSurf is just like riding a real surfboard. Unlike a skateboard, which can roll in either direction, RipSurf’s inclined casters urethane wheels only roll in one direction. RipSurf features […]
Larry Gordon, the co-founder of Gordon & Smith Surfboards, passed away at the age of 76. He is considered one of the pioneers of the modern foam surfboard. Gordon was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1939. Because he suffered from asthma, his family moved to Southern California when he was only three. He started surfing […]
The world’s best young guns will ride for glory at the 2015 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Surfing Championship, to be run in Oceanside, California, between October 11th-18th. Tom Curren, Gabriel Medina, Julian Wilson, Jordy Smith, Alejo Muniz, Filipe Toledo, Owen Wright, Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Laura Enever and Tyler Wright have won gold […]
Sebastian Steudtner has won the “XXL Biggest Wave” award for a monstrous ride in Nazaré, Portugal. The German surfer from Nuremberg was one of the seven winners of the 2015 World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Awards, held in Southern California. Two thousand individualities gathered in Anaheim, California, to pick the greatest rides of the […]
A medical laboratory scientist wants to overcome the irregular surfing conditions of Texas by building a surf pool in the Greater Houston area. Naradah Tisdel has a dream, and he will try to write history in the heart of Texas. The scientist-DJ has set up a crowdfunding campaign to draft the plans for a park called […]
The Lowers Pro will return to Trestles, California, in 2015, after a two-year hiatus. The 2015 Oakley Lowers Pro will deliver 10,000 World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Qualifying Series (QS) points rankings. From April 28th to May 2nd, the best surfers in the world will have the opportunity to surf one of the jewels of […]
Andrew Cotton, Tom Butler, Kealii Mamala, Cliff Skudin, António Silva, Rodrigo Koxa, and Sebastian Steudtner took part in the international fleet that challenged a death-defying big wave surfing game held at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal. Nazaré fired huge bombs, as the North Atlantic super swell hit the shores of Southern Europe with such power […]
World surfing hero Bethany Hamilton will be featured in “Surfs Like A Girl,” a two-part biopic scheduled for 2015. Surf filmmaker Aaron Lieber is a busy man. The director from Southern California is preparing to launch the “untold story” of Bethany Hamilton, a pro surfer who has been inspiring millions of youngsters. Today, Bethany Hamilton […]
The British Army Surf Team and the US Marine Corps Surf Team will literally battle themselves in the waves of Del Mar Jetty, Southern California, on the 24th May, 2014. The innovative event will see a 10-man team surf relay, with 10 minute rolling heats, and a maximum of three waves per heat, with the best […]