Didier Piter has launched a online surf coaching program to help surfers improve their skills and launch them into the professional arena. Piter is one of the most recognized surfers in France and in the Old Continent. With five European surfing titles and 14 consecutive years in the national French team, he lived the life […]
Body Glove is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The brand founded by Bill and Bob Meistrell claims the design of the first practical wetsuit, in 1953. Body Glove has always been a surf and diving company. Back in 1953, the twin brothers needed to find a way to combat California’s coldwater. They tried everything, from wartime […]
The “House of Waves”, a surf school run by the president of the Dominican Surfing Federation, has been destroyed at Encuentro Beach, Cabarete. A group of vandals has robbed and burned down the surf school “House of Waves” located right in front of one of the best spots in the Dominican Republic. All surf equipment […]
Jake Sylvester has taken out the 2013 Rangi Pro Junior, after defeating Mitch Parkinson, in solid 6 foot (2 meter) stand up barrels, in the Tuamotu atolls in French Polynesia. Sylvester’s second win on the ASP Australasian Pro Junior Series is a combination of big scores with deep tubes and explosive turns. “It was a […]
Ramzi Boukhiam has suffered a tympanic membrane perforation while surfing Teahupoo, in Tahiti. The 19-year pro surfer from Agadir, Morocco, was riding a medium-sized wave in Teahupoo, when the accident happened. “It was not a big day, but there were good two-meter perfect wave. I felt good and I was waiting for a bomb. I […]
An air freight and logistics company has launched a surfboard shipping and handling division. Surfers are travelers and need to move fast and quickly to the pumping surf spots. When there’s no time to lose and surfboards must arrive with no scratches and cracks, you can’t trust airline companies. Alliance Air Freight & Logistics, a […]
Millions of surf fans and hundreds of surf judges have seen and worked with it. Beach Byte is the official scoring system of the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP). When you mix a passion for surfing, a mathematical algorithm, technology and entrepreneurial impetus, you’ve got Beach Byte, a leading computer system especially designed for surfing […]
The 2013 Big Wave World Tour season will kick-off with the Quiksilver Ceremonial Chile, at Punta de Lobos. The waiting period runs between April 15th and June 15h. The world’s best big wave surfers return to the infamous Chilean surf spot for the 15th year. Punta de Lobos is located six kilometers south of Pichilemu, […]
Adriano de Souza has taken out the 2013 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, after beating Nat Young, in the clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) Australian waves. Adriano de Souza is the first South American to win the event, held for the first time 52 year ago. “This is the most important event on […]
Carissa Moore has conquered the the 2013 Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach, after defeating Tyler Wright, in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves. The Hawaiian surfer girl is back in the lead of the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT) ratings, for the first time in over a year. “To win Bells […]