Surf Jimmy is the new surf invention that helps you get the wetsuit on faster. Have you ever had problems getting in your wetsuit? The perfect wave does not wait for you to get your wetsuit on and that is why passionate surfer Rasmus Backman Sørensen decided to help you. Surf Jimmy basically works like […]
“Out in the Line-Up” is a 60-minute documentary that challenges the taboos around homosexuality in surfing. Ian Thomson is the director of the newest surf movie that promises to add controversy to the world of waves and surfing. Gay presence in surfing has always lived under secrecy. Now, the founder of the world’s first website […]
Carlos Burle has claimed the Billabong Pico Alto 2012 big wave surfing contest, in Peru. The Brazilian charger saw ocean conditions improving as the event progressed with waves in excess of 30 foot, with spectators amazed at the magnitude of the waves at Punta Hermosa. “I am very excited. The truth is I wasn’t sure […]
“The Surfer” is the newest PC surfing game released by Bungarra Software. Almost 10 years after the launch of “Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer” for PlayStation2, an Australian softwarehouse decides to develop “The Surfer”, a challenge with three separate sections: single player, Pro Tour and multiplayer mode. The surfing game developers promise “high-speed momentum based surfing […]
What to expect from a surf coach? How good is your surf? Where can you improve your surfing skills? Which body movements are incorrect in your surfing? Getting a surf coach is the next step in amateur surfing. If you’ve really decided to go pro, then it might be a good idea to improve all […]
Ramzi Boukhiam has been crowned the 2012 European Surfing champion, at La Grande Plage of Lacanau, in France. The surfer from Morocco secured the title after qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Airwalk Lacanau Pro Junior and watching Vasco Ribeiro finishing third of his heat in the Round of 32. “It was another tough day […]
Chris Ward has taken the 2012 Rip Curl Cup Invitational at Padang Padang, after scoring a perfect 10 backside barrel in the dying seconds of the final heat. The Californian surfer defeated Bali’s Mega Semadhi, Java’s Dede Suryana, and Australia’s Ry Craike, in pumping six-foot tubes at Padang Padang. “I knew I had it,” Ward […]
The Virtual Highway Surfing Association keeps alive the dream of riding waves in a computer screen. “Second Life”, the online virtual world founded in 2003, has opened new creative ways of chasing waves when the real life ocean was flat. Although the overall quality of the graphics was very low-fi, there were thousands of fans […]
Volcano surfing or ashboarding is the newest form of defying gravity in western Nicaragua. Add surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding and lava and you’ll discover the pleasures of volcano surfing. The spectacular feeling of getting away from the still-warm ashes of Cerro Negro is what is literally considered an extreme sport. The strange outdoor activity has been […]
The World Surfing Reserve of Ericeira, in Portugal, is fired up after a decision by the local authorities to close the historical surf camp of Ribeira d’Ilhas. Dozens of surfers have protested against the close and expropriation of the iconic surf camp located in front of the famous European wave. “This is an invasion of […]