The 2017 Volcom Pipe Pro is ready to go. The world’s most famous barreling wave is ready to kick off the competitive season with its classic and challenging conditions. The first Qualifying Series (QS) 3,000 event of the season runs from January 29 through February 10, at Banzai Pipeline, in Hawaii. Last year, Kelly Slater […]
Almost all lifelong surfers get some degree of exostosis, but the condition commonly known as “surfer’s ear” will likely require surgical intervention in those who don’t wear earplugs. Surfer’s ear is the result of benign bone growth under the skin of outer ear canal. It usually affects water sports enthusiasts – surfers, windsurfers and kiteboarders, […]
For many young Australian surfers, this is the moment they’ve been waiting for all year. The 2017 Taj’s Small Fries crowned seven new champions in Yallingup, Western Australia. The event organized by former Championship Tour (CT) surfer Taj Burrow got underway in three different locations – Injidup, Yallingup, and Shallows – with a broad range […]
Surfing is the sport of riding waves in an upright or prone position. Surfers catch ocean, river, or man-made waves, and glide across the surface of the water until the wave breaks and loses its energy. In the ocean, wave riders stand up on surfboards and navigate the water – nearly parallel to the beach […]
Gabriel Medina has announced the opening of Instituto Gabriel Medina, a surf training center located in Maresias, Brazil. The 2014 World Surf League (WSL) champion wanted to create a facility that would develop athletes and surfing champions, but also promote a healthy lifestyle and academic studies. The families of all athletes are invited to cooperate […]
For us, it’s a magnificent idea, and it’s fun to watch. For the surfers, it can get painful. The 2nd Annual Catch Surf Beater Bash was a wild ride but, fortunately, everyone survived the bone crushing machine presented by Knights Beach, in South Australia. The Beater board has become a classic statement in some of […]
Koa Rothman has taken out the 2017 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout, in Pipeline, Hawaii. It might be one of the most low-key surf contests in the world, but its participants are no strangers to Banzai Pipeline. The rashguard-free, invite-only event once again had a stellar roster of local tube riders. The 2017 edition of the […]
Kalani Chapman almost lost his life after suffering a severe wipeout at Pipeline, on Oahu’s North Shore, in Hawaii. The local legend nearly drowned. Chapman was competing on the 2017 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout. It was the last heat of the day, and the Pipeline was firing six-to-eight-foot bombs. The experienced Hawaiian surfer drops in […]
Billy Stairmand smashed a 30-year-old record at the 2017 New Zealand National Surfing Championships. The surfer from Raglan secured his sixth title in the Open Men’s division. The finals got underway in solid six-foot surf at Piha Beach, near Auckland. Stairmand, the most successful surfer in the history of New Zealand, defeated Taylor Hutchison, Elliott […]
Ventusky, an interactive global weather map developed in the Czech Republic, announced the introduction of a unique wave visualization system. With the help of animated arcs, the online map shows the movement of waves in the oceans and seas across the world and clearly depicts how waves propagate across the water’s surface in relation to […]