The 2016/2017 Big Wave Tour has officially opened the Northern Hemisphere season. The second half of the competition runs from October 15, 2016, to February 28, 2017, and there are three extreme surf spots ready to welcome the fearless riders – Nazaré (Portugal), Peahi (Maui), and Todos Santos (Mexico). Contests get green light when wave faces […]
The California Surf Museum will honor Nat Young and Joyce Hoffman on the 29th October 2016. It’s a monumental year – the 30th anniversary of the California Surf Museum, and the 50th anniversary of the 1966 ISF World Surfing Championships, a six-day event held in San Diego, California, and won by the legendary duo. Young […]
Surfer Ken MacDonald and bodyboarder Renan Faccini are featured in two of the eleven winning photos of the Red Bull Illume 2016. The action sports photography contest awarded Luke Shadbolt with the best “Energy” shot of the year. The Australian photographer captured Renan Faccini celebrating the power of the ocean in Jaotinga Beach, near Rio […]
The technology behind North America’s first artificial surf pool is fine-tuned to deliver three different waves at three distinct breaks named Reef, Inside and Bay. As a result, NLand will pump waves ranging between 1.5 and 6.3 feet (0.5 and 1.9 meters). Josema Odriozola, the founder of Wavegarden, says that they are able to produce […]
They still don’t look cool, but as with anything, it might only be a matter of time. Surfing is not one of the most dangerous sports in the world. We know that. At least, until something painful happens. For many, wearing a helmet in surfing can be a ludicrous and unnecessary idea, but when accidents […]
NLand, North America’s first artificial surf pool, opens October 7th, 2016, in Austin, USA. The dream has become a reality for Doug Coors, the man who envisioned surfing in the heart of Texas, and 200 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico. The world’s second man-made surf lagoon is also the second installment by Wavegarden, […]
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 […]
Jesse Mendes has taken out the Billabong Pro Cascais 2016, in Guincho, Portugal. The Brazilian surfer defeated Jeremy Flores in a final held in two-to-three-foot surf. Despite the high winds, both surfers managed to find multiple opportunities in the line-up. However, it was only in the last third of the heat that they build their […]
Courtney Conlogue has conquered her second consecutive Cascais Women’s Pro, in the challenging five-foot waves of Guincho, in Portugal. The American surfer defeated Tyler Wright by a narrow margin and postponed the Australian’s lifelong dream. The next battles will be fought in Landes, France, and in Honolua Bay, Hawaii. “The world title race has definitely […]
Sandon Whittaker conquered the 2016 International Siargao Surfing Cup, at Cloud 9, in the Philippines. In the final against the local talent Philmar Alipayo, the young Australian surfed four two-to-three-foot waves and got the scores he needed from the judges. Whittaker, 16, competed less than 24 hours after overcoming a viral illness. “This is a […]