Tail slides love steep waves. The maneuver changed competitive surfing and also the way shapers designed surfboards. Let’s drift into the mechanics of a classic backside tailslide. Showing the fins while attacking the wave lip. It’s quite impossible not to love the move, whether you’re watching it from the beach or from the line-up. Tail […]
Top seeds have entered the 2014 Vans World Cup of Surfing, at Sunset Beach. However, all eyes are set on the Qualifying Series’ surfers. Dusty Payne kept his hopes alive with yet another splendid performance in the challenging waves. The Hawaiian opened his heat with Gabriel Medina with an under-the-lip late airdrop, followed by a […]
The race for a spot in the 2015 World Surf League is on, as the 2014 Vans World Cup of Surfing enters Round 3, at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Jack Freestone, Jesse Mendes and Willian Cardoso were unable to advance in the competition. Their fate now rests with a handful of surfers who remain in the […]
The 2015 World Surf League schedule has been published. The Men’s Championship Tour will feature 11 stages while the Women’s Championship Tour will be surfed in nine locations. Male surfers will travel to the same destinations – only dates change – and pro elite female wave riders won’t return to Huntington Beach, in California. Their […]
Planet Earth has five great oceans and 113 seas. They represent 72% of the surface of the globe, and together they’ve been an endless source of inspiration for humankind. The oceans and seas have changed lives forever. Saline water is part of who we are, even when it claims souls and dreams. Humans have always […]
The 2014 Vans World Cup of Surfing kicked off in giant surf, at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Shifty peaks delivered waves in the 10- to 15-foot range. It was heavy out the back, but local knowledge proved to be enough to get through to Round 2. Kai Barger stole the show, on the first day of […]
Tristan Thompson conquered the Red Bull Night Riders 2014, at Jacksonville Beach, in Florida. Thousands of surfing fans flocked into the dark, as their idols got towed into the waves. Surfers have 12 minutes per round to pull off their best tricks. Thompson, 18, impressed with an inverted frontside 360 air in the second round. […]
Dylan Palmer and Damien Robertson have definitely filmed one of the best videos of the decade. Having the chance to capture pro skimboarder Brad Domke and Hawaiian tube master Jamie O’Brien sharing perfect, giant waves is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The board riders met in Mexico during one of the best swells of 2014. The footage […]
Surfing is great way to keep yourself fit, but like any sport, it can also take its toll on your body. You need to look after yourself to ensure you will still be surfing ten, twenty, or even thirty or more years in the future. You can increase the chances that you will still be […]
Anthony Fillingim has been crowned champion of the 2014 Latin Pro Tour, at Las Flores, El Salvador. The circuit run by the Latin American Association of Surfing Professionals (ALAS) concluded the six-event series in perfect wave conditions. The competition included surfers from the Latin countries of the American continent: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, […]