The biography of South African surfing legend John “The Oom” Whitmore has been ten years in the writing. South African author, Miles Masterson, interviewed more than 120 watersports legends over the past decade, including American filmmaker Bruce Brown, surfing and sailing innovator Hobie Alter, and 1977 surfing world champion Shaun Tomson. Miles has also conducted […]

Ten years ago, The Wave Project started its first surf therapy pilot at Watergate Bay in Newquay, England. With just a handful of volunteers and one surf school partner, it was the start of surf therapy in the United Kingdom. The team is proud that ten years on, they have helped over 5,000 children and […]

Basque pro surfer Aritz Aranburu is a big believer in the therapeutic effects of surfing. He has been riding waves since he was four years old and that has kept him fit and healthy all his life. Back in 2012, he partnered with Almudena Fernandez and some close friends to create “Kind Surf,” a non-profit organization […]

Every sport has its own rebels. Jamie O’Brien is surfing’s party animal – a man who truly believes it’s all about having fun. We’ve seen him doing things that the ordinary people would never even dare to think of doing. Jamie O’Brien is one of those surfers who are able to pull into seemingly impossible […]

The Wave Bristol is expected to open its doors to the public in Autumn 2019, in England. The country’s second wave pool powered by Wavegarden will also be the first featuring the company’s latest technology, The Cove. The team behind The Wave released today its first series of surf slots.

Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum have had a simple, yet surprising idea. They want to make surfboards out of ice. The Norwegian filmmakers, who have already released “North of the Sun,” are shooting a very special documentary about the limits of surfboard design. Between February and April 2019, the coldest months in the Arctic region, […]

Here’s why John John Florence could be the world’s best free surfer right now. There are not many people capable of pulling off a late take-off straight into the barrel. John John is one of them. And if you’ve been missing him in top shape, then watch this “Space.” With his impeccable bottom turns, ultra-fast […]