China has finally put its first artificial wave pool to work. On June 12, 2019, four Chinese surfers – Jiarui Yang, Jingwei Wang, Moyu Huang, and Wei Huang – have tested their country’s first technological adventure into the wave pool world. The Qingfeng Extreme Sports Center Wave Pool is located in Qingfeng, an inland county […]

The 2018 World Surf League (WSL) champion was welcomed in Brazil as a national hero. Gabriel Medina has finally arrived home. The newly crowned world surfing champion was greeted, first at the airport in São Paulo, and later in his hometown of Maresias, as a superstar. Thousands of fans and hundreds of media professionals had […]

Two entrepreneurs launched 23NAO, the first author’s perfume inspired by surfing, waves and the force of nature. Idil Bazán and Marc Conca, founders of Barcelona’s Surfcity Festival, decided to materialize their passion for the sea in a new fragrance aimed at conveying the sensations experienced when riding the waves. 23NAO (North Atlantic Ocean) is the […]

Surfboard manufacturing supplier Sanded Australia has developed a thermal bonded non-woven carbon tape to be used in the construction of surfboards. And it’s made in Australia. Composite rail tapes have become an important part of surfboard construction. With the rise of EPS/Epoxy surfboards, carbon rail and stringers, tapes have become more function over fashion, as […]