EVENTS
China is preparing to hold the first ever ASP surfing event in the country. Interestingly, the Swatch Girls Pro China will also be the first ASP event to feature a Chinese competitor, with local longboarder Darci Liu awarded an event wildcard. The island of Hainan, located in the South China Sea, is the second and […]
In February 2011, Ireland lived one of the best moments of its surfing history.
A group of photographers and filmmakers has been documenting the surfers riding the giant waves off Cape Town’s coast. For 100 days, the inaugural Rebel Sessions seeks to document the skill, commitment and camaraderie of the surfers who push themselves to the limit in the heaving waters of the freezing Southern Atlantic Ocean each winter.
Tsunami Recovery Continues SurfAid is a non-profit humanitarian organisation whose aim is to improve the health, well being and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected through surfing. SurfAid’s field activity this year has focused on the Tsunami Emergency Recovery Program in the Mentawai Islands, and their Health Program in Nias, and the planning process […]
Portugal has quite been the center of world surfing in October 2011. Extreme waterman Garrett McNamara has surfed the biggest wave of the year in the country, after conquering the big waves at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, on Monday, October 17th. There were three days of big waves McNamara was there with CJ Macias […]
Sardines are everywhere in Peniche, Portugal. Some spectators were tired of watching so many barrels.
The Webber Wave Pools have announced the launch of the first commercial artificial wave model for theme parks and resorts. Greg Webber, the man behind this Australian project, has been working hard on the concept since 2002.
The iconic surf pioneer Jack O’Neill is celebrating of the surf brand O’Neill with a biographical coffee table book following the journey of the man whose passion drove him to create an innovative suit that allowed surfers to be the first in the icy waters of the San Francisco Bay and the last out.
Portuguese surfers have been asked to participate in the most surf survey ever made in the country. Sponsored by a national telecommunications company, it features dozens of questions that can be directly or indirectly connected to the world of surfing. How many times do you surf per week
Adriano de Souza has conquered the Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2011, at Supertubos, Peniche, after defeating Kelly Slater in another epic day of surfing, sun and a packed beach. Five-to-seven foot waves finished a marathon of world class surfing in one of the best beach breaks of the world