Surf News
When in doubt, try it out. World skimboarding champion Austin Keen rode three boards in a single wave. Now, that’s a triple transfer. It was just another sunny day in San Diego. The small summer waves invited surfers to take their Malibus and longboards out the back. Nevertheless, one man thought different. Skimboarding specialist Austin […]
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The 2015 Volcom Pipe Pro will storm the Banzai Pipeline, on the Oahu’s North Shore, between January 29th and February 8th. A fleet of 112 world-class surfers travel to Hawaii to fight for 3000 Qualifying Series (QS) points and a $100,000 prize purse. The 2015 surfing season is officialy opened in the venue of all […]
Nathalie Vigia dreams of driving her classic Volkswagen Type 2 through Central America. Fourteen years ago, Nathalie got in love with the Volkswagen surf van while visiting Australia. She saw people cruising around and chasing waves with surfboards on top of the vehicle. When she finally bought a green Volkswagen Type 2, Nathalie named her […]
No matter where you live, or where you move to in the search for big, juicy waves, there will be days when the surf… well, just isn’t up. On these days, a surfer has a choice to make. Do you sit out the day in a vague haze of depression, watching videos and compulsively checking surf […]
Ricardo dos Santos lived 24 years doing what he loved most. Surfing. From Australia to the United States, surfers, friends, fans and sports enthusiasts are still recovering from a state of shock and profound sadness. Ricardinho, the Brazilian surfer from Praia da Guarda do Embaú, was not an average surfer. He excelled in surfing, and […]
Ricardo dos Santos has passed away at 24 years of age. The Brazilian pro surfer suffered a cardiac arrest after four consecutive surgeries. The surfing world is mourning the death of Ricardo dos Santos, a talented wave rider shot by drug addicts in Praia da Guarda do Embaú, a beach located in Palhoca, Santa Catarina, […]
The Peahi Challenge 2015 will get underway on the 22nd January, in Maui, Hawaii. It’s the second event of the Northern Hemisphere season and the third of the 2014/2015 season. The Big Wave Tour (BWT) has raised the green flag. The Peahi Challenge is expecting giant waves as a projected 30-to-40-foot swell prepares to hit […]
It might sound rhetorical. After all, like any athlete, a surfer becomes shaped over time by the continual use and strengthening of certain muscles required to surf in the first place. A “surfer’s body”, therefore, can only be obtained by actually learning to surf, right? Well, yes, technically; a lot of bodily reshaping goes on […]