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Gabriel Medina wins maiden ASP World Championship Tour title

Gabriel Medina is the first ever Brazilian to claim a world surfing trophy. The history of competitive surfing has just added another flag to the list of champions. And it’s not easy to win a world title these days. Precisely 50 years after the inaugural ISF World Surfing Championships won by Midget Farrelly and Phyllis […]

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Nixon Ultratide: the surf report watch with real-time data

The Nixon Ultratide is an intelligent surf watch with real-time ocean data, coming Spring 2015. Check tide, time, wave height, swell direction, wind direction and speed, water, and air temperatures, as you put your wetsuit on and prepare to hit the water. Nixon has partnered with Surfline to develop what the brand considers to be “the […]

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How to make a Surfer on Acid drink

Surfer On Acid is a classic drink. Know the recipe and impress your surfer friends with your barman skills. The origin of the Surfer on Acid drink is not clear, but it is rather obvious that the name has profound similarities and connections with real life, specifically with the crazy LSD decades of 1960s and […]

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San Luis Talpa: from pesticide-contaminated town to inclusive surf city

In the 1960s, El Salvador began to import chemical pesticides and fertilizers heavily in order to increase agricultural yield. In practice that meant El Salvador became the dumpster for many of the chemical pesticides that were banned in the United States and Europe. Chemicals, such as Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War, found their […]

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The differences between rip currents, undertows and rip tides

There are three main dangerous ocean currents. Rip currents, undertows and rip tides are very frequent in the majority of the beaches and coastal regions. Learn how to survive them. Surfers know currents. They’ve already been dragged by a strong current or channel. However, can we evaluate distinct dangers and act accordingly? How do we […]

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Brad Domke, Oliver Bridge, Thomas Traversa and Amaury Lavernhe are "Athletes of the Year 2014" by SurferToday

SurferToday.com has announced the best wave riders of the year 2014. They have been inspiring our lives and pushing the limits of wave sports.They are the most talented surfers, kiteboarders, windsurfers and bodyboarders of our oceans in 2014.Their time is now.

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A free surfing dream at Pipeline

The Billabong Pipe Masters had been called off for the day. Fortunately for hundreds of free surfers, there were some of the best waves of the year pumping out there at Third Reef. Too heavy, too big, and too dangerous. The ASP World Tour decided to protect the fleet of pro surfers and declared a […]

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Why you should kick your feet in surfing

It might not be cool to kick your feet in surfing, but the truth is that it works. What are the pros and cons of using the lower extremities of your legs for additional stroke power? It doesn’t look good, and it is often associated with beginner surfers and first-timers in the sport of riding waves. […]

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Tom Carroll steals the Pipeline ASP Heritage Series clash

Tom Carroll conquered the third and final 2014 ASP Heritage Series event, in pumping double overhead barrels, at Banzai Pipeline. Carroll, Gary Elkerton, Derek Ho and Sunny Garcia celebrated the history of professional surfing by taking to the water and challenging themselves in the fast tubes of Hawaii’s most popular surf break. The two-time ASP […]

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Slater survives Round 2 in thundering surf

Kelly Slater displayed a magical surfing performance in Round 2 of the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters, to keep his world title hopes alive and fresh, in the world’s most famous Hawaiian arena. The repechage heats were run in dangerous double-to-triple overhead surf. It was heavy out there. Despite a slow start, Slater managed to ride […]

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