Qiu Zhuo became the first Chinese athlete to advance in a major World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) event. Zhuo secured a second-place finish in his Round 1 heat of the 2020 Corona Open China, held in Riyue Bay, Wanning. The Chinese needed a 4.27 to get past Jackson Butler. In the final minutes, […]
Mackenzie Pridham is a Canadian traveling surfer like many others. But, unlike the majority of his fellow board riders, Mac is also a former professional soccer player. Beyond the pitch, his passion for chasing perfect waves led him to some of the gems Indonesia has to offer. Mac is a 29-year-old good-looking gentleman from Toronto. […]
SurferToday has officially named the “Athletes of the Year 2019.” The decade 2010-2019 is over. It’s been a long, yet highly successful and relevant period for water sports. In the last few years, surfing was finally granted Olympic status and will make its grand debut in Tokyo 2020. The longtime dream of Duke Kahanamoku will […]
The manufacturing facility of Darren Handley Designs (DHD), located in Burleigh Heads, Australia, has been completely destroyed by a fire. The blaze started inside the factory at 9:30 am on Boxing Day fueled by chemicals used to produce the high-end surfboards. When the 45 firefighters arrived, flames had already consumed the structure and quickly spread […]
The Chinese are doing whatever it takes to make waves in Olympic surfing. According to Dris Mi, one of the head coaches of China’s Olympic surfing team, talent has nothing to do with what will make them successful. “Their mental skills are their biggest advantage,” Mi told SurferToday.com.
Japan will open a wave pool powered by American Wave Machines (AWM) before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The project is a joint venture between the wave pool company and Surf Stadium Japan (SSJ). The new Japanese surf lagoon is currently being built in Shizunami, near Makinohara, in the Shizuoka Prefecture, and […]
The 2020 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) roster has been determined. The men’s 2020 CT class will feature the top 22 athletes on the 2019 CT leaderboard, the top 10 finishers on last year’s Qualifying Series (QS), plus two WSL wildcards. Adriano de Souza, who spent most of the 2019 season out due […]
Towards the end of each year, we sit down with a cup of coffee and reflect on how life has been and how we can improve it. Typically, we ponder about our career choices, financial status, and personal issues, and dream about the upcoming year. This year, Henrik Beyer, author of “Health & Fitness for […]
The World Surf League (WSL) announced that Gabriel Medina’s controversial interference on Caio Ibelli at the 2019 Pipe Masters was “intentional” but “not deemed unsportsmanlike.” The history of competitive surfing had never seen anything like that. But let’s take a look at the facts. Medina and Ibelli were battling it out on Round of 16 […]
Italo Ferreira has taken out the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour title at Banzai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii. The 2019 CT season is over. But there was a lot at stake for the finals day of the Billabong Pipe Masters In Memory of Andy Irons. The last event of […]