As Veteran’s Day approaches, certified therapy dog, Surf Dog Ricochet, Army veteran, Jose Martinez, and Marine staff sergeant Persons B. Griffith IV, aka Griff, have joined forces. They want to share their experiences to heal, change, and save the lives of wounded warriors, veterans with PTSD, kids with special needs, and others who face physical, […]
Red Bull Night Riders will once again treat thousands of Jacksonville Beach surf fans to one of the premier contests on the East Coast. On November 22, six elite surfers will be given 15 minutes each to pull their best trick under the moonlit sky. Towed at the wave by jet ski, the surfers are […]
Four Australian pro surfers – Stu Kennedy, Connor O’Leary, Mitch Crews, and Jackson Baker – recently trialed night surfing at Wavegarden’s demo center in northern Spain. Floodlights lit up the Wavegarden Cove like a sports arena, allowing the Australians to surf and train from sunset to late into the night, a feat not easy to […]
Aritz Aranburu was the first Spanish surfer to qualify for the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour. The shining marble star with his name has been embedded in the floor of the promenade of Somo, in Cantabria, Spain, as a new addition to its prestigious “Somo Surfing Walk of Fame.” The Gipuzkoan surfer, visibly excited, […]
All surfers know its meaning, and nearly the entire world understands the gesture. Shaka is a universal body language that has even become a common greeting in the White House. On November 12, 2009, President Barack Obama was at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
In 2012, after many years of absence, I returned to my home country – El Salvador. I had spent more than half of my life in San Francisco and Hawaii. I had a weird feeling that although I was home finally, in Hawaii, there would always be better waves and competitions than in El Salvador.
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Jeremy Flores and Carissa Moore have taken out the 2019 Quiksilver and Roxy Pro France in Hossegor. The finals got underway at La Gravière in solid six-foot-plus surf at high tide, groomed by a light offshore wind. The conditions were tricky. The majority of waves were breaking near the shore, and surfers had to time the […]
The International Surfing Association (ISA) has changed its official motto. The world governing body for the sport of surfing announced a subtle, yet relevant change in its maxim. The old “For a Better Surfing Future” was replaced by “A Better World Through Surfing.”