In October 2016, Steve Brown lost his left arm to cancer. As a result, he had to relearn to surf again with one arm. In January 2019, he was in Hawaii for two weeks, during which he got an introduction into just a bit of the local surf culture. Here’s what he felt he needed […]
He’s been called the “guardian angel of Nazaré.” His name is Sérgio Cosme and, for the last 15 years, he’s been a professional racecar driver – now, his focus is on being a rescue jet ski driver during the biggest days at Praia do Norte, in Portugal. Cosme lives in a house on a cliff […]
They look like tidal bores, but they’re not caused by tides. Upstream river waves are swells, or wave trains, that form in the ocean and travel up the river. Tidal bores are a spectacular natural phenomenon that can be forecasted, and are often ridden by surfers who enjoy the longest waves of their lives. But with upstream river […]
A wind swell is a group of short-period ocean waves created by local winds or winds blowing close to shore. The phenomenon occurs at around one hundred miles distance or less from the shoreline. The waves of a wind swell appear closer together compared with the long-period waves of a groundswell. Wind swell waves tend […]
Jordan Lawler has taken out the 2019 Vissla Sydney Surf Pro, at Manly Beach, New South Wales. The Australian surfer defeated Championship Tour campaigner Jadson Andre in clean two-to-three-foot waves, and in front of thousands of cheering surf fans. Lawler secured the most important win of his career. The North Narrabeen local was competing close […]
The BSR Surf Resort officially reopens to the public on March 22. Nearly six months after voluntarily closing its doors, the surf pool powered by American Wave Machines is back in business at Waco, Texas. Hailed as one of the best artificial wave pool concepts ever created, the BSR Surf Resort made its public debut […]
It’s been a while since Kelly Slater put on a jersey. But the most successful surfer of all time is back in the water winning heats. Slater is competing in a Qualifying Series (QS) event. The 11-time world champion is warming up for the 2019 Championship Tour (CT) season. “It’s good to get the feet […]
Dick Dale, the godfather of surf guitar, has passed away at 81, in Loma Linda, California. The “King of Surf Guitar” inspired millions of musicians worldwide and pioneered a music genre that enriched surf culture. Richard Anthony Monsour was born on May 4, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts. He got into music by learning to play […]
The World Surf League (WSL) announced relevant changes in the Championship Tour (CT) format. The 2019 CT season will continue the updates made last year, which put an end to Round 5 in the men’s event and Round 4 in the women’s event. “We believe that going straight to head-to-head matchups from Round 3 onwards […]
Inge Wegge and Jørn Ranum have had a simple, yet surprising idea. They want to make surfboards out of ice. The Norwegian filmmakers, who have already released “North of the Sun,” are shooting a very special documentary about the limits of surfboard design. Between February and April 2019, the coldest months in the Arctic region, […]