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The story of Tiago Pires, Portugal’s first CT surfer

Tiago Pires is the most successful Portuguese surfer of all time. The story of his life and career are now revealed in “Saca: The Story of Tiago Pires.” He left his mark in Pipeline, he won impossible heats, and he spent 20 years raising his country’s flag on the Qualifying Series (QS), and on the Championship […]

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Kevin Schulz claims the Rip Curl Pro Tofino 2016

The Rip Curl Pro Tofino is one of the most important surfing events in Canada. And Kevin Schulz took out the 10th edition, at Cox Bay, in British Columbia. The competition attracted riders from all over the country and crowned the national champions. The final day had chest-high waves and glorious weather. Peter Devries, six-time […]

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Nazaré added to the 2016/2017 Big Wave Tour

The Big Wave Tour (BWT) has added Nazaré’s Praia do Norte to the 2016/2017 schedule. The circuit managed by the World Surf League announced that the Portuguese beach break will challenge the world’s best big wave riders. The new calendar showcases six breaks, three in each hemisphere. But there’s more: the schedule includes a brand […]

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Artificial wave pool era arrives in Canada

Sixty amateur surfers have participated in the Oasis Open, Canada’s first ever indoor surfing contest, held in Montreal. Wave pools are spreading throughout the world, and the American Wave Machines (AWM) are doing their role in promoting surfing in landlocked regions. Canada has a long tradition in surfing is still far from Tofino, the country’s […]

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Riding the waves of San Sebastian’s emerging surf economy

San Sebastian’s surf cluster is a city-driven, new-generation type of cluster policy that connects apparently unrelated activities around a common theme: surf. By choosing a theme rather than a specific sector, the cluster initiative refrains from “picking winners” and opens new opportunities for economic diversification that make use of specific local strengths: gastronomy, hospitality, natural […]

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Surf Management Plan hailed a success in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is putting a Surf Management Plan (SMP) into practice. The good new is that it works. The country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire has developed a unique rulebook to minimize the impact of surf tourism in the fragile ecosystem, in the local communities, and in the overall quality of the […]

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World reactions to surfing’s inclusion in Tokyo 2020

Surfing has been confirmed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. What do surfers and industry professionals have to say? More than two decades after kicking off the Olympic campaign, and losing five bids, surfing made the cut. Surfing is one step closer of becoming an Olympic sport, with 40 male and female wave riders […]

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Iconic shaper-surfer Peter Daniels passes away at 66

South African surfing and shaping legend Peter Daniels has passed away at 66. Daniels, who has shaped nearly roughly 40,000 surfboards, won national titles and competed in the World Tour. Peter worked with the planet’s best surfers – Tom Curren, Kelly Slater, Sunny Garcia, Andy Irons, Joel Parkinson, Aritz Aranburu, Jordy Smith and many other […]

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Max Wetteland, the "functional" surfer, passes away at 76

Max Wetteland, one of the most influential surfers in South Africa, has passed away at age 76. Wetteland was born in Durban, in 1938. He began surfing at 12, and when he was 15 he already rode his own wooden boards. In the late 1050s, Max won three national paddleboard championships. For many, he was […]

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Jonathan Gonzalez wins the 2015 Nixon Surf Challenge

Jonathan Gonzalez has conquered the 2015 Nixon Surf Challenge in Hainan Island, China. The surfer from the Basque Country, 34, was voted by his peers the overall winner of the event, more than ten years after his first victory in San Sebastian, Spain. But it wasn’t an easy win for Gonzalez. In humid, hot weather […]

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