I’ve been surfing since the early 1990s. When I first stood up on my Mike Davis surfboard, bodyboarding was still in its infancy. Back in those days, the concept of going “online” to find more about a sport or a product simply didn’t exist. So, when I saw the first small, rectangular polystyrene boards gliding […]
The Wave, a project to build an inland surfing destination on the edge of the Bristol, announced that it has signed a contract with its Spanish technology partner, Wavegarden. The company revealed that it has now started work on site, and also secured the financial backing of Jar Capital Ltd to fully fund the development. […]
The 11-meter long boat belonging to French executive Pierre Agnès, CEO of Boardriders, was found stranded north of La Gravière beach, in Soorts-Hossegor, southwest of France. According to local witnesses, Agnès went fishing Tuesday, January 30, on his motorboat Mascaret III. He left the port of Capbreton at 7:30 am, but never made back to the […]
I will never forget the surfboard that got me into surfing. It was not a board like the ones I see today in fancy surf shops. It was the most important object I owned in my life. I was born in Porto, the city that gave the name to the oldest country in Europe – […]
Ethan and Julen Egiguren spent one year traveling the world in search of perfect waves. As a result, we got “Everything We Love,” an 18-minute movie about the pure love for surfing. To things even more real and intense, filmmaker Guillem Cruells shot it in 4k, 16mm and Super 8, so that you enjoy the […]
Michel Bourez has taken out the 2016 Billabong Pipe Masters, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. The Tahitian surfer defeated Kanoa Igarashi in the final and secured the third Championship Tour (CT) event win of his career. With this result, Bourez finishes sixth in the season’s rankings. “I still don’t believe it. Last year I got injured, […]
They’re two big wave surfers, and they hail from Russia. The previous sentence doesn’t seem to make sense, but they’re in Nazaré, Portugal, to prove that our preconceptions are wrong. Andrei “Dolphin” Ovchinnikov and Andrey Karr Boldyrev have the looks of a surfer. Their hairstyle, their clothes, and their eyes on the ocean are not […]
They’re cold, but they’ll heat you up. They’re made from cereals, but they’re not breakfast drinks. Discover the best beers for the after surf chill-out. It is always hard to write about beers because you can’t match the pleasure of tasting them when a dreamy surf session is over. You walk up the beach with that salty […]
It’s the only California stop on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour (CT), but it is one of the most popular events on the pro surfing calendar. The 2016 Hurley Pro at Trestles will be a decisive showdown. For many, Lower Trestles is the perfect surf spot, the ultimate playground. The cobblestone break offers all […]
Evan Geiselman has taken out the Vans Pro 2016, at 1st Street Jetty, Virginia Beach. The surfer born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, defeated two former Vans Pro champions – Michael Dunphy and Pat Gudauskas – and the always dangerous Samuel Pupo in three-foot, wind-affected surf. Geiselman, who survived drowning last year at Pipeline, was always […]