Surfing has been included in the 2019 Pan American Games, to be held in Lima, the capital of Peru. The decision marks a significant moment in the history of the sport, and puts surfing one step closer to the Olympic Games, an old dream envisioned by Fernando Aguerre, president of the International Surfing Association (ISA). […]
The 2015 ISA World Surfing Games are ready to go in Playa Popoyo, Nicaragua, from May 31st to June 7th. Over 150 male and female surfers from 25 countries will have the chance to defend the colors of their national flags in one of Nicaragua’s finest surf breaks. Each nation is represented by four men […]
Scotland and Finland are the 95th and 96th member nations of the International Surfing Association (ISA). Surfing is growing fast thanks to Fernando Aguerre’s ambitious plan to take the sport into the ultimate stage: the Olympic Games. And the 100th mark is right around the shoulder of the wave. Scotland offers world-class waves and breaks […]
Travis Logie has announced his retirement from professional surfing. The 35-year-old surfer ends his career at the 2014 Billabong Pipeline Masters. The South African charger is ready to hang up his leash. After ten years riding the ASP World Tour, Logie feels it’s time for a change. “As much as I love doing it, I’m […]
Surfing is one of the world’s oldest sports. Although the act of riding a wave started as a religious/cultural tradition, the truth is that surfing rapidly transformed into a global water sport. The popularity of surfing is the result of a sum of events, innovations, influential people, and technological developments. The early surfers had to […]
The most influential people in wave sports change lives and build dreams. The dictionary tells us that influence is “the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.” Sometimes it is a synonym of age and experience, and sometimes it isn’t. Wave sports, board […]
Dane Reynolds and surf contests don’t always mix. Back in the days when he was competing full-time on the ASP world tour, you could expect one-word mumbling answers at press conferences, late nights out before early morning match-ups, self-deprecating post-heat interviews with early round flame outs….
Going for a surf in France is a complicated business. The tide, winds, swell and weather change by the hour. The ASP Top 32 arrived in Hossegor from hot and glassy California to chilly, rainy skies and ten-foot storm surf in the southwest of France. When the weather improved a bit and the surf dropped…
It’s hard to figure that 13 years ago, when Billabong’s Cosmic Creek Challenge first started, that it would be what it is today, or that it would still be even running. Conceived by the maestro of crappy equipment, Donavon Frankenreiter and his longtime friend and co-conspirator Eric Diamond, the initial…
San Clemente’s Perry Faanes is a master ding repair man. He’ll fix your busted up board like no other, but he’s also an artist with a unique talent. ESPN Surfing spent a little time with the man to get a feel for not only his daily grind, but to find out what inspires him and […]