Delphine Besson is a Swiss surfer. She’s special. Not because she comes from a landlocked country, but because she has a rare, incurable disease. When you go to bed, and you don’t know how you’ll feel the next day, you must value life. That is the story of Delphine, born in 1983 in Sri Lanka, […]
A powerful Raglan swell greeted Laird Hamilton and his foil board, as the American surfer prepares for “The Ultimate Waterman.” Laird Hamilton is the pioneer of foilboarding. He has been riding waves over blades for a long time, with a very personal approach. Hamilton is the ambassador of the New Zealand-based event “The Ultimate Waterman.” […]
Baby on board. Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks are expecting a baby. The shark attack survivor, 25, has announced that she’s pregnant. The parents will be greeting a surfer boy in June 2015. “It’s been a pretty crazy last four months finding out that we’re going to be parents, and that life’s kinda going to […]
Laird Hamilton is one of the most famous watermen in the world. He challenged unridden waves; he defied death and opened the way to modern tow-in big wave surfing. Hamilton was born on the 2nd March, 1964, in San Francisco, California, but he moved to Hawaii when he was still a young boy. At 17, […]
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 […]
The surf book “Body & Soul” unveils Bethany Hamilton’s core experiences with body, mind and spirit. Bethany Hamilton is a role model for multiple generations of surfers and citizens. She has become a source of inspiration to millions through her story of determination, faith and hope. In “Body & Soul”, the young Hawaiian reveals her expertise as […]
Bethany Hamilton has conquered the Surf N Sea Pipeline Women’s Pro 2014, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. Bethany Hamilton was on fire and fully deserved victory, in three-to-five foot wave faces on offer at the Hawaiian surfing capital. The 24-year-old surfer claimed the first event title in 10 years. The final heat saw four surfer girls […]