“Aloha Buttons,” a documentary film about the life of Montgomery Kaluhiokalani, promises to reveal fresh details about one of the most iconic surfers of the 1970s. “Buttons” was what we usually call a legend. His bold personality – in and out of the water – reached many people, but it was his passion for surfing […]
Welcome to The Surfing Christmas Gift Guide for 2016. Start writing your Christmas letter, inspired by the best and most useful surfing items in the market right now. As we start spending more time indoors than we would like, we finally have the head space to think about what we need to boost our surfing […]
The 20th century marked the birth of surfing as an outdoor water sports activity, and the Hawaiian Islands were the epicenter of a cultural and economic revolution. In the first decades of the 1900s, the art of “surfboarding” – or “surfriding” – brought thousands of new tourists to the iconic Pacific Ocean archipelago. Hawaii was […]
Kai Lenny has set a new record at the 20th anniversary of the Molokai 2 Oahu Paddleboard World Championships (M2O). The Hawaiian waterman concluded the Men’s Unlimited Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) division in four hours, seven minutes, and 41 seconds, and beat Connor Baxter’s 2014 record by a minute and a half. “This is the […]
For millions, John John Florence is the best surfer in the world right now. But when it comes to winning world titles, the Hawaiian is still warming up. Will it be this year? Can Florence turn magic into glory? Will his fans celebrate in 2016? The last Hawaiian to win the world surfing title was […]
Meet the world’s first ever self-propelled hydrofoil surfboard. Who better to test it than Kai Lenny? Kai Lenny paddled into a left-hand roller, kicked out, pumped his hydrofoil back out to sea, and caught the next wave. “What I really love about the hydrofoil is that it just opens a whole new world of surf […]
Eight surfers have reached the quarterfinals of the Fiji Pro 2016, after another perfect day of surfing at Cloudbreak. Kelly Slater has always said Cloudbreak is one of his favorite waves in the world. The 11-time world champion has once again proved he has what it takes to win events. In his Round 4 act, […]
Johanne Defay has claimed the Fiji Women’s Pro 2016, at Cloudbreak. The French surfer secured the second Championship Tour (CT) event win of her career after defeating Carissa Moore in a pumping six-to-eight foot final. “I’ve never beat Carissa (Moore) before. She is such an amazing surfer, and she took 9-point rides in every heat. It […]
World Surf League’s “Strike Mission” at Cloudbreak will stay in the memory of many surfers for a long time. There were exciting and tense episodes, and an unstoppable express train of 20-foot barrels breaking on a sharp, sheltered reef. Aaron Gold will never forget the 23rd of May 2016. After wiping out in Cloudbreak bomb, […]
Aaron Gold suffered a massive wipeout and nearly drowned at Cloudbreak, Fiji. Like many others at Cloudbreak, Gold knew he was surfing a large swell. The Third Reef was pumping, and the 2016 WSL Paddle of the Year winner wanted his share of stoke. The 34-year-old big wave surfer took off on a big wave, […]