Surf trips are fun, especially when you’re always scoring perfect waves. But before we go, our brain is confronted with the classic traveler’s dilemma: what should we pack for a surf trip? When you’re packing for the surf trip of your life – and it doesn’t matter if you’re traveling by car, bike, plane or […]
A group of German inland surfers from Lippstadt is trying to convince the local authorities to build a standing wave on the Lippe River. It’s a small town with roughly 70,000 inhabitants, and it is the birthplace of the famous German football player Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Lippstadt – the Venice of Westphalia – is 300 kilometers […]
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 […]
Four surfers from four different countries have qualified for the semifinals of the 2016 Hurley Pro at Trestles, in San Clemente, California. In an exciting quarterfinal battle, Filipe Toledo defeated Kelly Slater with the highest two-wave total of the day. The Brazilian only got his winning rides in the last third of the heat. Toledo […]
Kelly Slater is the most successful pro surfer of all time. With 11 world surfing titles under his belt, the Floridian is also one the most popular athletes on the planet. Today, Slater is more than just a surfer. He’s an active activist for environmental causes, a philanthropist, and a successful entrepreneur. Kelly Slater’s artificial […]
Choosing a surfboard can be fun and complex at the same time. Do you know what to consider when choosing a new surfboard? Take a look at the questions you should ask before buying new surfboards. A new surfboard should always be a rational investment decision. Whether you’re about to spend $200 or $1000, you […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kelly Slater has conquered the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2016, at Teahupoo. The 11-time world champion defeated John John Florence with a near-perfect two-wave total. The “King” is back in the game. A couple of hours after securing a Perfect 20 heat, Kelly Slater, 44, won the 55th Championship Tour victory of his long career, and […]
Australian surfers Shane Campbell and Claire Bevilacqua claimed the Boardmasters 2016, in Fistral Beach, England. The British surfing capital delivered fun and sunny three-to-four-foot waves for the finals, but the winners of the European event came from down under. The Men’s final saw Shane Campbell and Angelo Bonomelli catching a lot of waves in the […]