The Wave Bristol is expected to open its doors to the public in Autumn 2019, in England. The country’s second wave pool powered by Wavegarden will also be the first featuring the company’s latest technology, The Cove. The team behind The Wave released today its first series of surf slots.
Surfers are often depicted by non-surfers as laid-back, relaxed, tanned, smiling, and free-spirited, outdoor, ocean lovers. But are they always like that? Of course not. Surfing is regularly displayed in mainstream media – newspapers, magazines, cinema, advertising, and television – as the sport of the cool. And that image is used to sell everything from […]
Leroy Bellet is a 17-year-old surf photographer from the South Coast of New South Wales, in Australia. Despite his young age, he has already captured the interest of the surfing world. In fact, Bellet has been risking his life by shooting point-of-view (POV) pictures from within the barrel. Inspired by former pro surfer and POV […]
It’s one of the best-edited highlight reels of the 2018/2019 winter season. “Brusco” puts Nicolau Von Rupp alongside the best performers in big wave surfing. Von Rupp was born on August 2, 1990, in Portugal. He is the son of a German father and Portuguese mother and speaks fluently five languages. Rupp has always lived […]
“Gidget” is the linguistic blend of the words “girl” and “midget.” But the name means much more than that – it’s the movie that changed the course of surfing and made it mainstream. The fictional character was inspired by Frederick Kohner’s teenage daughter, Kathy Kohner, who embraced the surfing lifestyle in the sands of Malibu.
Bill Delaney, the man who sculpted “Free Ride” and inspired future generations of surfers, passed away. William Delaney was born in Santa Barbara, California, in 1946. He started surfing in 1962 and witnessed the sport’s evolution in Southern California before it spread to the rest of the world. Three years after riding his first waves, […]
A place with rough weather conditions, where sunny skies can, at any moment, be followed by low dark clouds and heavy rain. For many, Ireland epitomizes what cold water surfing truly is – an uncomfortable and difficult challenge that will only boost a surfer’s passion for riding waves. “Meet The Pioneers Of Surfing In Ireland” […]
You can’t be a good surfer if you don’t you use your grey matter. Here’s why intelligence is a powerful weapon in the waves. Although surfing sounds pretty much like a physical and technical outdoor activity, intelligence plays a critical role in the development of the skills, and the performance you actually achieve in the […]
A man has been accused of holding a woman’s head underwater in Lennox Head, New South Wales. The violent incident was captured on video. According to the local authorities, the 55-year-old surfer pushed the woman’s head below the water surface for three times in what is being described as a surf rage incident. Police say […]
A Portuguese football fan created a surfboard that celebrates his love for his football team. Luis Madureira Pinto, the founder of SurferToday, teamed up with Surf Factory to build a small longboard featuring the club’s badge, and its distinctive chessboard pattern. Boavista Futebol Clube was founded in 1903, in Porto, Portugal, by British entrepreneurs and […]