Who needs pills when you’ve got surfing? A group of French doctors and health care providers is prescribing surfing to their patients. And the overall results are quite impressing. We knew surfing is good for your health. Late Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz had already taught how riding waves could increase our quality of life. As a doctor […]
Team USA has taken five medals at the 2015 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, held in Oceanside, California. The Americans celebrated a maiden title with surfers in three out of four division podiums. Wave riders from 36 countries battled for gold, silver, bronze, and copper medals. The last day of competition got underway in two-to-four-foot […]
The hunt is almost over. The International Surfing Association (ISA) has announced the addition of its 97th member. Norway has officially entered the surfing world. Believe it or not, Norway is a surfing nation. The Scandinavian country features breathtaking fjords and a rugged coastline. Hidden surf and stand-up paddle spot are nearly everywhere. Despite the […]
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). […]
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 […]
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was born on the 24th August, 1890, in Honolulu, Hawaii, just a few months prior to King David Kalakaua’s death, when political tension was taking over the country’s capital. Kahanamoku, nicknamed “The Duke” and “The Big Kahuna,” is considered to be the father of modern surfing. The Hawaiian won […]
Fernando Aguerre has been re-elected as president of the International Surfing Association (ISA), at the ISA 50th Anniversary World Surfing Games in Punta Rocas, Peru. The iconic Argentinean enters his eighth term as president of the world governing body for the sport of surfing, with two new vice-presidents: Barbara Kendall, New Zealand Olympic Windsurfing gold […]
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 […]