The Azores Islands will host the 2016 Vissla ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, between September 17th-24h. The Portuguese archipelago located in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean has been chosen by the International Surfing Association (ISA) to host a competition that, in the past, crowned champions such as Matt Wilkinson, Stephanie Gilmore, Julian Wilson, Owen […]
Surfing has been confirmed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. What do surfers and industry professionals have to say? More than two decades after kicking off the Olympic campaign, and losing five bids, surfing made the cut. Surfing is one step closer of becoming an Olympic sport, with 40 male and female wave riders […]
It’s official: the sport of surfing has been proposed to take part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. There will be two events for 20 male surfers and 20 female surfers. The historic decision was announced by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee this 28th September 2015. Surfing – alongside skateboarding, karate, sports climbing, and baseball/softball […]
While the trains pass by, the world’s best surfers paddle out for the 2015 Hurley Pro, at the cobblestone break of Lower Trestles, Southern California. Surfers now call it a surf park. Trestles and its multiple peaks are the stars of San Onofre State Beach, a place that seems to have been designed for riding […]
The world’s best young guns will ride for glory at the 2015 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Surfing Championship, to be run in Oceanside, California, between October 11th-18th. Tom Curren, Gabriel Medina, Julian Wilson, Jordy Smith, Alejo Muniz, Filipe Toledo, Owen Wright, Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Laura Enever and Tyler Wright have won gold […]
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). […]
The 2015 Quiksilver Pro Casablanca will be the first ever pro surfing contest held in Morocco. The Royal Moroccan Surfing Federation (RMSF) and World Surf League (WSL) have teamed up to deliver a Men’s QS1,500 event in the Northern-Africa region. The competition is scheduled to run from September 8th-12th, at Anfaplace. “We are very excited […]
The Tom Morey Invitational 2015 Golden Jubilee will be held from November 6th-8th, in Ventura, California. The 50th anniversary of the Tom Morey Invitational will celebrate the success of surfing as a liberating world influence, and it will also highlight innovation and surfing’s pioneers. “We need to rectify a wrongness from way back. Certain self-elevators […]
Costa Rica conquered the 2015 ISA World Surfing Games (WSG) at Playa Popoyo, in Nicaragua. In the Men’s final, Noe Mar McGonagle rode a near-perfect 9.93 wave, and another one in the eight-point range to steal the gold medal from Nic Von Rupp, Shane Holmes, and Leandro Usuna. “I didn’t do it for myself; I […]
Haiti is the 94th member of the International Surfing Association (ISA). Despite the devastating earthquake in 2010, surfing is alive in this Caribbean country. Surf Haiti, the national governing body for surfing of Haiti, is developing educational programs, sustainability initiatives, and the nation’s first surf school. “In recent yearsn Surf Haiti has contributed to the […]