Almost but not quite. Close, but no cigar. Surfing is the most popular board sports in the world with over 20 million active enthusiasts, yet, until 2020, we aren’t seeing it in the Olympic Games. It started as an ancient spiritual activity and now is one of the most relevant water sports in the planet […]
The 9th edition of the International Surfing Day is ready to take over the world, on the 24th June 2012. Every year, since 2004, International Surfing Day has launched the summer season. In 2011, more than 195 surfing events took place in 34 countries, so that people who hadn’t discovered the pleasures of surfing could […]
Surfing decals are a great way of adding your own style and ideas to your favourite surfboards. Vintage logos, pin-ups, mermaids, post-modern sayings, political signs, spiritual badges and Hawaiian natives. There are many inspirational stickers that you can put right in your plank. Some surfers like to add simple decals in the nose; others enjoy […]
The world windsurfing community is not happy with the ISAF decision to get kiteboarding in the 2016 Olympic Games and prepares to fight back, while Sir Richard Branson and Kristin Boese celebrate the kiteboarding victory with champagne. The RS:X Olympic windsurfers are devastated and do not understand the decision which replaced lines for mast. That […]
Gabriel Medina has taken the 2012 Nike Lowers Pro after defeating veteran campaigner Glenn Hall, in two-to-four foot waves at Lower Trestles. The win earns him a $40,000 paycheck, a 14-karat solid-gold spike and major ASP World Ranking points. “This is a very special win and it has been a long week,” Medina said. “I’m […]
Garrett McNamara has officially surfed the biggest wave ever. The Guinness World Records have confirmed that McNamara has ridden a 78-foot wave (23,7 metres) in Nazaré, Portugal, to dethrone Mike Parsons and his wave at Cortes Bank. The announcement was made during the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards and confirms what SurferToday.com has reported in […]
Dane Reynolds, John John Florence, Jeremy Flores, Glenn Hall, Adrian Buchan, Tanner and Pat Gudauskas. The quarterfinalists of the Nike Lowers Pro 2012 are ready to discuss the last waves, at Lower Trestles, California. Reynolds took the day’s highest scores with a near-perfect 9.80 single wave score en route to a combined heat-total of 18.63 […]
Nathan Fletcher has conquered the “Ride of the Year” at the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, in Anaheim, California. The “Oscars” of extreme surfing have been finally delivered in a packed and stoked Grove Theater. The “Biggest Wave” champion was Garrett McNamara, who rode what is considered by many the biggest wave of […]
Bob McTavish has been shaping surfboards for 50 years. The Australian icon has been considered one of the most influential and important surfers and shapers in history. McTavish has been running McTavish Surfboards non-stop since 1962. He’s done everything. In all shapes, colours and for all purposes. Big waves, fat waves, small waves, vertical waves. […]
The 1st Annual World Surf Dog Championships will take place in Northern California, between late summer and early fall 2012. A portion of the proceeds will go to dog and environmental non-profit organizations. The unusual event follows the success of the Small Wave Surf Dog Competition debuted in 2006. The very first surf dog competition […]