For many of us, sunset is almost like a religious moment – a sacred natural experience that repeats itself every day. Sunsets are instants of intimate and private contemplation. It’s a time when we look at each other without mirrors. A sunset tells us what we are and where we should head to. It’s a […]
Aritz Aranburu and Amaury Lavernhe have taken out the 2020 Quemao Class in La Santa, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. The fifth annual invitational surfing and bodyboarding contest was held in memory of David “El Fula” Infante, the legendary Canarian wave rider who passed away surfing El Quemao on January 1, 2009. The iconic reef break has […]
Ollie Dousset is a surfer like any other. But he is also probably the first-ever amputee to ride the big waves of Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, Portugal. In August 2018, the surfer from Sydney, Australia, was traveling on the back of a scooter heading back to his accommodation in Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia. Suddenly, a […]
It is simultaneously a terrifying and exhilarating experience. Are you ready to get swallowed up by the skyscraper-sized waves of Jaws/Peahi? Jaws is probably the largest, heaviest, and fastest wave of the Pacific Ocean. When the extreme surf break shows its teeth, you hear the thunderous roar of the waves breaking over the deep-water reef.
Technology is changing the way we surf. Meet Boost Surfing, the attachable electric surfboard fin created to help surfers paddle faster and longer. The idea became a reality thanks to Alex Ostanin, a mechanical engineer from Huntington Beach, California, and Dmitri Kozhevnikov, an entrepreneur from San Francisco. The duo wanted to develop something that would […]
Mackenzie Pridham is a Canadian traveling surfer like many others. But, unlike the majority of his fellow board riders, Mac is also a former professional soccer player. Beyond the pitch, his passion for chasing perfect waves led him to some of the gems Indonesia has to offer. Mac is a 29-year-old good-looking gentleman from Toronto. […]
The manufacturing facility of Darren Handley Designs (DHD), located in Burleigh Heads, Australia, has been completely destroyed by a fire. The blaze started inside the factory at 9:30 am on Boxing Day fueled by chemicals used to produce the high-end surfboards. When the 45 firefighters arrived, flames had already consumed the structure and quickly spread […]
The Chinese are doing whatever it takes to make waves in Olympic surfing. According to Dris Mi, one of the head coaches of China’s Olympic surfing team, talent has nothing to do with what will make them successful. “Their mental skills are their biggest advantage,” Mi told SurferToday.com.
The World Surf League (WSL) announced that Gabriel Medina’s controversial interference on Caio Ibelli at the 2019 Pipe Masters was “intentional” but “not deemed unsportsmanlike.” The history of competitive surfing had never seen anything like that. But let’s take a look at the facts. Medina and Ibelli were battling it out on Round of 16 […]
The final day of the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters has a lot on the line. The event’s results have implications on the World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Championship Tour (CT) title, but also on the qualification for next year’s elite season, the Tokyo 2020, and the Triple Crown of Surfing champion’s decision. There are three […]