Mexican surfing star Oscar Moncada died in a car accident, in San Pedro Pochutla. Mexico. The tragedy took place near his hometown of Puerto Escondido, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Moncada was driving a Mercedes Benz with two friends – Diego Oropeza and Waldo Rendón. The vehicle collided with a truck. Diego and Waldo […]
I will never forget the surfboard that got me into surfing. It was not a board like the ones I see today in fancy surf shops. It was the most important object I owned in my life. I was born in Porto, the city that gave the name to the oldest country in Europe – […]
The International Surfing Association (ISA) submitted a declaration of intent to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for the inclusion of adaptive surfing on the 2024 Summer Paralympics program. Now that surfing has been added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and that ISA has been officially recognized as the international paralympic federation for “para-surfing,” the […]
If it’s not the biggest, it is undoubtedly one of the biggest waves ever ridden. Brazilian big wave rider Rodrigo Koxa caught a bomb at Nazaré that might very well beat Garrett McNamara’s 2011 world record wave. Like many others rides in Nazaré, Koxa’s wave was filmed from an elevated camera position. As a result, […]
It’s never an easy thing to do, but sometimes we really need to sell a surfboard if we want to get our hands on a brand new stick, equipped with the latest shaping innovations. Surfers dream about boards. It’s their ultimate object of desire; a work of art that will hopefully guide them through unforgettable […]
It might sound bizarre, but surfers and businessmen share many values. And, in some situations, they even speak the same language. Surfing is all about making decisions – the surf break that is pumping the best waves, going left or right on a perfect-peeling A-frame wave, and knowing when and which maneuver to perform in […]
The history of surfing is a complicated of facts and assumptions. TED released a five-minute cartoon video featuring a simplified description of the sport of kings. Scott Laderman, author of “Empire in Waves,” and director Silvia Prietov teamed up to create a short animated cartoon that reveals some of the things we know about surfing. The […]
Filipe Toledo has taken out the 2017 Hawaiian Pro, in Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park, on the North Shore of Oahu. The Brazilian surfer bested a field of tough competitors in the finals and walked away victorious. Toledo beat Griffin Colapinto, Wiggolly Dantas, and Michel Bourez, and secured his first-ever win on the North Shore. The […]
Choosing between five different setups can be sometimes confusing. Here’s a straightforward identification and explanation of each fin configuration. Although they are often overlooked, fins are an important variable in any surfboard. Without them, surfboards would be skimboards or bodyboards. So what are fins for? The goal of fins is to stabilize your surfboard and […]
Without waves, surfers are nothing. Take a look at the different energy zones that make a wave the ultimate resource for water sports enthusiasts. The ocean produces four types of breaking waves, and the majority of them are rideable from a surfing perspective. From the moment wind produces the first ripples until they reach the […]