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What are the benefits and risks of ice baths?

Ice baths and cryotherapy are increasingly popular among athletes and active gym enthusiasts. They use cold water therapy after exercise as a method to speed up recovery and improve performance. Whether you want to gain muscle, run fast, or workout hard, when it comes to any athletic progress, you need to do two things to […]

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Surf Lakes announce compact wave pool model

Surf Lakes announced a new reduced size model of their wave pool technology to target suburban communities. The demand for artificial wave facilities continues to grow, and the Australian company behind the concentric wave-making technology wants to lead the revolution. Surf Lakes created a new product model designed to suit reduced-sized footprints and target the […]

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An ode to the ocean wave

An ocean wave is a miracle. It’s an inimitable, magical, and singular creation that, despite short-lived, changes all living beings. Waves are like humans. Each one of them was, is, and will be a unique, exclusive, and unrepeatable entity.

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Playa Hermosa named World Surfing Reserve

Save The Waves announced that Playa Hermosa has officially been approved as the next World Surfing Reserve (WSR). Locate in Garabito, Costa Rica, this is the first WSR in Central America and promises an exciting conservation vision for the country’s surf breaks. The announcement will generate environmental, social, and economic benefits for the local Costa […]

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Weret: the world’s first analog surf smartwatch

Meet Weret, the analog surf smartwatch inspired by the Swedish automotive design and powered by Swiss watchmaking expertise. Surf watches are getting increasingly smarter and technical and have become a fundamental piece of gear in any surfer’s life. Weret opens a new chapter in the surf watch segment and brings something new, distinctive, elegant, and […]

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The benefits of wave pools to adaptive surfers

Basque pro surfer Aritz Aranburu is a big believer in the therapeutic effects of surfing. He has been riding waves since he was four years old and that has kept him fit and healthy all his life. Back in 2012, he partnered with Almudena Fernandez and some close friends to create “Kind Surf,” a non-profit organization […]

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Ethan Ewing and Tyler Wright win 2020 Tweed Coast Pro

Tyler Wright and Ethan Ewing have taken epic victories at the Tweed Coast Pro, event one of the Australian Grand Slam of Surfing. Both Wright and Ewing looked destined for victory, each dominating the final day in fun two-to-three foot waves at the beautiful Cabarita Headland in what has been professional surfing’s return to the […]

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How are big waves measured in professional surfing?

How do the World Surf League (WSL) judges analyze and measure the largest waves ridden each year? The professional surfing circuit developed a new formula for wave height measurement. In order to determine – or estimate – and formalize wave height measurement standards, WSL teamed up with researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University […]

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The impact of Bob Marley’s music on surf-and-skate culture

“Ride Natty Ride” is a visual celebration of what Bob Marley and his music mean to the surf and skateboarding community worldwide. The documentary features interviews with the godfather of Jamaican surfing and owner of the Jamnesia Surf Camp, Billy “Mystic” Wilmot. The 30-minute film also includes surf-and-skate action from Jamaican surfers and skateboarders, Shama […]

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Why surfing made me a better person

The more you surf, the more you become a better person. Right? Well, at least, that’s a valid assumption for most of the active surfers out there. We all know that there’s a moderate dose of hypocrisy in surfing, but that’s part of life and who we are. We shouldn’t expect a greedy man to […]

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