American Surfer Dies at Teahupoo

American Surfer Dies at Teahupoo

Photo: Damien Poullenot/WSL

Patrick Phillips, an American surfer, has died following tragic events at Teahupoʻo in Tahiti. He reportedly suffered a severe injury after striking the reef during a fall and later passed away in hospital. News of his death has been met with deep sadness across the surfing community, where he is being remembered as someone who shared a genuine love for the ocean and the challenge of heavy, world-class waves. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, as well as all those affected by this tragic event.

Echoes Of // Album Surf

Echoes Of // Album Surf

Echoes Of, featuring Clay Marzo and Victor Bernardo. While surfing sits at the heart of this film, it's about much more than waves. It's a reminder of the freedom that comes from slowing down, paying attention, and reconnecting with what really matters. Bringing together two of the world's finest freesurfers, both at the absolute peak of their game, Echoes Of showcases the unique chemistry between Marzo and Bernardo.

Quiksilver’s New Boardshorts: Made From Factory Emissions.

Quiksilver’s New Boardshorts: Made From Factory Emissions.

Quiksilver · Material Innovation

Highline Pro

Made from factory emissions

No rules, just innovation.

Words by Holly Purchase

The boardshort is one of surfing's most refined pieces of equipment. Decades of tweaking, testing and travelling have gone into creating boardshorts that can survive everything from a two-foot beachie to a serious session at Pipe. So when Quiksilver says it's pushing things to another level with its latest Highline Pro Boardshort, it's worth paying attention to.

This summer, the iconic surf brand has unveiled a new generation of Highline Pro trunks that don't just perform in the water, they also rethink where the materials come from in the first place. And yes, that means boardshorts made from factory emissions.

Quiksilver Highline Pro boardshort, Bio-3 PET construction
Captured emissions → Bio-ethylene glycol → Bio-3 PET yarn → Highline Pro boardshort

The concept is actually pretty fascinating. Quiksilver has worked to capture industrial gas emissions and convert them into bio-ethylene glycol, which is then transformed into Bio-3 PET yarn, the textile used in the construction of the new Highline Pro Boardshorts. Instead of allowing those emissions to become waste, they're repurposed into a high-performance fabric designed to be in the surf.

It's the latest step in the brand's ongoing mission to reduce waste throughout its supply chain while continuing to build products capable of standing up to the demands of elite-level surfing.

Thankfully, performance hasn't been sacrificed in the process.

Built for the water

The Highline Pro remains exactly what you'd expect from a boardshort trusted by some of the world's best surfers. Lightweight four-way stretch fabric delivers unrestricted movement, while quick-drying construction keeps things comfortable between sessions. An ergonomic fit helps the shorts stay put when conditions get serious, reinforced side seams improve mobility, and Quiksilver has removed the inner seam altogether to help eliminate the dreaded boardshort rash.

There's even a high-intensity rubber print designed to improve grip against your board whilst you wait for the next set.

Built for surfing first.

Alan Cleland•Griffin Colapinto•Marco Mignot•Kanoa Igarashi•Rio Waida

Putting the Highline Pro through its paces, Bells Beach to the North Shore of Oahu.

Quiksilver has been making boardshorts since 1969 and remains one of the few brands with genuine authority in the category. While sustainability claims are becoming increasingly common across the industry, it's refreshing to see innovation aimed at both performance and reducing waste rather than treating the two as separate conversations.

If the future of surf trunks involves turning industrial emissions into gear that can handle heavy water, we're all for it.

Watch the launch

The new Highline Pro collection is available now.

Shop the Highline Pro
The Search For Volcano Island

The Search For Volcano Island

The Aleutian Islands—one of the most remote and unexplored places on earth. And so it goes without saying that vast sections of the chain have never been explored by surfers.

Five brothers hitch a ride on a first-of-its-kind voyage into a mysterious region of Alaska in pursuit of a dream.

A film by Fielder Films, a small studio run by Ben Weiland and Brian Davis.

Carve Magazine Issue 232

Carve Magazine Issue 232

Carve Surfing Magazine

News

Jun 19, 2026

The new issue is out.  You can get it delivered to door for by hitting this link here.

I was thinking recently about what keeps us connected to surfing. It’s not always the waves. It’s the people, the stories, the places and the friendships that grow around this strange obsession we all share.

The latest Carve magazine celebrates the expansive surfing life.  The people, the stories, the places and the friendships that grow around this strange obsession of surfing that we all share.

In this issue, we meet some of Britain’s next-generation groms, take a look inside a Red Bull dream camp in the Mentawais, and join John Callahan on a lifetime of surf exploration. There are board stories from Alex Williams and Alan Stokes, a spotlight on Maddie Meddings, and a catch-up with Jack Johnson at his North Shore home. Plus, Roger Sharp talks us through his classic Andy Irons image, alongside plenty more tales, characters and inspiration from across the surfing world.

So sign up for your copy, then take your time, immerse yourself in the photos, and share it with your friends. 

Enjoy the issue.

Joel Gray, Editor at Large

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Hot In The City

Hot In The City

Words: Joel Gray

This year’s later start and expanded schedule has meant the WSL elite World Tour juggernaut seems to be non stop steamrolling around the world event to event.  Digital jet lag is setting in for those committed to the live stream after chilly New Zealand mornings straight to steaming hot El Salvador afternoons. For the top pro’s their air miles just took another boost as they hop to Brazil. 

 
Brazil tends to be a love it or leave it event for most online fans and there’s a fairly vocal split amongst the competitors too. The negative overtones are due to the usually underwhelming conditions or overwhelmingly weird backwash. 
It’s pretty hard to argue against the Brazil event in terms of the sheer size of it as a sporting spectacle though. Snapper and the Gold Coast did a solid job of packing the beach with knowledgeable fans but nothing comes close to the fervour of what will occur on the beaches of Rio as the top men and women come to one of the world’s greatest cities. 
 
Brazil is culture confident deep in its love of sport and its embraced surfing like no other in that regard. Driving through Rio you will see as many billboards with Medina on them as you will Neymar. With the backdrop of a world cup fuelling the nationalistic pride it’s a hard place to be if you’re in a heat against a Brazilian and a hard place to score points if your skill set is tuned to the world’s perfect waves. This is Brazil and this is surfing as a spectator sport all wrapped into one açai and caipirinha-fuelled beach. 
Women's favourites
 
Gabriela Bryan and Carissa Moore (above) simply look like they are surfing better than everyone else on tour this year. Gabby’s power and Carissa’s calm knowhow and sheer skill will likely see them remain at the top come events end.
 
Luana Silva is Brazil’s only female on the tour and a win here would put her in world title conversations for sure. No doubt 99.9% of fans of the beach will have her back.
Good bets
 
Portugal’s Yolanda Hopkins (above) got to Brazil early and shares Brazil’s ‘surfing is sport’ athletic vibe. She speaks the language on many fronts and has a skill set worthy of an outside win bet here for the rookie.
Still good enough?
 
Molly Picklum, Caity Simmers, Erin Brooks (above), Tya Zebrokski. All super talented and media hype focussed pre-seaons. All have been surfing good in spells without putting the necessary points on the board. All will drop out of the world title conversation if they don’t change tack and get a win soon. It could happen in Brazil - especially for Caity and Tya.
Men's favourites
 
More than likely it will be a Brazilian who wins this event so take your pick! Medina (above) looks like he’s surfing better than ever and better than everyone else but he’s yet to get a win. Italo is particularly suited to the ever changing sections of Rio beach breaks. It’s also kinda weird that Toledo has had so many shocker results and at home it’s likely that only friendly fire from his countrymen such as Sammy Pupo and Yago Dora that will limit his progress here. 

Good bets

Apart from any Brazilian, how about someone who likes to go 100% hard from the first section with a certain level of unpredictability? Marco Mignot fits the bill as does Joel Vaughan. Otherwise let's keep an eye out for Leo Fioravanti (above). Fresh from a confidence boosting first win in El Salvador he now sits third in the rankings. He’s the top dog in coach Richard Marsh’s Dog Pound and has established himself as a peerless forehand power surfer and heat tactician. He also knows another big result keeps him right in the conversation for world title showdown down the line.

Still good enough?

Spare a thought for Oscar Berry (above). The only competitor on the men’s or women’s tour yet to make a heat all season. This event he’s been drawn against Hawaiian air technician Eli Hanneman in the first round. Good luck!