Meet The Surfers Of Sweden

Meet The Surfers Of Sweden

When you think of surfing, Sweden probably doesn’t spring to mind, more likely the warm waters of Hawaii and California. There are surfers to be found anywhere there are waves, if there’s a ripple, someone, somewhere will try and slide it. Emanuel and Erik live and surf in Sweden, with Swedish surfing season happening in the dead of winter, there’s a hardcore collective ready and waiting. With no ground swell in Swedish waters, all the waves are created by wind, which isn’t strong enough in the warmer summer months thus the dead of winter is when Swedish surfing comes to life. Click into the Swedish stoke, with the surfers of Sweden.

Mason Ho Full POV Experience

Mason Ho Full POV Experience

Mason Ho is a bit of a legend, he puts the fun back into surfing, and right now we all need that in these bonkers times. Check out Mason as he takes a new GoPro Hero 9 for a test run at one of his favourite surf spots. Three different surf sessions and one beautiful walk through Waimea Valley. Some nice rides and close in counters with the reef but one very special moment with a Shama bird! Go Mason, go.

LAST CALL: VOTE IN THE VISSLA UPCYCLE CONTEST.

LAST CALL: VOTE IN THE VISSLA UPCYCLE CONTEST.

LAST CALL, VOTE IN THE VISSLA UP-CYCLE CONTEST.
If you are not familiar with the concept it is about creating a surfboard by recycling waste (old boards, plastic bottles, cigarette butts, cardboard, toilet paper roll, algae etc…)
Voting closes at midnight on October 16th and the ceremony will take place live online on October 28th.
Here’s a few we liked. Check out the full entry list here.

Zach Voigt, San Diego, CA
Materials used: A buckled longboard, a bag full of used wine corks, a lot of glue and patience.

Jack Candlish and James Skivington, Lyall Bay, New Zealand
Materials used: All natural materials (wood, hemp, cork) are offcuts up-cycled from our factory floor. The EPS is from an old freezer door found at the local rubbish tip.

Takuma Iso, Japan
Materials used: Fish box blank, seaweed fins, waste wood stringer.

Marceau Pegon, France
Materials used: Over 600 of toilet paper’s rolls, cork + piece of surboard foam for the rails, central slat in recycled cardboard.

Charlie Cadin, St. Aubins Bay, Jersey
Materials used: Dried Sea Lettuce and fiberglass.  Once dried, the sea lettuce created a rigid sheet, from which the deck, bottom, rails and skeleton were shaped.

CAST YOUR VOTE HERE
Vitamin Sea Collective Launches

Vitamin Sea Collective Launches

Launching October 14th 2020, Vitamin Sea Collective is a global community for the surfing sisterhood and ocean lovers. From the all-female power team that brought you SurfGirl Magazine,  the biggest female surf media in the world, this new members only global platform focuses on the positive benefits of the sea. Providing surfing, health and fitness content under one roof, it’s an empowering space for all women, whatever age or ability, to come together to expand their knowledge, improve self confidence and do something for themselves. 

With Vitamin Sea Collective, members will be able to learn from real professionals, interact with instructors and have access to engaging live classes, workshops, tutorials and materials. Covering nutrition, health, wellbeing, mental health, surf, yoga, swimming, travel and more, it’s a one stop shop to becoming a better surfer and a stronger person. All content is categorised into a comprehensive catalogue making the platform easily accessible to match difficulty levels, preferred activities and mood. Membership benefits include full access to all content, videos, workshops and newsletters. 

Sharing their knowledge and passion for all things saltwater, the team behind Vitamin Sea Collective reached out to women whose aim is to encourage positivity in mind and body. From professional surfer Mahina Maeda, fitness instructor Tehillah McGuiness and surf coaches Andrea “Mona” Picasso and Maya Degabrielle, to yoga instructors Nancy Goodfellow and Natalie Fox, the SurfGirl editorial team, dietician Alyce Tancredi, therapist Dr. Julia Colangelo, movement specialist Lauren Ferioli, it’s an impressive collective of empowering women from around the globe.

Sign up today, feel fitter, stronger, surf better and get a good dose of vitamin sea with the Vitamin Sea Collective. These are the main features on the platform;

Surfing
Surfing isn’t easy to learn so we are here to help you to improve. With all our surf coaching tips in one place for beginner, intermediate and advanced surfers it’s like having your own personal surf coach. We break down keep manoeuvres into easy to understand sections with tips on surf etiquette, motivation, technique, equipment and wave selection.

Fitness
The best way to increase your performance in any sport but especially surfing is to be fit. Fitness will help improve your surfing, making you toned, fit and strong to take on the challenges of surfing. We bring together fitness experts to offer a training regime from beginners to pros covering everything from workouts to flexibility.

Wellbeing
We spend a lot of time by the ocean and we’re aware of the stoke that brings and how relaxed it makes us feel. With this in mind we look at ways to restore and revitalise whether you live by the sea or far away. From guided meditation, breathing exercises to the benefits of coldwater swims.

Nutrition
A balanced diet is one of the key factors in improving your performance. If you’re serious about getting healthy then upgrade your nutritional input with an organised approach and discover our wholesome recipes and tips.

Heading up the team, Vitamin Sea Collective and SurfGirl Assistant Editor Corinne Evans said: “Saltwater is in our DNA. As surfers the ocean is our passion, our playground and when we’re facing our own stormy seas, our salvation. Living by the ocean we are mindful of the positive benefits that being by the sea brings so this October we’re excited to share our vibe and knowledge with salty souls around the world.”

We are proud to be at the forefront of promoting women’s empowerment and a positive outdoors lifestyle, so please join us and sign up to your 7 day free trial.

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SURFERS VS DRUGS

SURFERS VS DRUGS

Will NZ legalise Marawana in the upcoming referendum? I don’t know, but what I do know is that Surfers aren’t the dangerous weed heads that the general public believe us to be, in fact, we don’t even do Marawana at all! Here’s the proof!

GOAT VS ULUWATU

GOAT VS ULUWATU

If you like your waves with extra chunk, this recent session session would have hit the spot.

It was a shifty, windswept lineup with plenty of closeouts over shallow reef, but the payoff was the odd one that funnelled down the reef before an unforgiving end section.

Kelly Slater made an appearance and kept busy, taking off on a bunch – but even he wasn’t immune to the erratic nature of the waves. Nevertheless he still managed to thread a few nice tubes and a couple of big sweeping turns on the bigger, opened faced ones, show off.