Get Ready for The Welsh 2025

The PuraVida MiPost Welsh National Surfing Championships – aka The Welsh – takes place this weekend at Freshwater West.

First acts for SAS Ball announced

Super styling…

April Sessions – Newquay

Sunshine and a solid swells greeted local surfers in Newquay at the end of April.

Phil Williams Steps Down from Christian Surfers

The legendary and irrepressible Phil Williams is stepping down as Contest Director and Christian Surfers Head this summer.

Slab Happy

Slab Happy

Ollie O’Flaherty and crew,  slab happy in Ireland over Christmas, definitely on the good list.

Home

Home

Home has always been more than just a place, welcome to the North East of England.

Eve

Eve

A Devon surf edit from a single session, Christmas eve, 2021.

Quarter

Quarter

Scottish power with Mark Boyd and Chris Noble trading waves. 

Gap Year

Gap Year

Born and raised in Cronulla, Jordy Turansky follows in a long line of iconic Southside surfers. Don’t miss this sick edit!

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The Rise Of The Land Camp…

Words and Photos By Sharpy If there’s one word in surfing that epitomises our collective idea of perfection it’s: Mentawai. The mythic Indonesian island chain home to flawless reefs, glassy walls and a deep seated spot in surf lore. It’s a chain where the dream of...

Fergal Smith to stand in Irish general election for the Green Party

https://youtu.be/wX6_vvKjFHs Brilliant news from Ireland's favourite surfing son Fergal Smith... He's looking to make change happen at the highest level. What was the tipping point that made you decide to stand? Having a one year old girl made me realise I have to...

How the World Tour looks in 2016…

If you’ve been hiding in a survivalist cave, or something similar, chewing on Oreos and waiting for the world to end you might not know it’s 2016. Well. It is. Another year means another go round on the world tour and it’s looking like this: 2016 Men's Samsung Galaxy...

SURFBOARD VS FACE (BEWARE! IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH)

Interview & Action Photos Sharpy If you’ve spent any time in Thurso when it’s on you’ll have no doubt come across the genial gent that is Chris Clarke. He’s out at Thurso when it’s big, mean and cooking and until recently at the more surreptitious heavy spots by...

Catching Up With Barters…

https://vimeo.com/150812218 Interview by Sharpy Lee Bartlett has been a fixture in British surfing for the last couple of decades. Whether it was winning more trophies than a standard mantlepiece can hold or shaping cutting edge shred sticks he's one of the stars in...

KOTG super final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnbY4QlEXNs After 1000 scary-good clips, 50,000 people voting for contestants in round two, Quiksilver scooped the creme off the top and landed on a beach in Brazil with 10 young surfers. Along weekend of junior surfing at the highest...

Surfer Resolutions

And so, dear friends, we reach the end of another year of brine based fun. A year of ups, downs and everything in between. A year that's seen surfing hit the mainstream as never before. A year that, whether you've just started out on your surfer's path or are a salty...

Will Skudin Going Big At Nazaré…

https://youtu.be/cxt_ObWPVWU Will Skudin is a name you'll know as he's one of the growing ex-pat crew that have been adding some international flavour to the line ups in Donegal Bay. Not content with throwing himself over the ledge at Mullaghmore he's been down in...

Shipstern Slapfest…

https://vimeo.com/150035080 When things go wrong in the ocean you know about it. When things go wrong at Shipstern Bluff then ... it doesn't really bear thinking about. Here's a wipeout montage from Dave Otto that'll have you wincing.

Surf Portugal – with KLM

https://youtu.be/Q2gp4OoMf1w Portugal land of amazing waves, fantastic scenery, hospitable people and fantastic food. Let Yannick and Marlon show you around. Yannick Portugal is my favorite destination in Europa, it’s the most consistent place for high quality waves...

AURORA AQUITANIA

https://vimeo.com/149294718 Watch Andy Criere riding the breaks all along the south-western French coast. Enjoy the beautiful pictures and sick action in 4k, recorded by the famous French based production company FASTFOKUS.

Clay Marzo – Home waters

https://vimeo.com/149111034 Killer drone footage of Clay Marzo ripping his native waters of Maui aboard his signature pro model, the Mad Cat. Filmed and Edited by Matty Schweitzer.

Adriano de Souza claims first world title!

Adriano de Souza is your new WSL world champion! He's just beaten Mason Ho in the semi of the Billabong Pipe Masters... If Adriano lost to Mason he would have lost the title to Mick by a mere 450 points, but he maintained the pressure and used his years of experience...

Unscripted Pipe Drama

Wow, just wow. Last night Pipe went from morning wonk to kegs of doom and delivered the storied kind of day the WSL sorely need to back up the spectacle that was Pe'ahi. Bede got clobbered, careers ended, wildcards failed, world title hopes crumbled, judging got...

Indo – islands of the Gods

http://www.youtube.com/embed/sFjwEPL8vcg I remember the first time that I came here, I stepped off the plane and I immediately felt that blanket of warmth and humidity.' says Yannick Dejager "I’ve been coming here a lot of over the years now and although these days...