‘The Island’ slab empty
Is it the heaviest man-made wave in the world at Surf Lakes? What are your thoughts?
Hossegor heats up
The swell from the storm Barra blew the doors off the French Coast.
Post Contents Surf
Nic Von Rupp, post contest perfect pits, Nazaré, 20ft, ideal to paddle, for some!
An Incredible week of surfing and stoke
Surfing England – Team managers’ report from the ISA world para surfing games
Mason Ho Snapt4 Lost Files
The cuts that didn’t make Mason Ho’s Snapt4 section will blow your mind.
Sky Brown Wins BBC Sports Young Personality of the year
British skateboarder/Surfer SkyBrown has been named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year!
Golden Greats – San Francisco
Surfers surge to the rare break under California’s Golden Gate Bridge
Lakey Peak
The Indian Ocean is back to delivering multiply swells, slide into Lakey Peak…
Last call donations for Surfers not Street Children
They need surfboard, fins and leashes donations!
Ghana’s first skatepark
Vans and The Surf Ghana Collective open Ghana’s first skatepark.
Silver Linings Episode 4 – DURBAN
For Jordy Smith, without Durban, he wouldn’t be the progressive surfer he is today. Click in to watch the full edit.
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SURF CHAMPS IN THE SWISS ALPS!
Would the international field of surfers be able to withstand the 3ºC (38.3F) water temperature? Would competitors be able to get out of bed after the huge DJ party planned for Saturday night? Answers here…
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17-Year Old Jack Robinson Takes Pipe Trials…
Day one of four at the Pipeline ticked off*. A wild and wooly trials saw heroics and oddness, Aussie grom Jack Robbo used his West Oz honed tube smarts to take the win and JOB is joining him in the main event. So the top seeds have Robbo, JOB or Bruce Irons to contend...
19-year old Sidmouth local charges Jaws on the day of days at Pe'ahi Challenge.
Imagine being 19 and after surfing for only 5 years (mostly in Sidmouth – it’s so bad you’ve never heard of it!) and deciding to fly to Maui to paddle out at Peʻahi and ride it! An hour before the world’s best big wave surfers contested this year’s Peʻahi Challenge a young Devon lad called Adam Amin did exactly that.
Tom Butler Nails 2nd Place In The Big Cow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w28n8v8ygt0 Super Sunday wasn’t all about Pe’Ahi, La Vaca Gigante (literally Big Cow) was going off in Spain. Tom Butler made the final and nailed 2nd place in the event. Sharpy caught up with him somewhere in the middle of Spain....
Emily Williams…
https://vimeo.com/147711278 Emily Williams is a Welsh grom with a big future. She got christened ‘Sheggings’ on the Fourth Mentawai trip after her fair Welsh skin got a bit burnt and she (sensibly) surfed in leggings. Something she will never hear the end of. One to...
Surf & Explore Sylt, Germany’s best surf location
Words by Niklas Capelle. At the end of July I went with my family to the German island Sylt. It is just 2 hours away from our home and we hoped for nice weather and some waves before our trip to Cornwall beginning of August. Sylt is an island in the North Sea – quite...
Pe’Ahi Challenge
Local Hawaiian Billy Kemper (HAW) has emerged victorious on a monumental day for the surfing world with the planet’s best big wave riders taking on unprecedented wave heights at Pe’ahi for the maiden World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Tour (BWT) competition held on the...
FIVE MINUTES WITH SAM BLEAKLEY, AUTHOR OF THE LONGBOARD TRAVEL GUIDE
The Longboard Travel Guide is an illustrated guide to the planet’s best longboard destinations. From classic locations like Southern California and the Maldives to less-well known countries like Gabon and Oman.
Explore Norway with KLM
Travelling in Norway is unique. The coastline we have here is as long as the westcoast of the US and there is so many in’s and out’s, so many fjords. There is unlimited potential for surf exploration here.
You Wait Ages For An Event & Three Come Along At Once!
Plenty of wave sliding action to keep you entertained this weekend with two big wave events and the World Longboard champs n'all. The call is Sunday for the La Vaca XXL in Spain, featuring a strong home contingent with Cotty, Buttsy, Lowey and Ollie O'Fla taking on...
Rip Curl La Nord Challenge goes off
https://vimeo.com/147755505 Highlights from the Rip Curl La Nord Challenge which was on all day last Monday.
John John’s UK film premiere to raise funds for refugees
Fal Surf are hosting the UK premier of VFABM at the Stannary, Falmouth December 8 Entry is free but there will be a collection for the Refugee CrisisArrive for 7 to get drinks and seats and get settled for approximate 7:30 start. "See the sport of surfing as it’s...
Go surfing with KLM
After the John John Florence JetBlue fiasco we were pleased to learn Dutch KLM are now taking surfboards on board free of charge on international flights. A boardbag can now be taken on board instead of a bag. If you are flying internationally that means no extra fee...
The Smoking Gun … Or How To Claim
Claiming. It’s a natural thing, you get a good wave and you want to celebrate. It’s your surfing, there aren’t any rules, so why should anybody to turn their noses up at a little bit of good old fashioned self-love? Remember when you first started? The first time you...
Star Wars Stormtroopers Take The Severn Bore?!
Forget all the Black Friday nonsense and appreciate the wonder that is stormtroopers surfing the Severn Bore?! Don't know about you lot but so totally frothing to see it that we're going to the midnight showing on opening day... https://youtu.be/yKhE7JOt44w There was...
Stinging jellyfish warning in Cornwall
Reports are coming in that thousands of sting jelly fish have washed up on Newquay beaches, and potentially elsewhere on the Cornish coast line. The Mauve Stingers have come ashore on Lusty Glaze, Tolcarne, Great Western, Towan and Little Fistral. They can sting. Blue...