Volcom Presents: GUILLOTINE

A glorious, disorganised, wetsuit-stinking ode to the mid-winter Portuguese escape.

Welsh Nationals Finalised and Champions Crowned for 2025

The Puravida-MiPost Welsh National Surfing Championships 2025 successfully concluded at a stormy Llantwit Major recently.

Occy at Mundaka 

60 seconds of the raging bull surfing Mundaka, don’t mind if I do.

Nazaré

Nazaré

Was this one of the best paddle days ever? Featuring, Andrew Cotton, Tom Lowe, Rob Fowlie, Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker and many more.

Erin Brooks Rips

Erin Brooks Rips

14-Year-Old Erin Brooks probably surfs better than you. No hesitation full Indonesia edit now playing, hit play.

Polysun

Polysun

Carve caught up with filmmaker Jack Coleman, to find out more about his project Polysun before its LSFF premiere.

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Biggest Great White shark ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHI5NMyBnRU Holy mother of eating machines, this one is a biggie. Shot off Guadalupe Island Mexico. It's claimed to be the biggest Great White Shark ever seen! Who'd argue? Seems friendly though. Just wants a cuddle.... video credit:...

The Death of the Surf Trip

  How the rise of the smartphone is killing a noble institution... This article was inspired by a weekend spent camping. A long weekend under canvas in a field above a beach. A stretch of sand backed by marram grass in the far northern reaches of the UK. It's an...

TK hacks – Taylor Knox comes to town!

https://vimeo.com/130211459 Video Chris Levi/Carve Taylor Knox man of roundhouse, a flawless J Bay attack, man hacks and 22 years on tour visited the UK on Saturday....

North Wales WaveGarden Tech…

So after years of anticipation the WaveGarden concept is finally becoming a reality for the public. Work is continuing apace in North Wales and they're on schedule for an opening on August the 1st... An insight into the tech being used below: World-first inland surf...

Dancers On The Edge Of The Ocean…

There's nothing I hate more than inspirational quotes. Well. Hang on. Custard, sweetcorn and alsatians* are top of the shit list but inspirational quotes bring up a solid fourth place. They're a modern disease polluting the various social media. Which, if like me...

A Weather Eye

We live on a damp collection of rocks clinging to the edge of Europe. Geographically insignificant they maybe, but these islands full of ideas, spirit and a mongrel mix of people from the whole planet have punched above their weight when it comes to contributing to...

Nixon Surf Challenge China Gallery…

Nixon have taken their legendary Surf Challenge event from the shores of the Basque Country to Norway, Iceland and everyone's favourite part of the Risk board: Kamchatka. This year they've allowed the crew a change from hooded 6mm suits and snow on the ground by...

Fiji Pro: Ladies Opening Day…

https://youtu.be/jVkNrW_Z05s The fifth stop of the 2015 Samsung Galaxy WSL Championship Tour (CT), the Fiji Women’s Pro, got underway today with Round 1 running in solid conditions at Cloudbreak. With the swell steadily increasing, the day saw big scores, barrels and...

Are You Cool?

I was having a discussion the other day, the details aren't important but the end result was: 'He's getting away with it because people think he's cool.’ Which by default implied I was not. Which is fine. But it got me thinking. About what is cool? What isn't and if...

Nightsurf Results…

The weekend of the 23 - 24 May saw the fifteenth  year of the Nightsurf take place at Fistral Beach in Newquay. Despite the fog and very challenging surf conditions the event was a fantastic success. Russ Winter took his third win at the event, previously winning in...

Happy birthday Surfers Against Sewage 25 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFPLJjRGEqw Today marks 25 years since a bunch of surfers from St Agnes and Porthtowan organised themselves ( a minor miracle in itself back then) to fight against the dumping of raw sewage into their local lineups. Dealing with condoms...

Brad Domke On THAT Puerto Session

https://youtu.be/QZpaFM16_vU Bona fide waterman slash crash test dummy Brad Domke on THAT* Puerto session... Brad Domke takes us through his controversial wave (ridden on a finless skimboard) that earned an unprecedented nomination in the Billabong Ride of the Year...

The Oi Rio Pro?!

The World Surf League (WSL) and Oi today announced the Brazilian telecommunication giant’s title sponsorship of the elite WSL Championship Tour (CT) event in Rio de Janeiro from May 11 - 22, 2015. This multi-dimensional partnership will see the largest...