Winter on the North Shore gets all the hype, but the late season is a lotta fun too. By the time the circus the World Surf League creates has left town, the lineups, beaches, and bike path are a little less crowded.
In the world of surf discoveries, there’s some pretty wild stories out there. These are the pioneers of perfect waves, the folks who put in the work, studied the maps, braved jungles, deserts, unknown waters...all to score untouched, epic surf.
Car chases in LA are not common, but they’re not uncommon either. However, for a high-speed car chase to end in the ocean, and particularly at a spot that is frequently surfed by Angelenos – that’s pretty unusual.
Soup Bowl in Barbados is Kelly Slater's favorite wave. At least it is once every decade or so, when it looks like this. Or more recently, like this. Unfortunately, those stars rarely align.
Evan Geiselman is known for his radical surfing and his big, functional airs. Click here, and here, to see what we mean. Last summer, just before a month-long trip to Indo, Geiselman tweaked his knee while surfing.
In late January, the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge went off in a huge swell hitting 30 to 40 feet. Defending champions Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca took the men's and women's Best Performance trophies while Pedro Scooby won the overall Team’s Best Performance award.
Surfers are pseudo spiritual quacks. At least some of ‘em are. It’s not a sport, it’s a way of life. Riding waves is a mystical communion with mother nature.
Last week we reported that Costa Rican pro surfer Brisa Hennessy was forced to withdraw from the MEO Rip Curl Pro at Portugal's Supertubos, the third stop
Among the most dreamy surf zones in the world, the effort is underway to protect and preserve three of Mexico’s premier sand-bottom points. Save The Waves and a coalition of local partners have just launched a proposal for the Punta Conejo Protected Area.
Snapper Rocks is one of the most hectic surf lineups in the world. It’s absurdly crowded, filled with so many bodies that collisions are quite common, and scoring a wave to oneself when it’s pumping is almost unheard of.
Wavepools, or manmade surf spots, are slowly but surely taking over the world. Perhaps it’s not so much Dr. Evil, à la the Austin Powers franchise, but still they’re plotting for world domination, and costing way more than…one million dollars.
Drone technology has been treating us to an abundance of really cool footage showing surfer and wildlife encounters. There's the gray whale that almost (accidently) whipped a surfer with its tail, sharks and surfers sharing moments of peace, and the killer whale footage shot by pro skimboarder, Blair Conklin. Then there's dolphins.
Spring has sprung and that means college is on the minds of a lot of surfers out there. For those looking for an epic summer opportunity in paradise, enter the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program.
Gentle breezes continue into early next week as high pressure lingers over the northeastern Pacific should make this a good surf weekend. A moderate to long period northwest swell is currently propagating through the waters and will slowly diminish into the work week ahead of another moderate to long period northwest swell.
A stationary front just south of the Big Island, continues to enhance showers over the southeast waters. High pressure to the north-northwest of the islands will gradually drift eastward, resulting in moderate north-northeast winds today and tonight.
Wrapping things up in this third installment of our interview with Kelly Slater and Robert Kennedy, if you’ve chewed through the first two chapters, the finish line is in sight.