Category: surfing

Australian surfing great Steph Gilmore says her sport’s new finals format allowed her to have a precious “grand final moment” with her eighth world title in 2022.

In a wide-ranging interview on ABC Sport’s Sports Daily podcast, Gilmore recalled her dramatic win, spoke of the process of having to “switch on and switch off” her ruthless competitive streak on the water, and detailed her goals for 2023.  

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After falling in love years ago while surfing on vacation, one couple from Toronto shared a dream of one day opening their own surf retreat.

Now, that dream has come true, and they’re sharing the magical slice of paradise they discovered with the world.

Sarah and Walter’s dream of one day opening their own surf resort became reality when they opened Hidden Wave sur…….

One of the world’s leading windsurfers has quit the English south coast for Spain after describing training near her home like “surfing in a sewer”. Sarah Jackson has won two world championship silver medals and is ranked second in the world in her slalom discipline.

The 24-year-old has been forced to relocate, however, due to the conditions of the water at Hayling Island, a windsurfing hotsp…….

For the first time in seven years, one of the world’s most prestigious and hard-to-schedule surfing competitions returned to the North Shore of Oahu.

It was worth the wait.

Forty invitees — a mix of the world’s top professional surfers and local legends — took on wave faces that exceeded 50 feet as an estimated 60,000 spectators watched from…….

For the first time in seven years, one of the world’s most prestigious and hard-to-schedule surfing competitions returned to the North Shore of Oahu.

It was worth the wait.

Forty invitees — a mix of the world’s top professional surfers and local legends — took on wave faces that exceeded 50 feet as an estimated 60,000 spectators watched from…….

HALEIWA, Hawaii — Last week, on Monday afternoon, Tikanui Smith, a big-wave surfer from Tahiti, received the call he had been waiting for all his life.

The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational would be happening, finally, in less than 48 hours. The event, perhaps the world’s most prestigious and elusive surfing competition, is open only to invitees and held only when the conditions…….

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Surfers and spectators were out at Pipeline this weekend for “Da Hui Backdoor Shootout.”

One of the world’s most famous surf breaks caused some serious injuries for some pro surfers, including a young man who nearly lost his life.

Pro surfer Kala Grace got pounded by a wave while trying to paddle out. A water patrol …….

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“Even a blind kook finds a nut every once in a while.”

I have ridden (a little) bigger waves, warmer waves, prettier waves, longer waves and more so-called perfect waves, but I don’t think any wave as satisfying as the one this late afternoon.

The shorebreak was in tumult, so had to add a half mile to the paddle out from distant cove to avoid a premature, energy-suck and thrash; rewarded with a dry-hair entry to…….