After a century of trying, surfing may get three Olympics and no more. Recent news reports have the International Olympic ...

With El Nino in the offing anticipation for the Northern Pacific swell season has been running high. To date, it's been a slow start but the wait ends this weekend for Northern Californian surfers.

The new Pipe Masters format was built so that the person who wins the contest also has a very good chance of winning the ...

A few years back Laurie Towner downed tools and took his family on a trip around Australia. They filmed most of it and the ...

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Six brilliant finals heats held at pumping 4-8 foot Cloudbreak to conclude the inaugural Philippines Pro today. Each one a ...

Like most surfers, I’ve read and thought a lot about sharks over the last ten years or so. I’ve changed my habits. Where I’d ...

A two-heat day to kick off the Philippines Pro - to add to the two-heaters held at Bells, El Salvador, Trestles, and Portugal ...

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Massive day of pro surfing at Cloud 9 with the remaining six heats of Women's Round 1, eight heats of Men's Round 1, and two ...

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To start, the surf had eased off, the wind was light cross shore/devil wind and the low tide made for corrugated, guttered out waves that were insanely difficult to ride. Even far from its best it ...