Going away for a SUP weekend trip is a great way to practice your board skills while enjoying some time in the great outdoors. Camping out under the stars and building a fire to gather around after a day paddling out on the water is awesome fun, but be prepared. Take this first step to make sure your SUP weekend trip goes to plan and you don’t end up in trouble. Packing the … [Read more...] about SUP Weekend Trip: A Paddling and Camping Guide
Shark Week: Don’t Let it Keep You Out the Surf!
When it comes to being a surfer and dealing with sharks, we have to come to terms with the fact that the place we mine for our diamonds is their hunting ground. Sure, we try to keep it out of our minds that there could be a man eating predator lurking beneath our boards. That said, with Shark Week on the Discovery Channel almost impossible to miss, these big scary fish will be … [Read more...] about Shark Week: Don’t Let it Keep You Out the Surf!
The Vans US Open of Surfing – Highlights from the 2014 Festival
The Vans US Open of Surfing is all wrapped up for another year, the adrenaline-pumping days, the wild booze-fuelled nights, what one hell of a festival it was. But wait, even though Huntington Beach transforms itself into the venue for what could be called the craziest action sports festival the world over, lets not forget about exactly what is at the centre of this monumental … [Read more...] about The Vans US Open of Surfing – Highlights from the 2014 Festival
From War Zone to Wave Haven? Surfing in Liberia
When it comes to surfing in Africa, countries like Morocco and South Africa are high on the travelling surfers bucket list, but many other territories across the continent are sidelined. Such a vast continent, and an equally vast coastline, is home to so many rideable waves, however infrastructure, security, health concerns and other worries have put off many a surfer from … [Read more...] about From War Zone to Wave Haven? Surfing in Liberia
J-Bay Open 2014 – Fanning Wins, Flores Fined and Medina Still on Top
The best waves of the WCT Tour this year? Quite possibly. The J-Bay Open served up the goods and the surfing was exceptional in more ways than one. One reason being that there was a noticeable lack of aerial tricks in the 6th stop of the 2014 Men’s World Championship Tour, but the barrels sure made up for it. Another was the fact that two surfing legends, Curren and Occy, went … [Read more...] about J-Bay Open 2014 – Fanning Wins, Flores Fined and Medina Still on Top