Great week for feel-good surf news! London approves its first surf lake Finally! North London is about to get some waves. Enfield Council just approved plans for Surf London—a 100-acre
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Surf Culture for Beginners
Explore articles and insights on surf culture tailored for beginners, covering everything from etiquette to history.
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It’s a question that comes up often on Reddit: Should I get a surf skate to practice surfing on land? There’s no short and sweet answer. So let’s go down
Ah yes—Backdoor. Not that Backdoor, you filthy animal. And not just Pipeline’s Backdoor, either. Let me explain. To “backdoor” a wave means to enter a barrel or tube section by
It happens. Over and over again. You just had a session where you felt like you forgot how to surf. Not only did you not progress, you didn’t even plateau—you
New world record: Kite surfer hits 1,587 feet! Jake Scrace, a kite surfer from Worthing, UK, just set a Guinness World Record for the highest-ever “tow up” kite surf jump—soaring
Ever asked the internet for advice on a surfing etiquette conundrum… and didn’t quite like what you got in return? Yep. We all have. Hey Zuz — I am confused
We don’t usually review books. But since reading David Litt’s “It Only Drowning’ surfing memoir and chatting to him about his surf journey, we thought why the hell not. It’s
Hey, I am Natasha If you ever walk along the Scheveningen beach at sunrise, you might spot me—surfboard or kite in hand, hair wild from the wind, grinning at the
In Riding Giants, Laird Hamilton (the tow-in surfing inventor along with Darrick Doerner and Buzzy Kerbox) recalls when Mr. Pipeline himself, Gerry Lopez sat him down and said: “Hey, young
Hey Zuz—I’m confused. I’m 57 going on 65, health-wise. I always wanted to surf but never had a chance to even try. I see all these inspirational stories on Instagram
