You’re standing on the shore, board in hand, perfect small waves peeling. And yet—you feel the fear rising. Breath short. Chest tight. A voice inside saying, don’t go. Welcome to
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You’re standing on the shore, board in hand, perfect small waves peeling. And yet—you feel the fear rising. Breath short. Chest tight. A voice inside saying, don’t go. Welcome to
Before surfing was a global obsession—before it had pro contests, COVID surfers, and surfing influencers—there was Duke. I honestly do not want to imagine a world where Duke Kahanamoku was
Pro surfers go brand-collab nutso crazy at $6,500 and $250,000 a pieceKelly Slater and Breitling have released a new watch: the Superocean B31, retailing at circa $6,500 and inspired by
Honestly, I needed an excuse to do some research on the latest and greatest in wetsuit technology and surf swimwear. So I thought, why not start at the beginning and
You might have noticed by now that I love surfodrama and somehow always focus on topics that make surfing look bad. What’s the worst that can happen to you in
Nazaré—a teeny tiny fishing town on Portugal’s Silver Coast that every surfer and non-surfer has heard about, because Instagram. We’ll dive in a little bit deeper in today’s episode. Nazaré?
News alert! Saturdays are now for a weekly surfing news roundup! This is going to be fun. The Wave in Bristol—closed… and back again? What is going on in Bristol,
When I learned to snowboard, I did it on an indoor slope. But when I started surfing, wave pools were not a thing. It’s 2025, and they are so hot
I have recently returned from Scotland, so it’s only fitting that we should talk about Thurso East—or, as some people call it, Scotland’s Hawaii’s North Shore. Let’s go out (in
You can listen to The Wipeout Weekly episode with Jade Darmawangsa, the ultimate beginner surfluencer on your fav pod platform or below. This Wipeout Weekly podcast episode transcript was abbreviated






