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Talk Story: Shark lady comes to Turtle Bay

18 June, 2013 : - VIDEO: Kimi Werner has taken her lifetime of ocean immersion in our Hawaiian waters to creatively turn her passion free-diving, spearfishing, painting and culinary arts into a career. Born and raised on Maui, Kimi now resides at Pupukea, right here on Oahu’s Fabled North Shore. Her accomp…
Huntington Beach honors 100th year of surfing

18 June, 2013 : - HISTORY: One could argue that the pier made HB 'Surf City'. The first one was built at the beginning of the 1900’s and followed over the years by subsequent rebuilds, one of which stands today. 100 years ago, railway magnate Henry Huntington invited pioneer surfer George Freeth, originall…
Wave riders named to Surfing Walk of Fame

12 June, 2013 : - CULTURE: Votes have been tallied and seven legendary wave riders will once again be forever enshrined in surfing’s history books on July 25, 2013. Through a selection ballot, a host of respected surf industry veterans, former professionals and surf journalists narrowed down a field of hundreds…
Order Of Australia Medal goes to surfing chairman

10 June, 2013 : - CULTURE: Surfing Australia Chairman Norm Innis’ long commitment to surfing administration and philanthropic endeavours has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Innis received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his services to the sport of surfing. Innis was an executi…
International Surfing Day selects official image

7 June, 2013 : - CULTURE: The artist behind the International Surfing Day 2013 photo, Chris Burkard, is well known as a unique visionary whose photography has the rare ability to catapult the viewer into the moment. In the past five years, he has been recognized repeatedly for his work: He was the First Ann…
Hall Of Shane: Mr. Dorian to be inducted

7 June, 2013 : - TEAM: Shane Patrick Dorian has accomplished much as a waterman in his 40 years; from winning a Hawaiian state title and pushing the paddle-in limits on the North Shore’s outer reefs to contending for world titles, capturing prestigious big wave awards and staring in major motion pictures. For h…
Iconic art of John Van Hamersveld gets book

6 June, 2013 : - ART: John Van Hamersveld is an American graphic artist and illustrator. In the early 1960s, while attending Art Center College of Design by day, he began his professional career as art director at Surfer magazine. By the mid-1960s, Van Hamersveld's groundbreaking promotional poster for the cult surf …
Bruce Brown film kick off charity screenings

6 June, 2013 : HISTORY : As part of the Museum of British Surfing's current exhibition Sixties Surfer! we have been given special permission to screen Bruce Brown's iconic surfing films - creating our very own endless summer of 1960s stoke! The series will start with his epic first movie Slippery When Wet.…
Veterans commemorated as Surf Warriors

5 June, 2013 : CULTURE: On Saturday, June 1st at Huguenot Memorial Park, the Florida Surfing Association in partnership with the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) held the 3rd Annual Surf Warrior event. It was the largest and most successful event to date, with 28 veterans selected by the Jacksonville based Wounded Warri…
Bucket List Item: Teach surfing to dogs

3 June, 2013 : - CULTURE: Therer's no limit to the kinds of fun you can have with your dog. When the days heat up, and summer is full on, what better way to have a good time (and burn energy) than to surf with your dog. Yeah, we know what you’re saying: Your dog would never go surfing. But thousands of dogs do …
Artist Richard Phillips stokes Tommy Hillfiger

30 May, 2013 : - CULTURE: At this time of year, especially in the the UK where our summer has got off to a slow start, we are preoccupied with summer thoughts. It is no surprise then that a striking surfboard, posted by AnOther's fashion editor Agata Belcen, has won the Most Loved vote this week. The limited edition …
'The perfect wave is the one you are riding'

28 May, 2013 : - CULTURE: Legends are something we all look up to. Why? In a legend we look for inspiration. We hope to see in a legend something of what we ourselves might be in the distant future. But surfing legends are not something that India has had time enough to produce. India, after all, is the new kid on th…
Newquay ensures Europe's only Night Surf event

23 May, 2013: - NIGHT SURF: The renowned Night Surf will return to Fistral Beach, Newquay in June thanks to an exciting new partnership between UKPST and the Newquay Business Improvement District. The only event of its kind in Europe, the extremely popular Night Surf attracts the best British surfers, many inte…