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Surfcastle recaps great year in Portugal

7 January, 2013 : - TRAVEL: 2012 was a great year in Peniche, and the surfcastle team enjoyed one of the best summers ever, and we saw Gabriel Medina & Julian Wilson flying high in the perfect waves of Supertubos. If 2012 was an amazing year, then this year it’s going to be even better… in fact …
Antarctica or Bust: Kepa jumps on board

4 January, 2013 : - VIDEO: At this hour Kepa Acero will have already sailed to Antarctica. We assume that it will not be easy to upload his videos during the trip, so probably it will have to wait until the end of January to see it. Anyway he has already uploaded a video about the trip to Ushuaia. Kepa is very v…
Kepa Acero on surfari to Antarctica

21 December, 2012 : - TRAVEL: Freesurfer Kepa Acero will be on board Pakea Bizkaia in Ushuaia (Argentina) next January 4. In case he succeeds, Kepa Acero will be the first European surfing a wave in the frozen continent. In 2000, two Americans enlisted in an expedition with the only objective of surfi…
Sierra Leone opens official surfing centre

13 December, 2012 : - TRAVEL: The Bureh Town Community has been identified as the best surfing spot in the country. In this light, the Western Area Peninsular Forest Reserve (WAPFR) in collaboration with a good will philanthropist by the name of Shane O’Connor, on Saturday December 8th, 2012 officially han…
Surfbreak Rentals celebrates industry growth

11 December, 2012 : - INDUSTRY: Surfbreak Rentals celebrated its first year in business last week by treating its hometown of San Francisco to a blowout event complete with underground surf contest by morning, invite poker tournament by day, and fashion show party by night. Sanfranpsycho was also involved making…
Ecuador prepares for 2013 ISA World Masters

7 December, 2012 : - ISA: 600 delegates from 30 countries will be represented at the World Masters Surfing Championship to be held in Ecuador from 6 to 14 April 2013. Montañita beach in the province of Santa Elena, will host the event venue, which will be broadcast via Internet to more than 16…
App gathers global beach information

7 December, 2012 : - INDUSTRY: Breaks is for those who love the ocean - surfers, bodyboarders, kite surfers, beach-goers and travellers alike. Explore the vast collection of more than 4,700 beaches in the Breaks app. Check the current weather at your favorite places. Breaks comes with all the be…
New book details 50 surf destinations

7 December, 2012 : - BOOKS: Okay, so 2013 is just around the corner and you’re amping to go on a surf trip. But where to? When? And how are you going to beat the crowds and score quality surf? Surf Travel is a new book with all the answers. Packed with essential tips and awesome photos, Su…
Western world reflections in Bali

6 December, 2012 : - TRAVEL: On that same cliff, yet somehow hidden and away from warungs and places to stay, there is a beautiful look-out point where with a slight turning of the head left and right, you could scan all the peaks. You could see the rights and the lefts, you could see the barrels and the long wa…
Extreme weather is new normal

5 December, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as efforts to agree a symbolic extension of the U.N. Kyoto Protocol looked to be faltering. In a speech to almost 200 nations meeting in Doha to try to get a breakthrough, …
Oakley soaks up all things North Shore

4 December, 2012 : - NORTH SHORE: The Great Surfer Migration happens every year. Each winter, the flights are booked, beds and couches reserved, and board quivers prepared. Beginning in early November, masses of surfers and team managers, industry personalities and bikini-wearing hanger-ons arrive to Honolu…
Anyone up for a New Zealand road trip?

30 November, 2012 : - VIDEO: Join us on the road with Primo for the 74th Primo Roady, an institution of surfing in New Zealand. The 74th Primo Roady 'The Mist' brings you Drama with a capital 'D' on the high seas as a jet ski snaps in half, boards are lost and a sea mist reduces visibility to mere metres, all as…
North Shore hub to get renovations

30 November, 2012 : - TRAVEL: Turtle Bay Resort, the only destination resort on Oahu’s fabled North Shore, will embark early next year on the largest component of $60 million in upgrades. The renovation, which will begin in early January and be completed by the end of 2013, will encompass all of the 840-ac…