2014 Oakley Surf Shop Challenge

“You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.” That’s the Big Man, as quoted in the King James edition, speaking to Adam and Eve about the Garden of Eden and its Forbidden Fr...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/nate-florence-surfs-un-surfable-west-oz-slab

Most surfers travel to Sumbawa's Lakey Peak for its A-frame tubes and clean rippable walls. Not Kael Walsh and Rolo Montes.  While most surfers cracked it at dawn, these two slept in during the...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/watch-kael-walsh-and-rolo-montes-throw-caution-to-the-wind-literally-in-indonesia

Ahead of Paris 2024, and surfing’s second appearance in the Olympics – slated for late July, early August at Teahupo’o, Tahiti – a shiny new aluminum tower has been constructed on the fam...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/teahupoo-olympics-judging-tower-bts

There’s a battle brewing in Orange County, CA.  On one side, there’s concerned San Clemente beachgoers and surfers, hoping to save their eroding coastline through sand replenishment. On the ...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/san-clemente-surfers-fight-100-million-railroad-renovation-project

Most surfers spend months (and sometimes even years) collecting clips. Not Indonesia's Bronson Meydi.  "Bronson is next level," says Max DeSantis, who edited "Missing Pieces," the latest offeri...

https://www.surfer.com/news/future-indonesian-surfing-bronson-meydi-video

There’s something about ocean spray that enchants us all, not least of those of us who fancy being slung out of a resplendent, spuming cylinder of H2O. But a recent Stockholm University study s...

https://www.surfer.com/features/study-shows-ocean-may-be-spitting-toxins

Summer in southern California has long been suspected as a hotspot for juvenile great white sharks. The big guys? Up north, lurking beneath the surface. The babies? Down south, sharing the lineup...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/great-white-sharks-prefer-warm-water-southern-california

Last week, we reported on the upcoming opening of Sydney’s Wavegarden Pool. The A$75 million project is to be run by UrbnSurf, who opened Australia’s first surf park in Melbourne. “The wave...

https://www.surfer.com/features/are-wave-pools-battling-it-out-for-market-dominance

Maui ain’t just Jaws and pumping Honolua Bay. Clearly, they are the two most recognizable waves on the island. While neither gets poster-worthy very often, they’re enough to live rent-free in...

https://www.surfer.com/features/gallery-fun-sized-lines-at-mauis-honolua-bay-and-hookipa

As summer nears in the Northern Hemisphere and water temps start slowly rising, you might be looking forward to the day you officially hang up that restrictive piece of neoprene you've been stuff...

https://www.surfer.com/blogs/eight-sustainable-womens-surfwear-options-for-summer-2024

All-surfing, all-the-time, all streaming on one channel – for free. That’s SURFER TV, and it’s now available on Samsung TV Plus in Australia and New Zealand. From the latest surf edits, to ...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/surfer-tv-now-available-australia-new-zealand

Candelaria Resano and Bryan Perez awarded universality slots into the 2024 Paris Olympics

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/bryan-perez-and-candelaria-resano-awarded-universality-slots-into-paris-2024-olympics-

Sir Isaac Newton, so the story goes, was sitting under a tree when he discovered gravity. The famed physicist was relaxing in the shade sometime in the late 1600s, musing about what one does, the...

https://www.surfer.com/features/koa-smith-talks-serrated-surfboard-with-matt-parker

For 99% of surfers north of Point Conception, December 28, 2023, was a day to do anything but surf. Santa Cruz’s pointbreaks were bombarded with west swell. Ocean Beach was buried under whitewa...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/watch-bianca-valenti-worst-mavericks-wipeout

The system for packaging and shipping surfboards is archaic and wasteful.  From the surfboard manufacturers to the surf shops, everyone ships boards the same way: Wrap a board (or boards) in she...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/firewire-surfboards-commits-to-plastic-free-shipping

Last month, a crisp Saturday morning welcomed Space Coast Board Riders, Treasure Coast Board Riders, New Smyrna Beach Board Riders, and St. Augustine Board Riders Clubs to the home field of Jacks...

https://www.surfer.com/news/waves-jacksonville-beach-pier-for-u-s-board-riders-florida-cup

"The Right" is a psycho slab that breaks way out in the middle of nowhere in Western Australia.  It's awe-inspiring in its beauty, but it's also terrifying. It's basically a rock shelf surrounde...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/watch-the-best-session-of-my-life-featuring-ollie-henry-at-western-australias-infamous-deepwater-slab

In an announcement from the WSL, today, Kelly Slater will be resurrected from his Championship Tour grave, receiving a wildcard entry into the 2024 SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro and Corona Fiji Pro – bot...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/kelly-slater-wildcard-2024-tahiti-fiji-wsl-events

If you break your back falling in the maw of Jaws, as Nathan Florence did in January of 2023, milk alone will not save you. The workout regiment he’s stuck to over the years was the reason he w...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/nathan-florences-heroic-workout-honors-fallen-veteran

On July 17th, 2000, Shannon Ainslie was attacked by two great white sharks while surfing Nahoon Reef in East London, South Africa. Miraculously, he lived to tell the tale. And years later, he did...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/south-african-surfer-survives-two-great-white-shark-attacks-shannon-ainslie

In December of 2018, Mikey February surfed his last event as a full-time surfer on WSL’s Championship Tour. Fellow South African Jordy Smith showed him the door and an equal 13th at the Billabo...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/mikey-february-harnomizes-with-barra-de-la-cruz

The problem – or, rather, concern – with childhood stardom is that kids often burn too bright, too young. Musicians, actors, athletes, and yes, even surfing's seen its child proteges flare ou...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/kelly-slater-on-childhood-amid-pro-surfing-retirement-rumors

Nate Florence keeps it real. No fancy editing or overproduced edits, just a realistic look at what it's like to chase the world's heaviest slabs, day after day, swell after swell. In his latest c...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/watch-nate-florences-slab-tour-continues-at-shipsterns-bluff

Geoff McCoy, one of surfboard shaping’s most creative minds from the early shortboard era, has died at home in Byron Bay, Australia. He was 79 years old. As news of the legendary board-builder�...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/rip-legendary-surfboard-shaper-geoff-mccoy-passes-away

Lombok's Desert Point is objectively one of the best waves in the world. Especially if you're a goofyfoot. Where else can you hammer a half dozen turns before locking into a 30-second tube? It...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/watch-barbados-tube-hound-score-best-waves-indonesia

Over the past decade and change, the realm of big wave surfing has seen a gravitational shift towards Europe and, particularly, Nazaré, Portugal. It’s now ground zero for the world’s largest...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/big-wave-women-surfing-nazar%C3%A9-portugal-video

Whether it’s in big waves or small, straps or no straps, hydrofoils or SUPs, Maui waterman Kai Lenny is all about pushing the boundaries in surfing. Over the course of his career, he’s had mo...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/first-ever-tandem-tube-surfed-jaws-ridge-kai-lenny

An exclusive interview with the hard-charging waterwoman

https://www.surfer.com/features/justine-dupont-talks-motherhood-big-waves

As has been the case so many times in the past, the Margaret River Pro will be remembered for a Hawaiian power surfing masterclass, led by event winner, Gabriela Bryan from Kauai, and men’s run...

https://www.surfer.com/news/jack-robinson-gabriela-bryan-win-2024-margaret-river-pro-hawaiians-rally

Finally, there were waves. Capping off finals day at the Western Australia Margaret River Pro – stop #5 on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour – a moderate (nothing too crazy) swell g...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/perfect-10-dolphins-finals-day-margaret-river-pro-2024

Four years after the URBNSURF wave pool opened in Melbourne, the company is heading north into New South Wales to launch the second Wavegarden park in Australia. The pool, reportedly a $75 millio...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/sydney-is-getting-australias-second-wavegarden-pool-

The "Fun Boys Second Summer Of Love" is a 16-minute short featuring Dave Rastovich, Creed McTaggart, and Wade Goodall surfing up and down the east coast of Oz during the 2020/2021 Covid lockdowns...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/watch-dave-rastovich-creed-mctaggart-and-wade-goodall-are-the-perfect-pairing-for-this-pumping-point-in-oz

You can feel it in the air. The seasons are changing in southern California – the weather is warming up, birds are chirping, wildflowers are blooming, and the seasonal shift from northern to so...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/opening-day-surf-shenanigans-the-wedge

San Clemente has long been a hub for strong surfing and bold attitude. Think of the brash marketing of …Lost and Matt Biolos. Christian Fletcher showing that to air is divine at Lower Trestles....

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/kolohe-andino-declares-surf-culture-dead-launches-2-union

Pipeline is the most (in)famous surf spot on earth. Hands down. No question. And that’s for a couple reasons: 1) it produces some of the most dramatic waves, particularly tubes, possible in nat...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/wipeout-traps-surfer-underwater-cave-pipeline-video

“I’m in my 50s now. So, I can’t be trying to shred all the time.” Finally, it seems, Kelly Slater’s age is catching up with him. He’s 52, he just fell off the Championship Tour likely...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/kelly-slaters-new-surfboard-midlength-boss-up

Only four heats ran at Margaret River yesterday. The most important matchup was Miguel Pupo versus Sammy Pupo. Winner keeps their spot on tour, loser gets relegated to the Challenger Series.  W...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/samuel-pupo-eliminates-brother-miguel-from-championship-tour

It’s a tricky business, measuring wave heights. There’s the Hawaiian scale, which takes from the back of the wave, not the face; there’s the issue of the wave’s trough, or the bottom, and...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/sebastian-steudtner-surfs-potential-new-record-biggest-wave-ever

Anyone can take a pretty picture in Hawaii. Just point your camera at the sea, the palms, the impossibly green mountains, the bright orange lava and click away. But it takes a special eye to take...

https://www.surfer.com/features/new-photo-book-peeks-under-the-aloha-curtain

A novelty wave, for some surfers, is like a mythical creature. They hunt for them, just like those eccentric cryptid enthusiasts on late-night National Geographic shows, searching for bigfoot, al...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/weirdest-waves-ever-surfed-ben-gravy-video

For the second year in a row the WSL is getting unlucky with swell for its event windows.  Pumping waves just before and after the comps have been commonplace, and at Margaret River, it's the sa...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/luana-silva-alyssa-spencer-and-isabella-spencer-cut-from-the-championship-tour

Come late July, and into early August, surfing will return to the Olympic stage. After its debut appearance at Tokyo 2020, the sport got a sequel: Paris 2024. But being that surfing is a relative...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/olympic-surfing-new-correspondent-video

Kelly Slater, surfing’s proverbial GOAT, has had a long, storied career – spanning decades, different eras of the sport, the good, the bad, and everything in between. After 30-something years...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/10-memorable-moments-kelly-slater-surfing-career

Despite the modern explosion of soft top surfboards, just look at any lineup worldwide and you’re bound to see more than a few foam crafts floating around – the squishy, beginner-friendly boa...

https://www.surfer.com/features/isle-surfboards-soft-top-gear-review

The sand on the North Shore is always moving around. A big west swell can lift thousands of tons of sand off the beach at Pipe and deposit it next door in the ocean at Ehukai overnight, and so t...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/watch-mason-ho-ride-a-30-second-wave-on-oahus-north-shore

Big waves, in surfing, are the pinnacle of the sport. But big waves outside of surfing are something else entirely. There are waves on record – some not even at typical ocean surf spots – tha...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/largest-wave-ever-recorded-mega-tsunami-lituya-bay

Step inside for a curated collection of recent photographs captured by master coldwater lensman Marcus Paladino

https://www.surfer.com/features/mesmerizing-photos-empty-waves-mindsurf-material

After the arrival of the first El Niño season in eight years, the Pacific Ocean is starting to shift back into its neutral phase and will likely head into a La Niña this summer, according to sc...

https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/noaa-la-ni%C3%B1a-is-likely-coming-back-

What started as a South African surf trip turned into a journey of self-discovery. Watch Koa Smith go off the beaten path in "The Source."

https://www.surfer.com/videos/koa-smiths-south-african-barrel-and-foraging-bender

Portugal is place of polar opposites. On one hand, it’s a tiny country. (California is about four and a half times bigger, for reference.) On the other, it’s home to the world’s biggest wav...

https://www.surfer.com/videos/nic-von-rupp-surfs-secret-scary-slab-portugal-video