What do you, the surf fan, expect from a post heat interview, or from a podium victory speech? What do you deserve? Genuine emotion, tears of joy, ideally. Proof of what it all really means, how much it really matters. Then gratitude for the support network, for family, sponsors… even for you the fan, online or at […]
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The Story Of How An Obscure Finnish Architect Paved The Way For The Birth Of Aerial Surfing
Behind each of surfing’s revolutions lies an interconnected web of events, innovations and protagonists. Among these are deliberate moves, like the invention of the thruster, the adaptation of the jetski for towing and the refinement of the Waco air section, but there are also the obscure and accidental, that take place hundreds of miles from […]
Five Outrageous Tales Of Surf Related Injury
As our regular readers will know, we usually display a fervent dedication to journalistic rigour here at the ‘length. However today, we’ve decided to take a day off from fact-checking and quoting on the record accounts to bring you five of the kind of dubious tales you’d usually overhear propping up the bar at your […]
How Did Brazil Become The World’s Best Surfing Nation?
In 2019- just a mere half-century after a Brazilian first stepped foot on a modern surfboard- it’s almost impossible to argue that they are not the world’s best surfing nation. Over the last 5 years Brazilian’s have notched up three world titles, a big wave world record and more men’s championship tour wins than any other […]
The Extraordinary History Of Surfing On Rapa Nui; The Most Remote Inhabited Island On Earth
Rapa Nui is the world’s most remote inhabited island, sitting almost a thousand miles away from the nearest livable landmass, way out in the South Pacific. It’s home to the world-famous Moai stone statues, carved out of volcanic rock over 500 years ago by the ancient Polynesians and set proudly on platforms around the island’s […]
An Idiot’s Guide To: Surfing In Boardshorts
Surfing, a sport with a fine pedigree in platitude and cliché, reserves some of its very finest for the boardshort surfing experience. That not just surfing, but in fact life itself is better in them. That the highest accolade for wetsuit technology is that it feels just like surfing in them. That surfing isn’t really […]
