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For Sale: £1.63m Surf Shack On West Coast Of Ireland

Australian Ward Stevens first saw Easkey House, a 1830s six-bedroom regency pile overlooking Easkey bay in County Sligo, while he was paddling the break in the 1990s. Ward, who had initially come to Ireland to visit his brother, but ended…

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15 Year Old Caroline Marks: Youngest Person Ever To Qualify For Championship Tour

Caroline Marks has officially qualified for the Championship tour, making her the youngest person ever to qualify for the CT and the only new face among the Women’s CT for 2018. Since Marks burst on the scene she’s been breaking…

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Everything We Know So Far About The New WSL Format

The WSL have been announcing a lot of changes to the competitive surf world recently: First they announced a wavepool event will be on the tour in May 2018, then they added Mavericks to the big wave tour, next they…

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Florida’s Getting A Kelly Slater Wave Ranch!

Well it’s almost set in stone: Florida are getting a Kelly Slater Wave Ranch! The building permission was granted yesterday by Palm beach county. Wave pools have been the talk of the town recently, with WSL purchasing Kelly’s ranch in Lemoore in…

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Van Life: Your Home On The Road

Ever dreamed about leaving your hectic, stressful, urban life, grabbing your keys and just travelling? Well Van Life retells the adventures of people who’ve done exactly that. Author Foster Huntington, used to work in the fashion industry in New York, but…

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BUCS Final: Perfect Surf All Around

Looks like the surf gods were looking down on the BUCS event today. With the winds on point, and long lines of sets apparent from the shore, the ocean delivered, and the competitors didn’t disappoint. In the men’s quarter finals…

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BUCS Day 2: Competition Heats Up As Conditions Prove A Challenge

Despite great surf predictions (offshore wind, big swell, 8ft waves), the wind had other ideas, leaving the surfers with messy, choppy waters next to impossible to paddle in. Today was a challenge to separate the fortunate from the experienced surfers. Coming as no surprise…

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BUCS: Brit University Students Go Head To Head In Surf Champs

It’s a blustery day on Fistral beach, the waves are choppy, getting out the back is a challenge, and you have over 300 university students throughout the day, battling it out to catch a wave. BUCS also known as British…

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Thousands Fleeing As Bali Volcano Threatens To Blow

Tourists are leaving the surfers’ paradise of Bali after another Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupted on Sunday. The volcano, located on North Sumatra, was spurting lava and ash 2.5km into the sky, forcing thousands of villagers to evacuate. Bali is in a state of emergency…

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Wanted: Couple Needed To Run Private French Surf Island

Off the coast of Brittany sits a small island called Quéménès. It is barely inhabited, playing host to only a small farm which houses just one family. Thanks to its position, the island is frequently battered by Atlantic swells, but…

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Lofoten Masters Competition Interrupted By Killer Whales

The Lofoten Masters is the world’s Northern most surfing competition. Every year surfer’s come from all over to compete in these arctic waters. However the contest had some surprise guests at the competition this year as a pair of orcas swam in. https://youtu.be/VNDYQri0Pcg…

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The Demise Of Kevin Reed: Surf Legend To Homeless Suspected Murderer

In his prime, Kevin Reed was a surfing legend, credited with inventing aerials, Surfing magazine cover star, and worldwide surf competitor. https://youtu.be/izql2TD7KVc Fast forward 30 years and his story is quite a different one. Last May, now-homeless Reed was arrested…

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