WSL Rewind: 2015 J-Bay Open, Part 1
What's New
The Red Bull Big Wave Awards honor a tight community of surfers pushing the boundaries of what's possible in critical water.
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Tour News
Confirmed Athletes: Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble At The Ranch
These are the athletes who will be competing at the specialty Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble at the Ranch event on August 9th.
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7 Pros And Cons Of The WSL's New Championship Day Format
The Inertia breaks down what they like, and what they don't like, about the recent flurry of announcements from the WSL.
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WSL Introduces New Format For 2021 And Cancels The 2020 Championship Tour
The 2021 CT season to kick off in Hawaii, and introducing The WSL Finals, a new single-day world title event.
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A New Era For The Championship Tour Begins
World Surf League CEO Erik Logan has announced the cancellation of the 2020 QS and CT seasons and major changes for 2021.
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SURFER Shares Its Take On The 2021 Tour News
SURFER on the seismic shifts in professional surfing.
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Biggest Paddle Winners Announced, Plus Rumble At The Ranch Updates
Interviews with both winners, BWA performance highlights, Kirra Pinkerton on "Goofy vs. Regular", Rumble at the Ranch stoke, and more.
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2017 Vans US Open
Sage Erickson took her first Championship Tour win after taking down a stacked lineup of event and World champions.
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Take A Tour Of Paige Alms' Maui Home
See what she's got stocked in her kitchen and what's growing in her garden, then tour her boardroom, down-wind foils, and more.
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Women Above The Lip: Surf Ranch
Women have been bringing their A-game to the Surf Ranch since it's Championship Tour debut in 2018.
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Review: 'She Surf' And The Eclectic Tour Of Women's Surfing
Whatever the destination, and sometimes there's no destination at all, surfing keeps us in a kind of perpetual motion.
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The Stacked Teams That Will Rumble At The Ranch
The teams for the Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble at the Ranch are in, Paige Alms and Eli Olson are BWA Paddle winners, and more.
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Mason Ho Shares Five Years Of Derek Ho Highlights
There was a natural genius to the surfing of 1993 World Champion Derek Ho, and even into his 50s he was getting more barreled than anyone.
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14 Notable Quotes From July, A Huge Month For Surfing
There were several big developments in surfing during July, with these quotes summarising all the news.
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Watch a Giant Clean-Up Set Take Out the Padang Padang Lineup
If big Uluwatu is Bali's surfing version of the Colosseum, then Padang Padang is more like the Octagon.
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Vans US Open Off This Summer But Here Are The Moments We'll Never Forget
All of the best action from recent memory at Surf City, USA.
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Coco Ho Visits Raised By Waves For Some Healthy Plant-Based Eats
Visit Coco's friends' cafe, Raised By The Waves, for some delicious Eco plant-based eats, smiles and good vibes!
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A Backhand Masterclass From The World Champion Italo Ferreira
The 2019 World Champion just dropped a new edit for your viewing pleasure.
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Watch Empty Mentawai Islands Perfection In This New Series
Covid shutdown international travel, and that left some of the best -- but usually crowded -- waves on the planet empty.
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Remember the Time Nias Became a Big-Wave Spot?
Photog Ryan Craig recounts a day unlike any other.
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Summa Longbottom's Big Wave Education Continues
The 17-year-old becomes the youngest female to surf Ours under watchful eye of dad Dylan.
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The East Coast Of Australia's Other Epic Point Breaks
While there's been a lot of attention on the Gold Coast, a few hours up the road there's another set of world-class point breaks.
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Kai Lenny Went Strapped Surfing With Pro Snowboarder Lyon Farrell And Magic Happened
Kai Lenny wants to do big snowboarding tricks on waves.
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Four New Names Added To The Rumble At The Ranch Roster
CT vets and rising stars gear up for the Surf Ranch, Performance nominees for Red Bull Big Wave Awards, at Zeke Lau's new edit.
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ISA Postpones World Surfing Games To May 2021 With 12 Surfers To Qualify For Olympics
The 2021 World Surfing Games will qualify the 12 remaining athletes for the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.
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Shaper Ashley Lloyd And Her Quest For The Perfect Glide
Shaper Ashley Lloyd crafts classic longboards with an environmental conscience
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How Niccolo Porcella Went From Wipeout To Wingsuits
Big wave surfer Niccolo Porcella combines SUP, climbing and base wingsuit flying in new documentary series.
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West Oz Locals Reject New Hotel Development Overlooking Margaret River
Developers have announced plans to build a five-star resort overlooking Margaret River in Western Australia, but local surfers aren't backing the idea.
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Josh Kerr Takes On Texas Tanker Waves
Thanks to the dedicated Gulf Coast locals, Kerr and friends and family just scored an epic session in the wake of some huge tanker ships.
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A Belated North Shore Edit To Get You Pumped For Next Winter
Italy's Leo Fioravanti just dropped an edit from his time on the North Shore last year, and it was worth the wait.
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Moore, Slater Lead A Star-Studded Field Headed For The Ranch
Pro Surfing is back with the Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble At The Ranch, JJF sits down with famed director Jimmy Chin, and more.
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Plastic Free July: How One Young Indonesian Finds Optimism In Activism
Learn how one young Indonesian finds optimism in activism with Thara Bening Sandrina.
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Hello, Pro Surfing. It's Good To Have You Back
Some of the world's best surfers are pulling the jersey back on for the Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble at the Ranch.
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Interview: Jacob Szekely On Surfing's First Superman Fingerflip
Jacob Szekely recently set the internet on fire with his NBD superman fingerflip -- he talks us through the move.
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Competition Format: Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble At The Ranch
Live surfing is back as 16 of the world's top surfers will compete in a bracketed, mixed-doubles format at the Surf Ranch.
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One On One: John John Florence And Jimmy Chin Break Down Surfing And Climbing
They trade stories about pursuing their passions during quarantine, discuss the parallels between climbing and surfing, and more.
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How Would the Waves Have Been for Surfing's 2020 Olympic Debut?
The first Olympic surf event should have been taking place in Japan right now, and judging by the forecast, the waves would've been pumping.
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Confirmed Athletes: Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble At The Ranch
These are the athletes who will be competing at the specialty Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Rumble at the Ranch event on August 9th.
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It's Big Wave Award Paddle Week, And Jaws Stole The Show
Big Wave Award paddle week, Keala Kennelly breaks down her Wipeout of the Year, and Sky Brown heroically back on a surfboard.
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These Seven Big Wave Award Paddle Images Will Blow Your Mind
It takes serious courage and commitment to scratch into waves like these.
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Why South Straddie Could Deliver All-Time Waves For The Boost Mobile Pro
The Iconic beachbreak can deliver world class waves when the conditions align.
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Another Stellar Run Of Waves On The Gold Coast
The past few months have been a great time to be a surfer on Australia's Gold Coast, home to some of the best point breaks in the world.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Speed Blur Surf Photography
Few surf photography techniques can be as rewarding and simultaneously frustrating as experimenting with a slowed-down shutter speed.
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Watch Italo Ferreira Tow Into Some Caverns At Home In Brasil
The 2019 World Champion just dropped a new edit, full of tow action and the explosive surfing he's famous for.
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11-Year-Old Olympic Hopeful Sky Brown Returns To Water After Serious Injury
After recovering from a life-threatening skateboarding injury, the young prodigy returns to Waco stronger than ever in this single-day edit.
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New Report Says Plastic Waste In The Ocean Will Triple in 20 Years
But it is estimated that 700,000 new jobs can be created in an effort to reduce plastic waste worldwide.
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A Reminder Of Just How Well Eli Hanneman Surfs
There are few, if any 17 years olds surfing quite as well as the phenomenon from Maui.
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7 Minutes In (Surf) Heaven With Jordy Smith
"Jordy", a film by Morgan Maassen, follows the South African surfer on his 2019 CT journey - from J-Bay to Pipe.
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Arc By Taylor Steele
The movie follows Taylor Knox's trials and triumphs as he grows from his small-wave start to his decorated 22-year career on Tour.
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The Best Surfing Of The Season (So Far) At Lowers
Two months of Trestles boiled down to an eight-minute "Amp Sessions" featuring Filipe Toledo, Kolohe Andino, and Caroline Marks.
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Shane Sykes' West Oz Edit Will Make You Itch To Surf
New edit from South African rising star, Shane Sykes, out now.
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Igarashi Drops 'Like Father, Like Son' For Delayed Tokyo 2020 Opening Day
This video project for Beats by Dre describes a dream his father had about him before he was born.
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Remembering The Heart And Soul Of Derek Ho
A tribute to Derek Ho, the "King of Pipeline", who personified the spirit of Hawaiian surfing.
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COVID-19: This Is A Fascinating And Informative Look At The Future Of Travel
The Inertia gives a status report on travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New York Times: Surfers Weigh In On Olympic Debut
The New York Times covers what would have been opening day for surfing's Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic games.
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Stranded In Oz With The Caribbean's Olympic Hopeful Chelsea Tuach
When the covid pandemic exploded, Chelsea Tuach had traveled from her home in Barbados to Australia to kick off the QS...then the world changed.
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Plastic Free July: How A #trashyselfie Makes A Difference
Learn how a #trashyselfie makes a difference in plastic pollution from big wave surfer and Hydro Flask ambassador Paige Alms.
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Brett Simpson Talks Gold Medals And Nerves As New U.S. Olympic Coach
The former CT star breaks down what it means to him to coach the U.S. team and how he's helping World Champs prepare for their Olympic moment.
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All The Best Big Waves, Plus Goofy Vs Regular With Keala Kennelly
We reveal the entire list of nominees in each of the five categories with exciting hype videos.
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All The Tens