For the past five years, women’s competitive surfing has been dominated by four names: Stephanie Gilmore, Carissa Moore, Tyler Wright, and Sally Fitzgibbons. But with an insanely talented batch of young surfers making its way up through the ranks on the World Qualifying Series and the World Championship Tour, the future of female surfing is looking less like a four-way battle and more like an all-out war.
If you haven’t been paying attention to what’s been happening in women’s surfing lately, you’ve been missing … More
Yes, the world’s most famous energy drink is taking over surfing. As you might have noticed, the surf industry is suffering deep changes. Will the “Big Four” keep up as we know them? No, Red Bull is increasing the pressure on the conservative surf industry market.
Rip Curl, Quiksilver, Billabong and O’Neill. For more than two decades, these were the brands that we would traditionally see on the shelves of our local surf shops.
But the classic surfing oligopoly is quietly … More
In just 10 days, the ASP Top 34 will take on Teahupo’o, one of the most demanding waves in the world.
Surfing on the Great Lakes draws more adventurous surfers in recent years to northern Michigan. While it may not be a surf mecca along the lines of Oahu, it has a style all its own, say its devotees.
Looking for the home of Michigan surfboard maker Loukas Bethea in downtown Traverse City, I thought I had gotten his address wrong. I looked around–was I on the right street? In the right neighborhood? Are those hanging baskets of petunias? This can’t be it.
Where I had expected a warehouse, shed or some other breed of humble creation station, I had instead found a Victorian-style home with … More