As a Kid I always dreamt about getting barrelled for a minute, there is only very few places in the world where you get such long perfect wave.. Namibia is the queen of all queens when it comes down to riding endless barrels, as a goofy I had to go there. – Nic Von Rupp
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Surfing for “Something Positive”: Black Girls Surf and the Rising Tide of Equal Representation
“Has society changed with black women surfing? Of course. Are we excited about it? Oh, more than you know.” – J.D. Simkins – July 16, 2020 | Updated July 19, 2020
Rhonda Harper was still relatively new to the surfing scene in 1987 when, as she left the beach in California’s historic Santa Cruz, she returned to find the words “Go home n—–” written across her car in wax.
The message was clear, and it supplied a rude awakening for one who had spent her teenage years basking in the sun on the pristine beaches of Hawaii’s North Shore, where Harper says she “never … More
Moving at a speed where your mind slows things down to gain control… In early 2020 Laird Hamilton, Terry Chung, Luca Padua and Benny Ferris were out with top surfers across the globe in Nazare Portugal to surf waves that come about rarely, if ever. After extensive experimentation with setups and technique, this group was going to go after the breaks in Nazare in a different way, on surf foils that allow for an unreal speed on the water and an entirely new experience. Documented by Patrick Wieland, on custom classic foils engineered by the team at Lift Foils.
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – Former World Champion Derek Ho has died, after a sudden and unexpected medical condition.
Loved ones tell us he suffered heart failure. The loss was an unexpected blow to the surfing community.
Ho became the first native Hawaiian to win a world title in 1993. And at age 55, he was still in top shape.
During the past season, he caught a wave at Pipeline so pristine that it was nominated for the wave of the winter award.
Ho was even invited to surf in a legends heat at The Eddie contest at Waimea Bay this past winter.
“I know Derek’s up in heaven and he’s in that happy place,” said Bret Marumoto, who worked as … More