Steve King set a new world record by riding a wave 12.8 miles. He did it by going for a 64 minute surf on the Bono tidal bore on the Kampar River in Sumatra, Indonesia. It broke his own 2006 world record of 7.6 miles, which he did riding the River Severn’s bore.
“Breaking the record is fantastic. I only stopped when  … More
HUNTINGTON BEACH – The story goes that in 2011 a holy man saved the “Gathering of the Tribes” longboard contest at Trestles beach.
The day was cloudy and breezy. The waves small.
Then an elderly man in a robe and sandals stepped onto the beach.
“He blesses the waves and the sun pops through the clouds,” says surfing legend Chuck Linnen, 76, of Huntington Beach.
“And then the waves come up.”
People looked at each other like: Who is this guy?  … More
Kelly Slater surfing some where in California north of Santa Barbara and south of Crescent City
“It was better in the old days.†That statement right there has been around surfing almost as long a surfing itself. You can just imagine the first ever surfer, saying it to the second ever surfer, just as the new guy had paddled out for the first time and doubled the (world’s) crowd. And the interesting thing is it comes from all surfers, of all ages. From 50-year old salty veterans who remember surfing in wetsuits made from mammoth hair, to 11-year old sprogs who remember the glory days, surfing their mum’s fallopian tube. But is it true? Is surfing, day by day, getting worse. Taking a span of 25 years, say from around 1986 till now, we ask the question: were the good ole days were really that good?   … More