For this five-part series, we spoke with modern icons at iconic waves around the world, and asked them for a list of the most underrated surfers at their homebreak. Because every wave has a least one of them: The underground ripper that, for one reason or another, hasn’t quite garnered the mainstream media attention they deserve.
Our fourth icon is 17-year-old Luca Padua, a blossoming madman out at Mavericks–a wave he’s been surfing since he was 13-years-old–and a future staple on the Big Wave World Tour. “It’s crazy how many underground savages Mavericks has produced … More
Have you lost motivation to go surfing? Are you tired of watching endless clips online featuring perfect waves and outstanding pro surfers?
The stoke is gone, and you aren’t having the time of your life anymore. There can be many reasons for someone to lose interest in surfing. Life’s in continuous change, and so are passionate surfers.
Age, work, family and kids, diseases, and psychological trauma can get in the way and force us to put surfing aside.
But that may not be forever … More
Shane Reynolds joins surfing/sandboarding pioneer Teymour (Tim) Adham to sand board the epic dunes of the Egyptian Sahara Desert. This area, known is the Great Sea of Sand, is just outside of the Oasis of Siwa.