The International Surfing Association (ISA) is optimistic about the future of surfing in Asia, as the sport continues to show tremendous growth in the region.
During the inaugural Asian Surfing Development Symposium 2013, which concluded last week, ISA president Fernando Aguerre shared the association’s plan to build membership in the region and continue to support similar events in the future … More
Stranded in Acapulco. Beset by rigging problems in Cape Town. Knocked down near Cape Horn. Jeanne Socrates endured her fair share of setbacks in her quest to sail around the world alone without any stops and outside assistance. But in the end, she persevered.
It was Monday at 2:26 a.m. Pacific time when Socrates and her 38-foot cutter Nereida ghosted across the finish line just outside the harbor of Victoria, British Columbia, to the blaring of air horns and hardy spectators applauding and waving glow sticks on the breakwater. After nearly 260 days and more than 25,000 miles she had … More