The Association of Professional Towsurfers is forming their own touring competition circuit.  It will be interesting to see what kind of mass-media attention the APT garners.  The 2004/2005 Maverick’s Surf Contest was broadcast on NBC.  If the APT follows suit and really tries to sell their tour to the masses, then it’ll likely attract a [...]

In case you haven’t seen this already, here’s a funny ad for Surfrider.

Have you ever missed a wave because you were out of breath or because you just weren’t paddling hard enough?  Well, here’s a surf workout that’s designed for building core strength.  They say 10 minutes 3 days/week.  You can read more about this brief workout at surfersvillage.com.      

Surfers are in close proximity to stingrays all the time.  I see themdarting around the shallows when I’m getting in and out of the water.  And when the water is clear, I can see them cruising along the bottom when I’m out in the lineup.  It’s always a little nerve-racking when you see the sillouhette [...]

Yesterday in Florida a 5 ft, 30 lb stingray jumped out of the water and into an 81 yr-old man’s boat and stabbed him in the chest.  According to this article the man seems to be doing OK, though open heart surgery may be necessary in order to remove a piece of the stingray barb [...]

According to Wikipedia Broceanography is surf jargon for the ability to predict when and where to surf on a given stretch of coast.[1] It is an interdisciplinary field of study, drawing on meteorological, oceanographic and geographical information, to ensure that ideal surf conditions are never missed. One who practices broceanography is referred to as a [...]

Interested in making your very own surfboard?  Who isn’t, right?   Surfer Steve does a good job of walking you through the process.  And if you do get around to making a board, send us a picture.  

70percent.org posted a cool thread from Swaylock’s Surfboard Design Forum that documents the construction of a hollow wooden surfboard, so I thought I’d offer a little more on the history of hollow wooden boards. Back in the 1930′s, when people were riding boards that were basically just solid planks of wood that weighed up to [...]

There’s a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about veteran local surfers banding together to prevent surf schools from holding group surfing lessons at Pleasure Point.  The surfers  claim that the surf schools are over crowding the surf spot, creating a safety hazard for all who frequent the spot.  The surfers and the surf schools [...]

 Apparently there weren’t enough waves at the Bay of Plenty, so they had to make more.  The Kiwi’s Mount Reef project seems to be a success in terms of the quality of waves that it’s creating. "The artificial reef is designed to have a primary purpose of creating high quality surfing waves. A database showing [...]