The Origins of Surfing

Surfing is as ancient as almost anything that involves humans and rudimentary tools. We used to believe that it was the Polynesians who pioneered the art of wa...

Surf History5 min read

A guide to buying gifts for surfers in 2020

Updated Jan 13, 2020 It's the start of a new decade and we've compiled a list of gifts that we think surfers will love. Buying a gift for a surfer is no...

Surf Product Reviews14 min read

10 Reasons why surfing is bad for you

There are many reasons to start surfing and lots of articles have been written about the reasons why you should try. However, there is a dark side to surfing t...

Surf News13 min read

6 of Kelly Slater’s best airs

For many of us, aerial surfing through the 90s and early 2000s was synonymous with the name Kelly Slater. He was the person who brought above the lip the manoe...

Inspiration5 min read

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A trip to Haida Gwaii

The team from Surfer took Josh Mulcoy and Noah Wegrich to Haida Gwaii for some elusive waves. ...

Surf Trips0 min read

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Rote Island Indonesia

Fun waves and good surfing on a trip to Rote Island in Indonesia. Film and edit by Wage Adit from Indolines. Published in 2019. ...

Surf Trips0 min read

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Review: Dawn Patrol App for Apple Watch

If you're searching for an app that will turn your Apple Watch into a fully functional surf session tracker, you're in luck. For a long time, the available sur...

Gear6 min read

The Importance of Seeking Discomfort

A guide to fear, discomfort and perseverance with perspectives from science, philosophy and religion. “It’s not that I’m so smart, I just stay with the pro...

Improve your Surfing18 min read

Joe Rogan learns to surf

Joe Rogan is an autodidact who excels in disparate and seemingly incompatible fields, including interview podcasting, stand-up comedy, mixed martial arts, acti...

Surf News11 min read

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Review: Firewire Cymatic

The Cymatic is a performance shortboard designed by master shaper Daniel 'Tomo' Thompson and manufactured under the Slater Designs label by Firewire Surfboards....

Surf NewsSurfboards11 min read

Surfing and Flow State

The wave is peaking up and there is no time to think. Countless hours spent in the ocean provide the surfer with predictive power: this is the right kind of wa...

Improve your Surfing23 min read

Never Stop Learning

“The world is a university and everyone in it is a teacher. Make sure when you wake up in the morning, you go to school.” ―T. D. Jakes Before a surfer catches ...

Improve your Surfing17 min read