There’s something truly extraordinary about longboarding with friends. Certainly, learning to longboard (or, learning to surf on a longboard) is far easier than learning on a shortboard…or whatever ...
Longboarding has had to struggle for its moment in the sun since its richer cousin of shortboarding was incepted back in the late ‘60s. The first men’s Longboard World Champion was crowned in 1987 and ...
Despite a bid from the International Surfing Association, longboarding will not be featured in the upcoming Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Ever since surfing’s induction into the Games – with its ...
The perfect longboard wave is a curious thing. While shorter surfboards perform best in large, fast waves, the ideal wave for longboards, which can reach 11 to 12 feet long, isn’t about power or size.
Whenever Ireland draws surf attention on a global scale, it’s usually due to the country’s tight-knit crew sending it at some of the Emerald Isle’s biggest, most-terrifying waves. But this surf zone ...
At the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, Calif., the Pacific Ocean at times looked more like Lake Erie. During the Pro Junior final on Saturday, surfers often had to resort to stomping up and ...
THE elder divisions of the longboard titles hit the surf today when the bcu Australian Surf Festival took to the tricky two-foot waves on offer at Arrawarra. Greig Bedggood (Tugun) showed he could be ...
One of the greatest child phenomenons in surfing history, Donald Takayama saved up money from his paper route to buy a plane ticket to travel from one boarding mecca to another. He arrived in Los ...