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Damien Hobgood 2019 Tahiti Pro
Surf

Here’s How the 2019 Hobgood Heritage Heat at Teahupo’o Came Together

4 min read
Our resident forensic biomechanist breaks down the raw power of Teahupo'o.
Surf

A Rough Mathematical Breakdown of How Teahupo’o Could Actually Kill You

5 min read
Gabriel Medina Just Scored the First Perfect 10 of the Year With This Beast at Teahupoʻo
Surf

Gabriel Medina Just Scored the First Perfect 10 of the Year With This Beast at Teahupoʻo

1 min read
Shark attack victim New Smyrna
Surf

Surfer Bitten After Landing an Air on a Shark in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

2 min read
Owen Wright and Other CT Surfers Wear Helmets During Powerful Teahupoo Swell
Surf

Owen Wright and Other CT Surfers Wear Helmets During Powerful Teahupoʻo Swell

3 min read
Desert Point, Lombok
Surf

Quik Team Squeezes Every Bit of Juice Out of This Desert Point Perfection

1 min read
Conner Coffin surfing Surf Ranch
Surf

Conner Coffin’s Rail Work at the Surf Ranch Is a Thing of Beauty

1 min read
Shane Dorian Maverick's Barrel
Surf

How One Historic Swell at Maverick’s Changed the Face of Big Wave Surfing Forever

1 min read
Surfers of Lofoten
Surf

Meet Joacim Nyhaugen: The Man Who Chases Every Swell Around Lofoten

2 min read
50-Year-Old Spaniard Paddles from San Francisco to Hawaii
Surf

50-Year-Old Spaniard Paddles from San Francisco to Hawaii

2 min read
Surf

Searching for Sasquatch: 2 Surfers Look for Waves and Bigfoot in Oregon

3 min read
Margs
Surf

A 3-Minute Reminder of How Well West Oz Lit Up During the 2019 Margaret River Pro

1 min read
Graeme Tanaka
Surf

Finalists of the 2019 Follow the Light Photo Contest Are Promising Rising Talents

3 min read
Trevor Gordon with Ryan Lovelace surfboard
Surf

Morgan Maassen’s Newest Short Film Features a Very Strange Surfboard and Some Very Beautiful Surfing

2 min read
Surf

Gear We Test: Piloting Patagonia’s Ideal Lowers (and Surf Trip) Gear Hauler

5 min read
Surfing in Tasmania
Surf

A Tasmanian Surf Trip (Without Shipstern Bluff) Looks Like So Much Fun

1 min read
Surf

CJ and Damien Hobgood Are Heading to Teahupo’o For a Brother vs. Brother Grudge Match

3 min read
alana Blanchard
Surf

Jack Freestone and Alana Blanchard Have a Surf Off; Loser Has to Do This

1 min read
nathan florence workout
Surf

You Should Try Nathan Florence’s Puke-Inducing Workout

2 min read