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Here's Every Surfer and Team Entered in the 2026 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout

Here's Every Surfer and Team Entered in the 2026 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout

The last Da Hui Backdoor Shootout was a surreal moment for Koa Rothman. Not just because he won the whole event, pocketed $55,000 and celebrated with his

Surfing News / SURFER / January 8

The 2025 World Junior Surfing Championships Are Stacked

I don’t know if Urbiztondo Beach knows what’s coming. This weekend, 48 of the best 20-and-under surfers will descend upon the right-hand break in the Philippines for the 2025 WSL World Junior Champion.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 8

'Divine Intervention': A Once-in-a-Lifetime XXL Wave In Ireland (Video)

Just looking at the images of these waves on my desktop screen, my jaw drops. Imagining what it must be like in real life is almost beyond comprehension.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / January 8
Surfing News / SURFER / January 8

Giant Iceberg Implodes in Antarctica, Creates Refraction Waves (Video)

Every time a glacier collapses in Antarctica, does a penguin get its wings? Bad jokes aside, Antarctica, the large ice continent on the underside of the earth, is home to many penguins and many icebergs.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / January 8
Surfing News / SURFER / January 8

Malibu Surf Legend Randy 'Crawdaddy' Miod Honored After Tragic Death

One year ago, a Malibu surf legend died. During the apocalyptic Palisades Fire – which devastated the communities of Pacific Palisades, Topanga, and Malibu, taking 12 lives and thousands of homes – Randy “Crawdaddy” Miod perished from the inferno while inside his house, a red shack affectionately dubbed the “crab shack” on Pacific Coast Highway.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / January 8
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / January 7
Surfing News / SURFER / January 7

‘Arrest These Idiots’: Tide Pool Carnage Sparks Outrage in San Diego (Video)

On New Year’s Day, hordes of people flocked to La Jolla Shores in San Diego, CA to explore the tide pools, which were especially exposed thanks to a king tide event.

Mick Fanning News / SURFER / January 7

Mick Fanning Still Surfs Snapper Better Than Most Ever Will

In the early 1970s, the sand accumulated along the Gold Coast’s Superbank was grooming some of surfing’s foremost innovators and world champions. They

Surfing News / SURFER / January 7

Searching For The Perfect Surf Rack For Your eBike?

Surf rack-armed eBikes have become ubiquitous at surf spots around the planet. Look no further than the superhighway that is the trail to Lower Trestles to see what I mean.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 7

Meet the Costa Rican Surf Guide Who Tames Snakes—and Billionaires

I knew from the minute we connected on the phone that he was a real one, exactly the type of person I was looking for in my past role as a trip developer for Thermal Travel.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 7
Diplo Nearly ‘Attacked by Shark’ Swimming in Florida (Video)

Diplo Nearly ‘Attacked by Shark’ Swimming in Florida (Video)

Diplo (aka Thomas Wesley Pentz) has steadily made his way to superstardom in various realms: from electronic dance music, to producing pop music mega-hits, to a popular run club, to thirst-trap social media posts, to dropping acid on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 7

A Board That Works From the Outer Banks to the Mentwatai Islands

“The essence of the Horse is to give you a shortboard feel but (with) the paddle power of a bigger board,” said Tai “Buddha” Graham, on the first public explanation I’d seen of JS’s equestrian-themed stepup.    Over the last year, the JS Big Horse has not so subtly become a popular option for solid, predictable and powerful walls of water.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / January 7
Surfing News / SURFER / January 7

Does the ‘Green Flash’ Actually Exist? Here’s Video Proof

Growing up near the ocean in Southern California, it was somewhat of a family tradition to watch the sunset on every occasion we could, and attempt to get a glimpse of the elusive “green flash.” Sometimes we succeeded, sometimes not.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 7

Inside Florida’s New Wave Pool, On Par with the World’s Biggest

Adrian “Ace” Buchan and Glenn “Micro” Hall – two of the greatest competitive surfing minds, turned surf coaches, to come out of Australia ever – recently found themselves in a seemingly suspect location: Northern Florida.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / January 7
Surfing News / SURFER / January 6

Surf, Storms, and King Tide Watching in Santa Cruz From the Best Seat in Town

Of all the things we can plan and prepare for, Mother Nature is beyond our control and that’s part of what makes the good days so sweet. On a recent trip

Surfing News / SURFER / January 6

Human Head Washes Ashore on Western Australia Beach

A human head washed ashore on a Western Australia beach, leading to speculation that it may have belonged to a snorkeler who went missing on New Year’s Day.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 6

Waimea Bay Totally ‘Destroyed’ By Raging River Wave (Video)

“A major, major storm blew threw last night,” Jamie O’Brien, huffing and puffing with a shovel in hand, begins his latest vlog from the sand at Waimea Bay on Oahu.

Surfing News / SURFER / January 6
Kauai Just Banned Disposable Foam Bodyboards

Kauai Just Banned Disposable Foam Bodyboards

We’ve all seen the remnants of cheap foam wave “craft” along the shorelines, the result of the proliferation of expendable answers to the folly, the sport, and the art form that we all know and love in our own special ways.

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