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Best Budget Surf Trips That Won't Break the Bank (Much)

Best Budget Surf Trips That Won't Break the Bank (Much)

One of the main reasons surfers tend not to travel further afield is down to one thing—cost. Why should you spend your hard-earned coin going halfway round the world when you can find decent surf way closer to home for half the price?

Surfing News / SURFER / December 21

Aerial Sorcery and Mom’s Power Turns: Eli Hanneman and Carissa Moore Win Florence Pipe Pro

It was a storybook ending for one world champion, and 1.3 points away for another. By the time Carissa Moore and Eli Hanneman were carried up the beach at the Florence Pipe Pro today, the QS 2,000 had run a whopping 18 (!) heats in a single day, which surely must be some sort of record.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 21
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 20
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 20
Yago Dora News / SURFER / December 20

Yago Dora, Surfing’s 2025 World Champion, Parts With Longtime Sponsor

Interesting times we’re living in, when surfing’s reigning world champion parts ways with his longtime sponsor less than four months after winning his maiden world title.

Surfing News / SURFER / December 20

No Vest? No Problem For This Charger at Thumping Puerto Escondido

The first time I heard of Kyllian Guerin, a 15-year-old French “super grom,” the country’s next big thing, poised to rise before he could legally rent a car.

Surfing News / SURFER / December 20

Jet Ski Gets Swallowed by Massive Wave at Nazaré (Video)

In big waves, it’s typically the surfers who suffer the worst wipeouts. But there’s a lot more that goes into big wave surfing, besides the brave souls actually riding the waves.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 20
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 20
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 19
Surfing News / SURFER / December 19

Now Playing: “Return to the Bering: A Surf Trip to a Remote Island in the Wild Bering Sea”

In 2023, the film Island X documented a cold-water experiment. Could one find and surf waves on a mysterious patch of land in the Bering Sea known for research on seal colonies?

Surfing News / SURFER / December 19

Surfers Brawl in Huntington Beach Over Two-Foot Wave (Video)

Arguments, scuffles, brawls – although rare in the lineup, they do happen. When they do occur, sometimes, it’s a serious offense. A breach of surfing etiquette so extreme, that the wellbeing of the offending surfer, and those around them, are in danger.

Surfing News / SURFER / December 19
Photos: Hundreds Gather at Bondi Beach After Deadly Attack

Photos: Hundreds Gather at Bondi Beach After Deadly Attack

Amidst the mourning, following last weekend’s attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach, the community banded together to pay tribute to the fallen.

Molly Picklum News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 19
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 19
Surfing News / SURFER / December 19

'Almost As Big As It Gets': Insane Swell Pumps Mullaghmore XXL

The recent XL run of swell in the North Atlantic surely has kept all of the big wave seekers on the European side of the ocean quite busy as of late. Big wave events at Nazaré and Punta Galea both went down over the weekend thanks to a huge swell that peaked on Saturday.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 18
Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 18
Surfing News / SURFER / December 18

Watch: Jeffreys Bay Leg Burns Will Never Go Out of Style

They may not be household names (yet), but South Africa has been quietly producing a young but rock-solid crop of surfers who more than hold their own when the waves get serious.

Surfing News / SURFER / December 18

Undersea Volcano Explodes in Rare Footage from Pacific Ocean (Video)

Deep in the south Pacific Ocean, near the remote Solomon Islands, there’s a volcano unlike any other on earth. For one, it’s underwater; and secondly, it’s extremely active.

Surfing News / SURFER / December 18

Win a New Surfboard, Make the World a Better Place

Los Angeles-based surfboard builder and environmental advocate Ryan Harris is always looking for new and creative ways to make beaches and lineups a happier, healthier, more equitable places.

Surfing News / SURFER / December 18

Is This the Biggest Wave Ever Surfed by a Woman? (Video)

Over the weekend, one of the biggest swells in recent memory hit surfing’s home of the world’s largest liquid mountains: Nazaré, Portugal. It was so big, so unwieldly, that some even questioned the decision to run the TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / December 18
Surfing News / SURFER / December 18

3 Secrets to Surviving Big Wave Hold Downs

"Only a surfer knows the feeling" is more than just an iconic slogan from Billabong. It's an expression relating to the unique perspective and magic that surfers experience, most applicable when looking down the line of a perfect tube.

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