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Flying Shark Headbutts Florida Man While Surfing (Video)

It’s common knowledge that surfing in Florida comes with the risk of shark interaction, especially with regards to New Smyrna Beach, aka the “shark bite capital of the world.” But the shark encounters in NSB usually involve sightings and the occasional nip, and they’re typically from black tip and bull sharks.

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Watch: The Dizzying Swatch Nines Surf Highlight Reel

One of the many things that stood out from the 2025 Swatch Nines Surf event was how skilled and efficient the filmers, photographers and editors were. It’s a three-day event in late June in Waco, Texas.

Kelly Slater News / SURFER / June 30

Kelly Slater Drops $6,750 Watch Inspired by Hawaiian Surf Culture

Whether it’s a status symbol, a family heirloom, or merely an accoutrement to a stylish fit, a watch can mean many things. Ironically, however, the very thing they were invented to do – tell time – is one of the lesser functions of timepieces in today’s cellular phone era.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 30

ESPN Teases 100-foot Wave Potential on Alo Slebir’s Maverick’s Bomb

ESPN did their homework on this one. If you’re going big-picture at Maverick’s, Jeff Clark and Mark Sponsler are two guys who must be mic'd up. The former, of course, is credited with being the first person to surf Mav’s in 1975.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 30

Hey Dibi: How do I Avoid Talking Politics With the In-Laws?

Editor’s Note: Have a question for Dibi Fletcher? She’s definitely got answers. Or at least a perspective. Don’t hold back, shoot her a DM on Instagram and ask away.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 30

Surfing in Amsterdam: Wave Pool Proposed for Famed Canals

Amsterdam and its famed system of historic canals could soon be home to something never-before-seen in the Netherlands’ capital city: surfing. Per a new proposal, a plan to build a wave pool within one of the city’s canals has been submitted.

Michael Hynson News / SURFER / June 30

Memorial Paddle Out For 'Endless Summer' Star Mike Hynson Draws Generations of Surfers

As the Saturday morning haze burned off into clear skies, surfing’s elite began to gather in droves along La Jolla’s reefs, to remember Mike Hynson, one of modern surfing’s true originals, who died on January 10 of this year.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 29

Cole Houshmand Bests His Best Friend, Molly Picklum Jumps To No. 1 After Winning Rio

More than a year ago, two childhood friends faced off in a Championship Tour final at onshore, overcast Bells. Today, Griffin Colapinto and Cole Houshmand

Surfing News / SURFER / June 29

Shark Chases Surfers to Beach After Attacking Teen (Video)

On Sunday afternoon, a 16-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while surfing Cabarita Beach in New South Wales, Australia. The boy was bitten on his right side – leg and arm – and was flown to the hospital in critical condition due to his injuries.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 29

Here's Everything You Need To Know Before Surfing Malibu

One of the most iconic surf breaks in the U.S. and in surfing history. Malibu is a world-renowned Southern California mechanical, and borderline hypnotic, wave.

Tony Hawk Names “Best Air Ever Done” in Surfing (Video)

Let’s be real: surfers suck at naming tricks. Perhaps “suck” isn’t the right word. A little harsh. Maybe it’s more like confused or disorganized, especially when compared to our boardsport brethren in the worlds of skateboarding and snowboarding.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 28

The Best (Worst?) AI-Generated Surf Clips

Enjoy it while it lasts, folks. Humanity, as we know it, is slowly slipping away like a drip of rocky road from a kid’s ice cream cone. Soon, that cone, that sweet syrupy confection will be a synthetic replica, built to stimulate the neural pathways artificially.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 27

Biggest Wave Ever Paddled? Wilem Banks Makes The Case at Jaws

There’s a chance that a sauna builder in Santa Cruz County could have a world record to his name this fall. Wilem Banks is a soft-spoken woodworker from Santa Cruz who, in December, paddled into the biggest wave of his life, and potentially the biggest ever, in his fourth session at Jaws. Is it bigger than Aaron Gold’s 63-footer from Peahi?

Surfing News / SURFER / June 27

Is the Search for the Foldable Surfboard Over?

Back in the 2000s, the Tracks Magazine office in Sydney attracted a weird litany of nutty surf entrepreneurs. Like the world’s lowest rent version of Shark

Surfing News / SURFER / June 27

From Head to Toe, OluKai and melin Have You Covered

For those living the beach life, a trusty pair of slaps and a good lid are summer essentials. And because guys like Eli Olson, Mark Healey and Maddix Alotis aren't exactly known for holding back, the new, limited-edition collab between Island-inspired sandal maker OluKai and tech headwear leader melin, has it all.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 27

$35 Million UK Wave Pool Mysteriously Closes

As the first public wave pool in Europe featuring Wavegarden Cove technology, The Wave in the UK was at the forefront of the modern-day surf park spark.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 27

60-Foot Rogue Wave Captured in Pacific Ocean (Video)

When rogue waves breaking out in the middle of the ocean come to mind, for surfers at least, one spot comes to mind – Cortes Bank, the mythical big wave gauntlet breaking some 100 miles off the California coast.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 27

‘Craziest Airs I’ve Ever Seen’: 2 Freakish Flips Highlight Waco Extravaganza

Toward the end of a gala dinner at Waco Surf that grew more rowdy by the minute, Matt Meola stayed true to his roots. For well over a decade, the high-flying Maui surfer has redefined what’s possible on a surfboard (both in and out of wave pools).

Surfing News / SURFER / June 26

LA28 & Beyond: USA Surfing Lands Major New Investment

In a welcome spray of good news, USA Surfing has landed a major multi-million-dollar investment providing much support to fuel the momentum of their Olympic success heading into LA28.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 26

Curious Great White Shark Mingles with Surfer (Watch)

It’s summertime in Southern California, and with the heat, the kids relishing in their time away from school, and hordes of beachgoers flocking to the sand, there’s something else…sharks.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 26

Top Golf for Surfing? Inside San Francisco’s $50 Million Wave Pool

Lots of surfers love golf. Why? Extremely unclear, since on the surface, the two pastimes couldn’t appear more different. However, look at any pro surfer on the Championship Tour during a lay day of competition, and chances are, many of ‘em are hitting the links.

Surfing News / SURFER / June 25

6-Foot Umbrella Impales Lifeguard in New Jersey (Video)

Sad and (and quite frankly) strange news out of New Jersey, today, as a lifeguard was reportedly impaled by a beach umbrella. The woman – whose name, age, etc.