Surfing: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights

Villain from Nicolas Cage’s Movie 'The Surfer' Dies at 56

Australian actor Julian McMahon, who recently starred alongside Nicolas Cage in the sun-soaked psychedelic thriller, The Surfer, has died. He was 56. He died in Pinellas County, Florida, as a result of lung metastasis stemming from head and neck metastatic cancer, according to reports, back on July 2nd.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 14

Watch: Oitavo título nosso.Ele tem 11 @PeopleonTour

Surfing News / SURFER / September 13

11 Years In The Making, Thomas Campbell Debuts His Magnum Opus

At a packed house at La Paloma in Encinitas, filled with fans and friends, Thomas Campbell shared his latest and greatest film, Yi-Wo. Filmed on 16mm and featuring some of the world's best surfers, the end result was worth the wait.

Surfing News / SURFER / September 13

Hurricane Swell Gobbles Homes on East Coast (Video)

It’s one thing to watch a hurricane, or a natural disaster of any kind, from the safety of a screen; but it’s a much different to experience it on-the-ground, in your home.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 13

Watch: 4x World Champ and current event champ @taylorjensen aims to keep it going at Stop 2 - 2025 LT

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 13

Watch: Road to Victory: Avalon Gall Takes no. 1 at Huntington Beach | Bioglan Bells Beach Longboard Classic

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 13

Watch: @KoaRothman on an abosolute cave #koarothman #nature #tahiti #surfing #teahupoo #swell #bigwaves

Surfing News / SURFER / September 13

Kai Lenny Surfs Renowned Indonesian Tube…Switch Stance

Give Kai Lenny credit, the guy can switch lanes better than Vin Diesel. He’ll foil, kite, windsurf, tow and paddle whenever, wherever. In the past few years, however, Kai’s added another layer to his surfing: switching, on occasion, from regularfoot to goofyfoot. It’s not some novelty gimmick either.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 12

Watch: @BriannaCope is back in Oside with unfinished business - a Super Girl Surf Pro cape

Surfing News / SURFER / September 12

Surfing’s Deadliest Waves, by the Numbers (Video)

From an outsider’s perspective, the life of a surfer is one of ease, oneness with nature, and relative wellbeing. But ask any hardcore surfer, and they’ll gladly show you their battle scars – from reef cuts, to fin gashes…the list goes on.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 12

Watch: 3x World Champ @soleilerrico1 winning last year’s @bioglanau #BellsBeachLongboardClassic

Surfing News / SURFER / September 12

Peter Mel’s Goliath Tube at Maverick’s, via Fred Pompermayer

If there ever was a physical, hard-copy version of the “history books,” oft described in surfing nomenclature, it would be riddled with “bests” and “biggest” and “heaviest” waves – so much so that it would be tough to discern the unequivocal truth.

Surfing News / SURFER / September 12

Kite Surfing 1,567ft High, World Record Smashed (Video)

In a move more akin to Tom Cruise in a Mission Impossible flick, two men just smashed an obscure Guinness World Record – the “Highest Kite Surf Tow-Up.” Kite surfer Jake Scrace and stuntman Chey Anich pulled off the feat near England’s Isle of Wight.

Surfing News / SURFER / September 12

How Big-Wave Photographer Erik Aeder Captured History at Jaws

. “You can tell when it’s a big one when the lines march in from the outer ledge,” Benjamin “Sancho” Sanchis told SURFER after his heroic, albeit cataclysmic, ride at Jaws on December 22, 2024.

Surfing News / WorldSurfLeague.com / September 12