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4 days ago | surfer.com | August Howell

Parko bests Mick, a Hawaiian wins big and fireworks galore on finals of the 2025 Gold Coast Pro. A decade ago, a 20-year-old Filipe Toledo got his first Championship Tour win over Julian Wilson at Snapper Rocks. Yesterday, history repeated itself as Filipe, coming off a yearlong sabbatical, snatched his 16th career win, again over Julian, up the road at Burleigh Heads. “First of all, I just want to thank God to bring me back here,” Toledo said.

5 days ago | surfer.com | August Howell

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said two men confronted another about “surf etiquette” at the Hook. A 58-year-old Santa Cruz man was arrested by law enforcement last month after an alleged stabbing in the parking lot above the Hook, according to multiple reports. Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call at 10 a.m. on April 27 about a possible stabbing near the Hook parking lot on East Cliff.

5 days ago | surfer.com | Dashel Pierson

Warren Smith talks Shell Point Surf Club, coming to Panama City Beach, Florida summer of 2027. The Gulf Coast of the United States is a beautiful, although surf-starved, region of the country. The waves are inconsistent, the swell windows are scarce – still, there’s a healthy population of surfers, who foam at the mouth anytime a hurricane funnels its way into Alabama, Florida, and beyond. One of those surfers, who grew up surfing the fickle gulf side of Florida, was Warren Smith.

5 days ago | surfer.com | Dashel Pierson

A tragic death out of San Francisco, as an unidentified man attempted to rescue a dog from the surf, but could not be resuscitated. Ocean Beach, San Francisco’s gladiator pit of sand-bottomed peaks detonating like a minefield across the vast lineup, is a dangerous place. There’s many-a tale of surfers struggling at the spot, and in countless cases, they’re lucky to even make it through the impact zone, especially when it’s big.

6 days ago | surfer.com | Dashel Pierson

The Middle East synthetic surf park boom marches on with a new pool – courtesy of Endless Surf – coming to Aquarabia at Six Flags Qiddiya City. Landlocked regions of the globe are quickly collecting surf spots, as the modern-day explosion of surf parks rages on. The latest to jump on the man-made wave train? The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Surftopia, as it’s being called, will be a component of the Aquarabia water theme park, coming to the Saudi capital of Riyadh by the end of the year.