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Lower Trestles named official surfing venue for LA 2028 Olympics

1 week ago | surfertoday.com | Luis MP |Luis Pinto

Lower Trestles is the chosen venue to run the surfing program in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The iconic high-performance surf break located three miles (4.8 kilometers) southeast of San Clemente in California will host surfing's third consecutive appearance in the Olympics after Tokyo 2020 (Tsurigasaki Beach) and Paris 2024 (Teahupoo). The 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee analyzed the options, including Huntington Beach Surf City USA, and reviewed the process.
The skateboard magazines of the world

1 week ago | surfertoday.com | Luis MP |Luis Pinto

Skate magazines are windows to the skateboarding culture. They're the frozen portrait of their time and capture the lifestyle of a unique tribe. Only a few generations will ever say they can remember the smell of a freshly folded skateboard magazine page. It's quite nostalgic to remember the days when paper and ink communicated the way 21st-century screens and pixels do. A lot has been lost with the slow death of print media.
A perfect Saturday morning surf

1 week ago | surfertoday.com | Luis MP |Luis Pinto

Let's be honest. If you're an average working adult with responsibilities, Saturday morning could very well be your only slot available to get some waves. I know that weekend warriors are often deemed as kooks. But, come on, not everyone has free time to chase historical swells whenever they pop and have someone shooting your idyllic waves for social media during working weekdays. So, yes, eventually, 99.9 percent of the surfing population only has Saturday morning available to score a few gems.
GenCast boosts ensemble weather forecasting accuracy

1 week ago | surfertoday.com | Luis Pinto

Accurate and precise weather forecasts are vastly underrated. The impact of a slightly correct or incorrect meteorological prediction has a significant effect on our daily lives - on us as individuals, but also on the economy. Imagine that you wake up in the morning, get dressed, have your breakfast, and are just about to leave home to get to work. Before you open the door, you look through the window and see a mix of clouds and blue skies.
Burleigh Heads: the Gold Coast right-hand point break that revolutionized competitive surfing

2 weeks ago | surfertoday.com | Luis MP |Luis Pinto

Burleigh Heads is one of the crown jewels of the Gold Coast of Queensland's surfing treasury. But what makes this tubular, express train wave such a gem in this part of the world? Someone once said that, when naming towns, Gold Coast authorities missed the real Surfers Paradise by eight miles (13 kilometers). And there are many reasons for that's true. Burleigh Heads is home to The Stubbies Pro, the contest that started in 1977 and kicked off surfing's first-ever man-on-man heat format.
Authorities demolish illegal Lunada Bay beach hut

2 weeks ago | surfertoday.com | Luis MP |Luis Pinto

It's the end of an era. On March 31, 2025, a helicopter dismantled the illegal beach hut and associated structures at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes Estates, California. The operation focused on removing non-native Arundo grass - commonly mistaken for bamboo - and random items such as surfboards, kayaks, barbecues, and chairs that had been left behind by the infamous Lunada Bay Boys at their fortress.
Parawings: the new foil surfing equipment

2 weeks ago | surfertoday.com | Luis Pinto

There is a new sports equipment item that is conquering the market. It's called parawing and promises more freedom to foil enthusiasts. When kiteboarding hit the water in the early 2000s and became one of the fastest-growing sports on the planet, it opened a new way of harnessing the power of the wind to ride flat waters and waves. Ten years later, wing rings promised a new level of freedom to those who enjoyed kiting and surfing via foilboards.
The need not to surf

2 weeks ago | surfertoday.com | Luis Pinto

Excuse us for the intriguing title. There was no other way to put it better. If you've been surfing for a while, you might have already felt this way. Lifelong hobbies are special - they become part of our body and soul. If you have been doing Lego constructions since you were a kid and grew up buying new sets and revisiting older ones, you know how it feels. The same applies, for instance, to music record collections, football/soccer, biking, chess, gardening, etc.
The dual-rocker, multi-channel hybrid surfboard bottom design

2 weeks ago | surfertoday.com | Luis Pinto

There are no limits to surfboard shaping. Ultimately, you can end up with a craft that only excels in very particular conditions. One of the most experimented fields in surfboard design has been the introduction of multiple formulas for optimizing water displacement via bottom contour and channels. The science behind fundamental surfboard bottom contours has already been studied and tested. However, few innovative add-ons have broken through into the mass market.
How ocean swells propagate, disperse, and group

2 weeks ago | surfertoday.com | Luis Pinto

We rarely witness the birth of a wave. Instead, we observe - or experience as surfers - what seems to be moving water carrying energy from distant storms as it is about to crash on our coastlines and beaches. But there's a lot going on before a wave arrives near the shore for its last hurrah. There are five main moments in the life of a wave: the wind blowing on the surface of the water, the initial propagation, the dispersion, the grouping, and the breaking.