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If you asked surfers who was the first Western European woman to stand up on a surfboard, it is unlikely that they would think of Agatha Christie, the iconic crime novelist...
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The Beach Boys famously sang ‘If everybody had an ocean, Across the USA, Then everybody’d be surfing, like Californ-i-a.’ Of course, most of the USA is landlocked and...
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Suspending time is ‘impossible’ according to physicists, but if you’ve ever found yourself in a barrel, that’s as close to the feeling of stopping time as it gets. ...
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The IPC (International Paralympic Committee) has confirmed 22 sports for the initial Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics programme, with surfing events still on the shortlist for...
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Surfing for everyone During the first flowering of Polynesian stand-up surf culture in the Hawaiian Islands from the fourth century until European colonialism in the eighte...
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Electric surfing 14-year-old goofyfooter Siyanda Hewitt is a rising talent in British waveriding and the newest member of The Wave ambassadors’ team.
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I wanted to share with you some of our first observations after just a week, partly for your information, partly to manage expectations and also so people understand the...
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It's winter. The coldest time of the year and definitely not surfing weather, right? Wrong! The UK is home to a growing tribe of winter warriors who are out catching waves...
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Surfing in the rain is no problem at all at The Wave. There is no reason you wouldn't want to surf in the rain - you're going to get wet anyway!