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Mobile phones in the lineup. Here’s something that I had never seen in decades, but I shouldn’t be surprised at all. This is a real story of a very unusual event I witnessed just yesterday, as I paddled out at my home break for a late summer sunset surfing session. One of the reasons why…
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Dear Readers: Today, SurferToday celebrates its 18th anniversary. The age of majority is obviously a special moment. SurferToday can now vote, drive a car, and enjoy a drink responsibly in nearly all countries. It’s hard to imagine that something that started as a hobby has grown and become such an influential voice worldwide. In the past…
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There is something profoundly wrong when, in the 21st century, a surf competition is cut short due to water pollution from a sewage spill. This actually happened, not in Africa, Latin America, or Asia, but in the heart of England, in Porthtowan, Cornwall. It seems like the more we’re told progress and development are underway…
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Adventure is on our doorstep. With so many different bodies of water available to paddleboarders, from city canals to coastal routes, we can find adventure in places much closer to home than people might initially expect. According to the Canal and River Trust, 50 percent of people in England and Wales live within just eight…
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What should the role of high-profile professional surfers be when it comes to their presence on social media and the messages they convey to millions of fans and the general public? Where do you draw the line between what to say and what not to say? Are there topics that should be addressed more than…
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It’s one of the world’s most ambitious coastal developments around surfing and surf tourism of all time. Meet the grandiose 198-mile (320-kilometer) long Surf City, El Salvador. Surf City, also known as Surf City El Salvador, is a strategic tourism development initiative promoted by the Government of El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele’s administration. The…
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Soccer, basketball, and tennis players have them before their clashes, so why should surfers embrace them too? Discover some of the most common and surprising pre-surf rituals and superstitions. Humans are creatures of habit. The coffee in the morning, right after a satisfying breakfast, is just one of them. Routines keep us confident and comfortable.…
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Yago Dora and Molly Picklum are the 2025 World Surf League (WSL) 2025 Championship Tour (CT) world champions. Cloudbreak, Fiji, delivered the stage. Four-to-six-foot waves rolled across the reef, and by the end of the day, two new names were etched into surfing history. Australia’s Molly Picklum and Brazil’s Yago Dora both rose to the…
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Surprising as it might sound, a natural high is actually a scientifically validated concept and recognized by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Humans have a natural attraction and drive for states of extreme happiness, exhilaration, and euphoria. It’s totally understandable. Who doesn’t want to feel very well? However, in many cases, people take…
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There is an old proverb that tells us that “The shoemaker’s children always go barefoot.” I thought about it today, as I contemplated the ocean from my wide living room window. The reason why this emerged from my mind is because I have an old personal theory that somehow relates this ancient saying to my…