Ventura Surf Report

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…

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…

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…

Nicholas Skaldetvind is not your average surfer. Born and raised in New York, this Italian American holds an M.A. in transnational writing from Stockholm University. His thesis, “The Spontaneous Poetics of Jack Kerouac’s Letters from 1947-1956: Repetition, Language, and Narration,” shaped a bit of who he is today. Words are tools of the mind that…

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…

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…

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…

Nobody has written more about surfing than Matt Warshaw. Here’s the story of a surfer who traded his jersey for a career dedicated to words that matter to surfers. Matt Warshaw was born on May 8, 1960, in California. His first encounter with surfing occurred at the age of age six when his uncle, Daniel…