Category: General Surf News


  • ALL NEW 5’8″ HERITAGE RETRO FISH 🔥

    The all-new Heritage Retro Fish just dropped! 

  • The hydrodynamic forces at play when you surf

    The physics of surfing is quite complex and involves many fluid dynamics variables constantly interacting in non-linear ways. It all starts when we drop the surfboard into the water and ends the cycle of hydrodynamical exchanges when surfers finish their rides. There are basically four main general primary forces driving the surf: buoyancy, gravity, drag,…

  • Munich’s surf scene shaken by first major Eisbach River accident

    A 33-year-old woman was seriously injured while surfing the Eisbach river wave in Munich at night on April 16, 2025. After falling off her surfboard, for reasons still unclear, the leash attached to her ankle got stuck on the bottom of the Eisbach. She was unable to free herself because she was connected to the…

  • The coming-of-age surf trip of a lifetime to Mazatlán

    We made it! Two nights and one full day on the Tres Estrellas de Oro bus from Tijuana to Mazatlán. From the bus station, we walked to the sea wall at Cannon’s Point and watched one surfer in the water catching one perfectly formed left wave after another. We were anxious to get in the…

  • Kids in big surf: where to draw the line in waves of consequence

    Big waves are exciting for surfers of any age, and the thrill of riding a solid, perfect overhead barreling liquid cylinder is indescribable. Once you’ve tasted them, you’re a surfer for life – there’s no way back. But what are your thoughts on letting children surf in more or less extreme conditions and waves of…

  • Single-fin: the original surfboard fin setup

    The single-fin is the first evolutionary stage of the modern surfboard fin setup. It also revolutionized the way people rode waves. It’s quite surreal, but the early surfboards were finless for quite a while. In the beginning, controlling a long and heavy wooden board was extremely difficult, as it would slide sideways easily. Polynesians would…

  • Lower Trestles named official surfing venue for LA 2028 Olympics

    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…

  • Ben Gravy shreds the land of Rick Kane (Revel Surf Park in Mesa, AZ) in his latest vlog!  

  • A perfect Saturday morning surf

    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…

  • Burleigh Heads: the Gold Coast right-hand point break that revolutionized competitive surfing

    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…