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Agatha Christie, the famous British crime novelist who created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, learned to surf in 1922 when riding waves was the privilege of only a few.
In February 2011, Ireland lived one of the best moments of its surfing history. The country's first big wave surfing contest was called on, despite a different and strange winter.
Portugal has quite been the center of world surfing in October 2011. Extreme waterman Garrett McNamara has surfed the biggest wave of the year in the country, after conquering the big waves at Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, on Monday, October 17th.
The Webber Wave Pools have announced the launch of the first commercial artificial wave model for theme parks and resorts.
The iconic surf pioneer Jack O'Neill is celebrating of the surf brand O'Neill with a biographical coffee table book following the journey of the man whose passion drove him to create an innovative suit that allowed surfers to be the first in the icy waters of the San Francisco Bay and the last out.
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The most successful competitive surfer of all time, Kelly Slater, rode what may have been the last heat of his 24-year professional career.
We can't choose our height, and 80 percent of it is genetic. But if you're into surfing, taller and shorter surfers feel noticeable differences in getting acquainted with boards, paddling for, and riding a wave.
Ryan Crosby is the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the World Surf League (WSL).
Classified as "Critically Endangered" by UNESCO, the native Hawaiian language has approximately 2,000 speakers. Here's what makes it so special.