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The Azores Islands, a Portuguese archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most uncrowded top surf spots in Europe.
The 2010 edition of the World Skin Cancer Foundation's biggest annual fundraising and awareness event will take place at Coconuts on the Beach in Cocoa Beach, Florida, the weekend of October 22 – 24, when Bright House Networks presents The Fifth Annual World Skin Cancer (WSCF) Foundation Slater Brothers Invitational surf contest.
Mark Twain tried to surf. He failed miserably, downed a mouthful of sand and a nose full of salt water, and crawled back up a Hawaiian beach uttering the words, "None but the natives ever master the art of surf-bathing thoroughly."
It was close, but the Guinness World Record for the most surfers riding the same wave remains 110, set at the 2009 Earthwave Beach Festival at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town after today's best effort at the same venue came in at 93.
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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).
Big wave surfing is an industry with an industry.