China has some of the best athletes in the world, but surfing is still making its first steps into the mainstream. Here's how it looks in 2017.
Surfing is not a complicated sport. Unlike many other water sports, the truth is that surfing only requires a surfboard and someone willing to glide over the ocean waves.
In a time when everything seems to have been done, you really have got to be creative to invent new surfing maneuvers.
Five hundred eleven surfers have broken the Guinness World Record for the largest paddle out ever recorded, at Huntington Beach, California.
In 2006, the Mauritius Kitesurf International Competition opened the way to a new discipline in kiteboarding.
Ewan Jaspan claimed the 2017 Wind Voyager Triple-S Invitational, held at Real Watersports, in Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Hokulea completes the circumnavigation of the EarthThe Hokulea has successfully completed the three-year voyage around the world.
Julien Quentel and Maëlle Guilbaud have taken out the 2017 Défi Wind Caribbean, in Bonaire.
Windsurfing is a water sport that combines characteristics of both sailing and surfing. The windsurfer uses the wind to propel a board forward under his feet and skim across the water.
Learn how to keep your bodyboard waterproof by sealing off the slick (bottom), the deck (top), the rails (side edges), and the nose.
You don't need money to produce a great bodyboarding video. You only need exceptional waves and an accomplished executant.
Pasongan Bay: the surfing jewel of the Mentawai IslandsOver the last 20 years, the Mentawai Islands have become the most sought after surf destination in the world and the focus of intense surf media exposure and interest from surf travelers the world over.
How is a wave formed?
The anatomy of the ocean wave
What is wind? How wind is formed?
Why do waves break?
The importance of swell period in surfing
The tidal "Rule of Twelfths" in surfing
The effects of shoaling and refraction in wave height
The difference between ground swells and wind swells
How do the moon and sun affect tides and surfing
