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Shock: one of most dangerous slab waves in Brazil | Photo: Tony D'Andrea

Laje do Shock: the death-defying Rio de Janeiro slab wave

It's ultra dangerous, fickle, unpredictable, and rarely breaks. Welcome to Laje do Shock, one of Brazil's heaviest slab waves.

Disposable polystyrene bodyboards: Maui is one of the first states to ban single-use boogie boards | Photo: Keep Britain Tidy

Maui bans disposable polystyrene bodyboards

Maui County passed an ordinance banning the sale, rental, and distribution of disposable polystyrene bodyboards.

Bodyboarding: pulling out of a wave is a helpful technique that saves time and energy | Photo: Shutterstock

How to pull out of a wave on a bodyboard

It happens to everyone riding a bodyboard. You've caught a wave, it closed out, and you want to pull out without getting dragged to the shore. Here's how to exit a wave wisely and safely.

Maldives National Bodyboarding League: the new competition series kicked off in Malé | Photo: Hupa/MBBA

Maldives National Bodyboarding League kicks off in Malé

The Maldives National Bodyboarding League (MBBL) kicked off in Malé.

Traci Effinger: an accomplished Pipeline charger | Photo: Effinger Archive

How to make history and empower women's bodyboarding

March is Women's History month, so I took a minute to myself to sit down and think about why women are given a month out of the year to pay respect to.

Shark Island: one of the heaviest bodyboarding slab waves in Australia | Photo: SIC

Shark Island: the queen of all Australian bodyboarding waves

Shark Island is an exposed rocky outcrop located 150 meters off the coast of Cronulla, New South Wales. Welcome to one of the world's most feared waves.