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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.
The International Surfing Association (ISA), Surfing's World Governing Authority recognized by the International Olympic Committee, is proud to announce that Greece has become its newest member.
The point at Lawrencetown Beach was firing on Saturday for the 2010 Billabong September Storm Surf Classic contest courtesy of Hurricane Igor, which sent stellar waves from the South Atlantic to the shores of Nova Scotia.
American Wave Machines, an innovator in artificial wave technology, today announced the successful commissioning of the first modular surfing system delivering multiple wave types, including the left and right breaking barrel options. Surfers are lining up to ride real surfboards with fins on the first barreling standing wave in Europe.
Top Stories
Imagine a wave that behaves like a super-fast cargo train, rushing to reach its destiny at incredible speed. This wave is real. It's called Maalaea.
Kelly Slater's entrepreneurial journey has always been relatively kept under the radar, with surfing doing most of his talking. Let's take a look at how the Floridian planned the move from waves to the boardroom.
Three foreign surfers were murdered while on a surf trip through Baja California, Mexico.
The world's first city center wave pool is ready to welcome surfers. Meet RiF010, the Dutch answer to urban surfing.