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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.