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World Surfing Reserves: a program launched by Save the Waves Coalition to protect surf breaks and ecosystems around the world | Photo: Save the Waves
The complete list of World Surfing Reserves
A World Surfing Reserve (WSR) is a program launched by the non-governmental organization Save the Waves Coalition (STW) in 2009.
Surfing: Africa, also known as the Mother Continent, could
Africa: the unexpected birthplace of wave riding and surfing
Surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans, Africa has been a continent with a strong social, economic, and cultural connection to the water for thousands of years.
High surf advisory: issued by coastal and oceanic meteorological agencies when powerful swells threaten populations and properties | Photo: Shutterstock
What is a high surf advisory?
A high surf advisory is a warning issued by national weather services to warn coastal communities and beachgoers that large ocean waves and dangerous swimming and surf conditions are expected.
Rough surf: surfers must have an exit plan in case conditions change for the worse | Photo: Shutterstock
How to return to the beach when the surf gets rough
The ocean is in constant change and mutation, and sometimes the conditions make it difficult to get back to terra firma. Here's how surfers can return to shore safely when waves get bigger.
Funboard: a surfboard with the buoyancy of a longboard and the maneuverability of a shortboard | Photo: Shutterstock
What is a funboard?
If you could only get one type of surfboard or shape for your year-round sessions, which would you choose? The best answer is probably the funboard.
Luke Shepardson: an on-duty lifeguard won the 2023 The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational
Luke Shepardson wins 2023 The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational
Luke Shepardson has taken out The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay in Hawaii.

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