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Surfing

The spectator's guide to surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympics in Teahupoo

Welcome to "The End of the Road," one of the nicknames for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing venue, Teahupoo.

Brandalism: Sage Erickson's 'I'm Fueled by the Ocean' Shell sponsorship under fire in Britain | Photo: Brandalism

Surfing

Oil giant Shell's surf sponsorships under fire in UK guerrilla billboard protest

Activists from the anonymous Brandalism collective have replaced more than 200 commercial adverts across London, Manchester, and Bristol with satirical artworks protesting Shell's efforts to "fast track the apocalypse" ahead of the oil major's annual general meeting (AGM) in London.

Drake Passage: a dangerous sea route that is home to 65-foot-plus waves and rough weather | Photo: Shutterstock

Environment

Drake Passage: the world's most notorious sea route

Welcome to the Drake Passage, the world's most dangerous sea route, home to 65-foot-plus waves. Here's why the 620-mile stretch between Cape Horn and Antarctica is treacherous and has become the ultimate extreme sailing adventure.

O2 SurfTown MUC: Europe's largest wave pool is 50 percent bigger than a football pitch | Photo: SurfTown MUC

Surfing

SurfTown MUC wave pool powered by Endless Surf ignites Munich

The waves at O2 SurfTown MUC are rolling. Europe's largest wave pool opens in Summer 2024 in Munich, Germany.

Interference: what are the limits of tactics when it comes to winning a heat? | Photo: WSL

Surfing

The ethics of tactical interference in competitive surfing's team component

If you exclude the tandem surfing discipline, competitively speaking, surfing is often portrayed as an individual sport.

RiF010: the Rotterdam wave pool can generate 1.5-meter high waves | Photo: RiF010

Surfing

RiF010: the downtown Rotterdam wave pool

The world's first city center wave pool is ready to welcome surfers. Meet RiF010, the Dutch answer to urban surfing.

RiF010: the downtown Rotterdam wave pool

Turning around a surfboard: the faster you do it, the quicker you'll get into your wave | Photo: Shutterstock

How to turn a surfboard around fast before paddling for a wave

Bianca Valenti: the surfer from San Francisco won Performer of the Year, Ride of the Year, and Biggest Wave in the women's division

Winners of the 2024 Mavericks Surf Awards announced

Murder in Baja California: three surfers were killed by Mexican criminals for a set of pickup truck tires | Photo: Callium Robinson Instagram

Three surfers were brutally murdered in Baja California, Mexico

Surfing

The spectator's guide to surfing at the Paris 2024 Olympics in Teahupoo

Welcome to "The End of the Road," one of the nicknames for the Paris 2024 Olympic surfing venue, Teahupoo.

Oil giant Shell's surf sponsorships under fire in UK guerrilla billboard protest

SurfTown MUC wave pool powered by Endless Surf ignites Munich

The waves at O2 SurfTown MUC are rolling. Europe's largest wave pool opens in Summer 2024 in Munich, Germany.

How to turn a surfboard around fast before paddling for a wave

Have you ever missed a very good-looking wave after losing precious time spinning your surfboard to start paddling?

Skateboarding

Lyon 25: Aaron Homoki was the first skater to clear the infamous French stair set

The day Aaron Homoki cleared the Lyon 25 stair set

If there's a challenge that puts a skateboarder's fear to the test, it is a stair gap. In 2015, Aaron Homoki defied the odds and cleared an infamous staircase in France.