Surf City, El Salvador
A nation reinventing itself, one wave and one smile at a time
By Mike Latronic – Like many other Latin American surfing destinations, El Salvador offers warm, consistent, and playful waves, along...
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2024 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Masters Surfing Championship
Brazil wins gold, Hawaii Silver and a clean sweep for Hawai'i in all three women’s divisions
A historic Finals Day in the 2024 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Masters Surfing Championship (WMSC) saw Brazil crowned...
In the annals of all recorded surfing history, Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaiʻi, has been one of the most iconic spots in the world for big wave surfing. This beach is legendary for its massive winter swells, which can produce waves as high as small mountains....
By Mike Latronic – Former event winner Greg Long rode more than one Waimea monster to clinch his victory in...
By Amanda Blackwell – “Eddie would go.” A common vernacular often said to pay homage to the Herculean legend, one...
Bruce Irons
The Eddie Aikau champion reflects on his win and his brother, Andy
By Mike Latronic – After a heated fist fight with his older brother, Bruce Irons turned his burning desire to best Andy into what he describes as one of the greatest moments of his life. The sibling rivalry was real but so was the love for surfing and each other....
Jamie O’Brien
The Maverick of Surfing and Digital Influence
By Mike Latronic – In the world of surfing, there are those who ride waves, then there are those who...
Jamie O’Brien surfs Pipeline with friends who have become legends in their own right and the grand masters who they...
By Brian Bielmann – The photographer known affectionately as “Hank Foto,” has seen it all, and has pulled the trigger on most of it. The stuff he missed he probably did so on purpose. If you’ve ever known a surf photographer, they are as a whole, far from the normal...
The talent pool of surfing in Hawaii is thick and competitive. It always has been. With fun to excellent surf...
Music has a big effect on emotions, I can be tired and dragging my feet and hear a song that...
By Amanda Blackwell – There’s nothing in a Kauai boy’s life that matters more than the ocean. It grooms every keiki that has the privilege of growing up in a slice of paradise. From kid, to adolescent, to adult living in Kauai– the ocean is the sun: everything else revolves...