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Stay Ahead in the Game: World Surf League and Apple's High-Tech Partnership for Surfers   It has been a while since we have seen any major innovation in how world tour events are run, as most of the rules have remained the same for decades. However, the 2023 season—which starts this week at Pipeline—will see one of the most high-tech advances in the history of surfing. Before this season, competitors had to rely on the beach announcer and the priority tower to keep them informed about heat scores, what they need to advance, and who has priority. While scores are...

The world tour is finally in Tahiti, and the final event of the season is ready to kick off at Teahupoo. Unfortunately, a lack of swell and weird local winds have resulted in a week of lay days, and it’s still uncertain when the event might start. There is swell today and tomorrow, but the wind looks weird, so we are currently on hold and awaiting the call. In the meantime, there are three new Kelly Slater Lost Tapes films to help satisfy our hunger for world tour action. In episode 8, Golden Opportunity, Slater travels with team USA to...

If you were watching closely yesterday—and you can be sure we were—you might have noticed a number of familiar surfboards being ridden during the WSL Longboard World Tour event in Sydney.   Photo Credit to @caitmiersphotography @wsl As the world’s best noseriders battled it out for spots in the semifinals, many of the top performers were on boards by Thunderbolt Technology—the same longboards that we have proudly been stocking here at Hawaiian South Shore for the past few years. These longboards utilize a patented, space-age construction process that integrates internal carbon fiber stringers throughout the board, producing unique, advantageous flex characteristics while...

Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina World Champions Photo Credit to WSL This was a weird year for the WSL world tour. The abbreviated season started at Pipe (it normally ends there), then had events at Sunset and Steamers Lane cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. A four-event leg in Australia got things going again, but then Brazil and Tahiti were cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic, which left only two events on the schedule—the Surf Ranch and Mexico. When the dust had settled, Gabriel Medina and Carissa Moore had both dominated and were way out in front. But to make things...

How the Surf World Dealt Withthe COVID-19 Quarantine It has been a rough couple of months for the world, with COVID-19 infecting millions and effectively shutting down the economy. And although our troubles might pale in comparison to those who have lost family members and friends to this pandemic, it’s been a pretty rough couple of months for the world’s surfers. Here in Hawaii, we were allowed to surf through the quarantine, but in most areas of the world, lineups have been empty, due to government bans on surfing. As you can imagine, people have been going a little stir crazy....

Surf Blog: Rain Swell and Last Contest of the Year PHOTO CREDIT TO WSL It has been a rainy, unruly week here in Hawaii, with a huge, super northerly swell intersecting with raging Kona winds and lots of rain. The entire state has been put on a state of emergency, Big Island had a blizzard conditions at high elevations with upwards of a foot of snow, and a handful of surf spots fired under the rare conditions, while everywhere else was pretty bad. But amongst all the chaos, the World Surf League got down to business, completing the last Challenger...

By Matt Biolos of …Lost   @griffin_cola Griffin Colapinto is one of the most dynamic surfers on the planet. The young San Clemente, California, local finished the year third, performing in front of his hometown crowd at Lower Trestles during the WSL finals. This year, he comes into the 2024 season looking to finish two spots better and take the title home to Southern California. But before he can do that, he’ll have to lock in solid results at Pipeline and Sunset Beach during the Hawaiian leg of the tour. @griffin_cola To prepare himself for Hawaii, Griffin called on his...

The longboard world tour ended with a bang this week at Malibu, one of the spiritual homes of traditional surfing. Blessed with a late-season southern hemisphere swell, First Point lit up with long, dreamy walls that were perfect for noseriding. When the dust settled, we crowned two world champions from opposite ends of the age spectrum—but the one thing they both had in common was world-class surfing. Photo of Joel by WSL / THOMAS LODIN At 45 years old, Joel Tudor had done it all. He’d won two longboard world championships, single-handedly brought traditional longboarding back to the mainstream, and...

Competitive Surfing is Back to the Ranch! I know you miss seeing these guys competing and now they are back and competing this coming Sunday, August 9 at Surf Ranch. Watch it Live on WSL. Let's see the line up: Photo Credit to worldsurfleague.com World 16-best surfers names we're pulled out at random by WSL's Pat O'Connell and Jessi Miley-Dyer, and the teams have been selected for the Rumble at the Ranch competition!  I can't wait to see the Hawaii pro's doing their best. Get the full details of the competition here. Best of luck to you guys!