Cover shot from Windguru It’s been non-stop. Relentless North Atlantic swells have marched across the ocean and bludgeoned ...

A couple of weeks ago, big wave surfer Andrew Cotton led a crew of UK-based chargers at a specific training camp at Nazare.

Over the weekend, the Black Sea was blessed by a run of surf – not a sentence you here that often. But Bulgaria and Romania ...

December’s been a kind month so far for swells — not so much for wind, but who really cares about that when just about every ...

For years now, Dawn Patrol has been at the forefront of logging your surf sessions. The app’s available for your Apple Watch ...

Today, the Basque’s favourite big wave hell cat Laura Coveilla has just dropped a new YouTube short and it’s a bit of ...

If you want to know the real-world energy of a swell in Joules, multiply the relative energy by the constant, 1256.76. This ...

Cresting the top of the cliff, the split second before the North Sea is laid out before me, my heart rate still increases palpably as the rush of adrenaline hits. In my early days of surfing, before I ...

It’s the autumn of 1963 and Mike Hynson is sat in a plane seat, sweating and itchy, with sticky tape bound tightly around his torso. As he cranes his neck to peer down the aisle, it occurs to him that ...

But on such an occasion, have you ever stopped to wonder where the word came from? If you, like me, become flustered with an etymology with loads of theories but no definitive answer, then this one’s ...

A good wetsuit is core to a good surfing experience, especially for those of us who enjoy the sideways glide in colder parts of the world. However, there is no doubt the wetsuit in its modern form is ...

An unimaginable end to a surf trip. This might just be the worst airport negligence we’ve ever seen. Wales’ Willem Beck was a return flight from Biarritz to Stansted, courtesy everyone’s favourite ...