When you hear the term "surfboard," the first thing you probably think of is a shortboard. Since the "shortboard revolution", it has been the most widely used surfboard. It is usually between 1.70 and ...

The 1966 World Surfing Championships in San Diego was a watershed moment in surfing. Organized by an international cadre of visionary contest directors, led by Peruvian maestro Eduardo Arena, the ...

Continuing along with my not-so-brief recount of the past 60 years I’ve surfed, we pick up where we left off last week – at the very beginning of the “Shortboard Revolution.” The year 1967 was very ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What's the best surfboard for every type of surfer? It's a perennial question pondered by surfers of all levels. The answer: It's ...

From heavy wooden planks to sleek foam shortboards, surfboard design has constantly evolved — and now it’s taking a sustainable turn. Innovators are replacing petroleum-based materials with natural, ...

You sure don’t kid around with the questions, do ya?? Maybe you should go to President Bush’s next press conference! Of course even Condoleezza Rice wouldn’t be able to get to grips with this mammoth ...

Building any surfboard, let alone a high-performance shortboard, requires the utmost focus. The shaping bay is a strict TikTok-free zone, where any distraction is felt in the board’s foam. That’s why ...

Surfboards come in all different shapes and sizes. Usually, those nuanced alterations – be it length, width, thickness, volume, or materials to make the board – are correlated to two things: 1) type ...

When it comes to ticking off the things that can do damage to the environment, surfboards may not be one of the first offenders that come to mind. But the traditional method of building a surfboard is ...

Surfing is fun! However, if you want to venture beyond body surfing, you need the right equipment. Find out more about the different types of surfboard here. When you hear the term "surfboard", the ...

You sure don’t kid around with the questions, do ya?? Maybe you should go to President Bush’s next press conference! Of course even Condoleezza Rice wouldn’t be able to get to grips with this mammoth ...