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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 3h

No more cigarettes in the Maldives for people born after 2006. Yay or nay?

#maldives #tobacco #smoking #nosmoking #smokingban #health #environment

Maldives becomes the first country to enforce a generational tobacco ban

The Maldives is making smoking a thing of the past. No one born after 2006 can now legally purchase cigarettes or any other tobacco product.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 3d

Surfing is a way of self-expression. But where are the boundaries between joy and vanity, pleasure and pride? Here's how the ego gets into play before, during, and after we catch our waves.

#ego #selfconfidence #psychology #surfculture #surfer #surf #surfing

The interesting role of ego in surfing

The inflated sense of skills pretty much defines surfers, even if reality is not exactly as colorful and high-performance as we tend to perceive it. The truth is that the ego in surfing starts showing...

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 4d

River surfing is growing incredibly fast.

#irsa #riversurfing #riverwaves #surf #surfing

Standing wave riders establish the International River Surfing Association

The International River Surfing Association (IRSA) will work to make more river waves available to the public and increase accessibility and safety.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 5d

The rise of Spitfire Wheels as a global and prestigious skateboard brand is intrinsically associated with quality urethane, smart shapes, and a constant obsession with innovation.

#spitfirewheels #formulafour #skatewheels #skateboardwheels #skatebrand #skateboarder #skateboard #skateboarding

The story of Spitfire skateboard wheels

Spitfire's iconic 'Bighead' is one of the most recognized logos in the skateboarding scene. Here's how the San Francisco-based brand became a legend, and its Formula Four urethane wheel conquered the ...

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 6d

How can we explain it? The tail is the nose is the tail.

#bithruster #surfboardtails #surfboardshaper #surfboards #surf #surfing

The paradoxical case of the surfboard with two tails and two fin setups

Why should a surfboard have two tails? The 'Bithruster' by Program Surfboards invites you to try two different feels while riding the same board.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 6d

The stunt took place at The Riverwave, a standing wave in Ebensee, Austria. Max ate and drank while surfing.

#maxneubock #theriverwave #guinnessworldrecord #riverwave #riversurfing #surf #surfing

Max Neuböck rides wave for over 8 hours to set Guinness World Record

The Austrian surfer ate and drank while riding the ten-meter-wide standing wave in Ebensee, which he built and named The RiverWave.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 7d

A group of grown-up men verbally attacked female youngsters and caused a collision during an event at Thurso East in Scotland.

#gbcup #surflocalism #surfrage #gbsurfing #thursoeast #surf #surfing

GB Cup suspended after free surfers' abuse toward female competitors

Five men in their 40s paddled out during a women's semifinal heat at Thurso East, verbally attacking the surfers and causing a collision.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 7d

Creative director Patrick Tom shot a surprising short movie around the idea of old surf wax as capsules of good memories.

#thelonggoodbye #patricktom #shortfilm #surfmovies #surfwax #surf #surfing

Patrick Tom on 'The Long Goodbye': 'My surf wax brings me luck'

If you think surf movies have lost their mojo, here's a refreshing new perspective that will revive your faith in the subgenre. All courtesy of Redondo Beach surfer and creative director, Patrick Tom.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 10d

We know surfers can ride wakes created by moving ships. But what are the interesting and curious facts behind these types of waves?

#wake #waves #surfscience #oceanography #physics #surf #surfing

The secret life and science of ship-generated waves

While engineers keep searching for quieter, cleaner hulls, surfers and scientists alike will always find something fascinating in the moving geometry of a ship's wake.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 11d

Never trust artificial intelligence (AI) to give you critical data that could put your life at risk. Tide times are just one of them.

#chatgpt #ai #tidetimes #tides #sullyisland #environment

Swimmers saved after trusting ChatGPT's tide advice in South Wales

The pair were rescued near Sully Island, just off the coast of Swanbridge, an area with the second-highest tidal range in the world. Lesson learned: don't trust AI for tide information.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 11d

Subtle changes in design have dramatic impacts on the way coastal deflections deflect ocean swell during storms.

#coastaldefense #coastalmanagement #risingsealevels #climatechange #oceanography #environment

How different types of coastal defenses mitigate the impact of ocean swells

Simulations in the wave tank prove that no single design fits all. The right choice depends on local conditions, budgets, and how communities want their coastline to look and function.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 12d

Although known for a while, La Chupacabra and Bull Sharks are the two new overhead waves El Salvador has to offer.

#elsalvador #surfspot #surf #surfing

The new offshore waves of El Salvador

In mangrove territory, El Salvador discovered a couple of offshore sand bank-generated waves that could rewrite the history of surfing in the country. But at what price?

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 13d

Aaron "Jaws" Homoki cleared a 12'8'' high stair set and, when he landed, one of his skateboard wheels literally exploded. Here's to one of the biggest ollies ever in skateboarding history.

#aaronhomoki #ollie #phonenix #skate #skateboard #skateboarding

How Aaron 'Jaws' Homoki ollied over the Phoenix apartment building stair set

Aaron Homoki has knees of steel. In 2015, he landed one of the highest, hardest, and most impressive ollies in skateboarding history.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 14d

They're rare, but they exist - not only on pro surfers' social media feeds, but also here and there in your life, dear reader.

#surfsession #surfculture #surf #surfing

Those special surfing days

The sun is out. There is no wind. A perfect wave is popping every minute at an empty peak. You feel good. Some surf sessions are way better than others. Here's what make them special.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 17d

If a weather map shows a 30 kilometers per hour wind (that's 8.3 m/s) blowing across 200 kilometers of open ocean for several hours, you'll probably get around head-high surf.

#waveheight #windspeed #waveforecast #smbmethod #surfforecast #surfscience #surf #surfing

How surfers can predict wave height just by reading the wind

The SMB method is a semi-empirical system that estimates wave height and period from wind speed, fetch, or duration. It assumes deep water and steady wind blowing over an open water surface.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 18d

Should minors be allowed to compete in waves of consequence like Pipeline, Teahupoo, and Cloudbreak? Where do you draw the line between responsibility and freedom?

#prosurfer #prosurfing #sportslaw #sportsethics #surfers #surf #surfing

How young is too young? The law and ethics of underage surfers in professional competitions

Is it safe and reasonable to allow a 14-year-old surfer to compete in waves of consequences? Where do you draw the line between freedom and open-minded decisions regarding underage athletes?

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 19d

Have you ever wonder why exactly there are so many massive swells pounding the East Coast of USA and Europe during the cold season in the Northern Hemisphere? Here's the answer.

#northatlantic #hurricanes #storms #surfscience #meteorology #weather #surf #surfing

Why North Atlantic storms fire up every autumn and winter

Winter swells in the North Atlantic are as regular and powerful as clockwork, sending surf from one side of the ocean to the other. Here's why it happens.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 21d

Fashion retailer Zara teamed up with an Italian designer and Pukas to create a surfboard featuring a short Portuguese poem by Fernando Pessoa.

#zara #pierpaolopiccioli #pukassurf #surfboards #surf #surfing

Zara and Pierpaolo Piccioli shape the 'Poetically Pink Surfboard'

The 6'4'' surfboard features a short Portuguese poem by Fernando Pessoa.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 24d

The US has 30 states with coastlines. The damage is already real, and the available data isn't bringing good news.

#coastalerosion #stateofthebeachreport #surfrider #beach #environment

Cc: @surfrider.org

Half of America's beaches could vanish by 2100, Surfrider warns

The 2025 State of the Beach Report from the Surfrider Foundation paints a clear and dark picture of what we can expect in the upcoming decades regarding coastal erosion.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 25d

When it comes to #waveheight measurement, the goal is to reduce the margin of error and subjectivity traditionally associated with such complex calculations. #DouglasNemes' analysis of #ViniDosSantos' wave, ridden in #Nazare, is, at least, worth a look.

#bigwaves #bigwavesurfing #surf #surfing

Study suggests Vini dos Santos may have ridden a 100-foot wave in Nazaré

Surfer and oceanographer Douglas Nemes developed a scientific method for measuring wave height in extreme surfing conditions.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 26d

Surfers and engineers are working together to produce a miracle. If it all goes well, the resurrection of the famous wave of "The Endless Summer" could become an example for other iconic world surf regions.

#brucesbeauties #capestfrancis #stfrancisbay #southafrica #surf #surfing

The rebirth of Bruce's Beauties in Cape St. Francis

The Long Term Coastal Protection Scheme is an ambitious plan to resurrect the lost South African wave unveiled in Bruce Brown's 1966 surf movie 'The Endless Summer.'

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 27d

It's increasingly evident and statistically clear that surfing heals.

#surftherapy #veteran #ptsd #mentalhealth #psychology #surf #surfing

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Surf therapy improves the lives of veterans with PTSD

San Diego State University and Operation Surf tracked the impacts of surf therapy on the health of male and female military veterans. The results are exciting.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · 28d

The fear of heights can be triggered by a four or five-foot wave. Let's not forget that in the take-off moment, the surfer's eyes are another five feet above the wave's crest. The good news is that there are tricks to overcome or tone down #acrophobia.

#vertigo #fear #health #surf #surfing

How fear of heights can hold surfers back

Acrophobia, the extreme fear of heights, can hinder surfers from riding a five-foot wave. Here's how you can cope with this phobia and even potentially overcome it.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · Oct 2

As they travel across open seas, ocean waves perform an orbital-like, synchronized, vertical, and horizontal dance.

#transversewaves #longitudinalwaves #waves #surfscience #oceanography #surf #surfing

How transverse and longitudinal waves make surfing possible

Learn why ocean waves are an orbital motion combination of transverse and longitudinal waves.

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SurferToday.com @surfertoday.bsky.social · Oct 1

Surfer and entrepreneur Jane Marie Chen shares a very intimate and personal memory of how she copes with mistakes and/or failures in her life. Her book "Like a Wave We Break" is out on October 14, 2025, via @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.

#likeawavewebreak #janechen #books #surf #surfing

The surfer's wipeout as a metaphor for life

In surfing, as in life, we fall, we suffer, and then we slowly get back up. Jane Chen was brought up with no tolerance for mistakes. Until she failed professionally in adulthood.

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