Category Archives: Surfing News

WSL 2017 Season is Underway

The World Surf League’s 2017 season is underway.  This year, as in years past, the season starts with its Australia leg, beginning with the Quiksilver sponsored Snapper event.  The Oz events to start the season off are Snapper Rocks first, won by Owen Wright this year, then Margaret River (a recent addition to the tour), won by John Florence, and finally, Bells Beach, which is yet to be determined.  The Bells event is currently on stand-by.  The waiting period is from the 12th through the 24th of April.  After the Australian leg, the boys head to venues in Brazil, Fiji, South Africa, Tahiti, California, France, Portugal, and lastly Hawaii.  This should be another interesting season packed with big airs and deep barrels.
Also, checkout the highlights reel from this video.

A Surf Ranch in Palm Beach County Florida

Well, it’s official. A new surf ranch by the World Surf League and the Kelly Slater Wave Company is in the preliminary stages of approval. Today in Palm Beach County, Florida, at a zoning meeting, the board of county commissioners voted unanimously in favor of hearing alteration proposals in the zoning rules to allow for a recreational facility in an industrial park just outside Palm Beach. Continue reading A Surf Ranch in Palm Beach County Florida

A Prominent Surfing Publication is Coming to The End of The Road

Surfing Magazine, owned by Source Interlink’s The Enthusiast’s Network (TEN), has ceased publication, and now Transworld Business no longer resides on a website with the name in the url.  These  are dramatic changes.  Surfing Magazine has been in publication for decades, more than 30 years. Continue reading A Prominent Surfing Publication is Coming to The End of The Road

Surfing Photo Contest Winners

We have come to the end of a grueling El Nino surfing season.  After months of entries to the www.SurfingtheGulf.com photo contest, and after the voting has been tallied, we have our results.  The winners of the 2015-2016 surfing season have been decided. The winning photographs for the season are below. Continue reading Surfing Photo Contest Winners