When I wheeled my bike off the ferry at Roscoff, northwest France, in the summer of 2024, the furthest I had ever ridden was the 99-mile Devon Coast to Coast route over two days. And yet here I was, about to embark on an epic journey, unsupported, towing a trailer with two wooden surfboards, a tent and wetsuits strapped to it.
Around 5:06 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched for a report of a surfer who was possibly bitten by an otter. Lifeguards arrived to find a group of surfers surrounding another surfer in the water, as well as an otter who appeared to be sitting on the victim's board, the fire department said. The surfer was pulled from the water and evaluated by medical personnel.
Dana Point surfer Scott Muir tucked into a deep barrel in the Oceanside surf, his surfboard and body disappearing into the wave's cavern of ocean water. A nearby surfer, Judah Ely, waited for the surfer to exit the wave, ready to cheer the ride. But Muir was gone, only his surfboard left floating on the ocean's surface. Muir's head had slammed onto a shallow sandbar, his body instantly going numb. He remembers the sound of cracking, his neck breaking.
A surfing group was left devastated when it called off a national competition after raw sewage was dumped into the sea off Cornwall. Competitors were in the water for the English Interclub Surfing Championships in Porthtowan, on the northern coast of the county near Redruth, when lifeguards issued a red flag to organisers. The status which indicates danger and means people should not enter the water was triggered after South West Water alerted the local council over a sewage discharge into the sea.
But you can hit a million shots on the driving range or in front of a mirror. It's possible to replicate conditions and practice your swing over and over and over again. To a certain degree, you can practice golf in a vacuum. In surfing, you cannot. There is a magical, confounding component so elusive and finite that it adds to the sport's seduction.
Molly Picklum secured the Tahiti Pro title by out-pointing Caitlin Simmers, scoring a total of 17.26 with three eight-point rides, leading to an impressive season performance.
Williams's holistic approach to surf instruction bridges physical preparedness with mental presence. He reminds beginners that surfing is as much about patience and rhythm as it is about muscle memory and gear.
A 19-year-old surfer was found safe on a remote island off the northern New South Wales coast, which his father described as a miracle outcome. Darcy Deefholts had set out towards Wooli beach, and when he failed to return home, his family alerted police, initiating a land and water search. He was eventually located in the North Solitary Island nature reserve, approximately 14 kilometers from the coast. Police confirmed that he was found stable and is currently receiving care at Grafton base hospital.
"The process for this win has honestly been a 15-year process. I've been coming here since I was 15 years old. All the trips down here, three times a year to come down and work on my technique and it's all paid off."
