Editor’s Note: We first published this interview in September of last year, but now, AfroSurf is available for purchase. (And a very beautiful book, if we do say so ourselves.) Plus, in honor of ...
Africa is home to some of the most unexplored surfing destinations, promising an adventure away from the crowded beaches ...
Influential global surf industry figures will attend the event, helping to promote the country as a world-class destination ...
The big surf discoveries of the past 10 years have surprisingly been in Africa. Gone are the Hawaiian shirts and SoCal woody wagons. “Here, surfing is about exploration,” says Andy Davis, cofounder of ...
Jul. 12—It's always fascinated me, surfing, even from a young age. A strange interest perhaps given I was born and raised in Fort Worth, hardly a mecca of hanging ten. Outside a few pretty pitiful — ...
The first event of a new tour across Africa ran last week in Robertsport, Liberia, with Senegalese surfers Cherif Fall and Déguène Thioune taking the win. The new tour, called the Africa Surf Tour, ...
Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings. 'Beyond - An African Surf ...
The 1966 cult surfing film The Endless Summer gave West Africa something of a mythical reputation among surfers. Some of the ‘new frontier’ magic has waned but the waves along this stretch of Africa’s ...
A recent study estimates the global surfing industry pulls in around $50 billion dollars a year, and some African countries are keen to tap into this economic growth. Although the surfing industry on ...
When a South African surf company wanted to put African culture on the global surfing map, it knew it needed a distinct African symbol. It chose the name Mami Wata or “Mother Ocean,” a mermaid-like ...
South Africa's Dave McGregor, a respected member of the Port Alfred surf community, tragically died while surfing Kelly's Beach on Monday, February 26. McGregor was a longboard champ, former ...
Editor’s Note: We first published this interview in September of last year, but now, AfroSurf is available for purchase. (And a very beautiful book, if we do say so ourselves.) Plus, in honor of ...