Imagine if more women would surf! The impact it would have on our social wellbeing, self-esteem, and quality of life taking time to ourselves to chase waves and spend more time in nature.
Nature of Surf Women is a first-of-its-kind, immersive book that will take you on a visual and audio journey with women surfers in Nosara, Costa Rica.
Read MoreFor many years, the art of surfing was practiced primarily by men. Female faces were too few. Lately, and thankfully there has been a shift with the new generation of shapers and surfers. Saioa Lorentz & Janire Gonzalez, born and raised in the Basque Country, where the mountains fall into the sea, are part of this change...
Read MoreSurf shape meets art. This collaboration was born with the idea of using a surfboard as a moving medium for visual art. Lucie links up her shaper Oli, "Sel Surfboards", with her longtime friend Marynn, tattooist and renowned visual artist. Marynn froze her credo A M O U R in red hand painted letters and a snake print, under the gold colored glass of the board.
Read MoreEvery summer, tens of thousands of tourists descend upon the Basque Country. They come from near and they come from far. They come to eat the food, drink the wine, spend peaceful days on the beach and late nights out on the town.
Read MoreWith such a deep, authentic dive into Cherif’s community, background & day-to-day reality.
With a dream ahead of becoming a global athlete, Olympics qualifier and role-model for the future generation.
Over the course of history, different groups of human beings have regarded the sea as a wild sanctuary. A place where one world ends and another begins. They have made rituals out of bathing in it, soaking in its nutrients, absorbing its energy, and coming out feeling more alive, more connected, more free.
If only all of those people knew what it feels like to take off on a wave.
To me, one of the best things about surfing is the fact, that it leads you to places where you wouldn’t have been to without it. Incredible wildlife, deserted streets, endless desolate beaches, charming shops you had not entered if you wouldn’t have needed surf wax again. This time the journey led us first to South Africa and later also to Namibia. Two countries, which doubtless offer some of the best waves in the world, but in my view so much more.
Read MoreI live in Tofino BC, on the very edge of the west coast of Canada. I’ve grown up as an islander, always surrounded by the ocean, and fell in love with surfing these past few years. Canada has a small surf scene that is constantly growing and changing.
Read More“No Title Yet” is a photography journal by Fabien Voileau. This edition is a mix of colored and black & white full format photographs, randomly shot with some people like Micky Blanco, Lui Araki or Christian Barker.
Read MoreDuring these uncertain times it’s particularly hard to maintain a healthy mind and connection with others. Many people across the globe have witnessed isolation and mental health challenges with constant waves of anxiety, stress, and grief.
Read MoreThe Single Fin Mingle returns to Sumner, Christchurch this weekend after the event was postponed by covid four months ago. The Mingle is a retro, two-day surfing festival. While the focus of the event is a longboarding surf competition, it also hosts an art exhibition, film festival and live music performances.
Read MoreThe explorer and captain James Cook, was the first ocean dancer on the sequoia board in 1778 in Hawaii. He wrote in his journal he assisted a He'henalu session on the Pacific coast, meaning " become one with the waves '' in Hawaiian. It is therefore a danse on the foam, an ancestral practice in which men and women initiate to the ocean beauty contemplation. A century later, some notorious writers got to know about it, such as Mark Twain and Jack London who made surfing popular, and developed the esthetic dimension of it.
Read MorePrivet! My name is Ivan Florence. I was born in Moscow and raised by the sea. I’ve been writing poems and novels; articles and essays about surfing for 7 years. I have mixed feelings when I write about myself a lot, but still I love the possibility to do this for Salt Water magazine.
Read MoreSurfing has its fair share of clichés. Maybe even more so nowadays with social media “feeds” flooding our lives with less and less reality, feeding our ideas of what we want or wish to do.
Read MoreSince the creation of Salt Water, Simon Fitz has always been supporting us. He was part of the first magazine we published last year, and I hope, will be part of the next one ! We met with him in France to discuss surfing photography, mostly. If you don’t follow Simon on Insta, you are missing the best of what this social network has to offer.
Read MoreMatteo is an Italian surfer and shaper from Riccione, Romagna, a touristic city on the East coast of Italy, located 200km south of Venice. Matteo joined the RVCA team in 2014.
Read More“The first time I shot with Kelly Slater, we met up and scored absolutely firing waves,” says Timo Jarvinen. “Not a bad way to start a friendship.”
Read MoreWho’s your favorite surfer? Kelly Slater? That seems rational. After all, he is the king. Dane Reynolds? Of course. How could you not fall in love with his weirdness and overall surfing prowess? Jordy, Jules, Occy, Steph or Curren? Sure, all incredible surfers vying for your favor. I love all of these stars, but none of the aforementioned names are my favorite because Josh Mulcoy sits atop my podium. That’s right. Josh William Mulcoy.
Read More“The day I decided to not give a fuck to stupid things anymore, I got drunk, sang songs from a rooftop to a nonexistent audience, had the longest conversation with my best friends about life, quit studying and decided I wanted to become a photographer of...I didn’t know yet! ”
Read MoreThis time Patti fired up the ol’ 94 stretch limo and headed west. With Nora Vasconcellos, Laura Enever, Jaleesa Vincent, Shanae Collins, Frankie Harrer and special guests Stephanie Gilmore, Nicole Hause and Jordyn Barratt.
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