Caity Simmer News Today

The recent tube shootout at the Tahiti Pro gave surf fans plenty to chew on for the upcoming Olympics. These are the three most compelling first-round heats.

This Saturday is International Surfing Day, an opportunity for wave-riders and beach-lovers of every stripe to celebrate all that is glorious about the ocean, Jake Howard writes this week. First launched in 2005 as a collaboration between Surfing magazine and Surfrider Foundation, International Surfing Day has been going strong for the past 20 years, and the day has blossomed into stoke-filled holiday around the world.