Sports

Learn to Surf – the pop-up Learning to surf is much like learning almost any other skill. You will need the right equipment, some experienced instruction and lots of practice.

It was once the case that the term extreme sports related only to a select few activities. Among those worthy of the accolade included sports such as surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding, motocross, base jumping and a few others. Of course everyone always knew that the ‘extreme’ level varied quite radically even within these sports. No one [...]

What it is, who it attracts and where to go are topics for this part of our how to surf guide. The sport of surfing involves a surfboard (usually a polyurethane foam core with a fiberglass shell), and you on that board paddling into the surf, looking to catch a wave on its way to [...]

We look at riding waves in this installment of our how to surf guide. The first part of learning how to surf is knowing what waves are right for you. With much smaller ones you may get stuck in the water due to a lack of power or be unable to remain standing up. Depending [...]

Nobody can deny that surfing is among the most strenuous of any extreme sports. Spend 20 mins in the water trying to surf and you will soon realise just how fit the surfers are who choose to ride waves each and every day. Just getting out to sea and maintaining the right position to catch [...]

Surfing is a sport that is synonymous with nature. The crashing waves, the fresh sea air and the reliance on mother nature for good surf, all suggest that this is the most wholesome of extreme sports. It has come to the attention of many environmentalists however that all is not what it seems. In actual [...]