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 ...

That great story, and many others, are shared in a biography on Whitmore called The Oom by Miles Masterson. After having ...

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 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 ...

Africa is home to some of the most unexplored surfing destinations, promising an adventure away from the crowded beaches ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Influential global surf industry figures will attend the event, helping to promote the country as a world-class destination and tapping into a surf economy valued in the billions.

According to the World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2014, many emerging tourism destinations in Africa have identified surfing as a target market. South Africa has an established reputation with ...

South Arica has one of the most varied and unique coastlines on the planet. In fact, in just the stretch between Cape Town and J-Bay (8ish hours driving), there are more waves than you could surf in a ...

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 ...