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Plus, a Look at Other Popular Hobbies Down Under</a></li><li><a href="/surf/from-hobby-to-career.htm">Surfing as a Passion: Turning Your Hobby into a Career While Studying</a></li><li><a href="/surf/mental-health-surfing-students.htm">Surf’s Up, Stress Down: The Mental Health Benefits of Surfing for Students</a></li><li><a href="/surf/olympics-2024.htm">How Bookmakers Have Prepared for 2024 Olympic Surfing</a></li><li><a href="/travel/flat-waves-australia.htm">What to do when the surf is flat in Australia</a></li><li><a href="/travel/beginners-surfing-portugal.htm">Beginner's Guide to Surfing in Portugal</a></li><li><a href="/surf/become-an-instructor.htm">How to become a Surf Instructor</a></li><li><a href="/travel/why-surf-new-zealand.htm">Reasons to surf in New Zealand</a></li></ul><p><a class="button redaction centreme add7" href="/learn-to-surf.htm">Lessons »</a> <a class="button redaction centreme" href="https://surfing-waves.com/surfing_waves.htm">Features »</a></p></div></div><div class="column2"><div class="title dropmob indDiv"><h2 style="display: inline-block">Surf Community</h2><span class="icon-chevron-up"></span><span class="icon-chevron-down"></span></div><div class="block indTog"><p>What's happening on the forum. Got questions about surfing, hardware, surf travel or just fancy a chat?</p><ul><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=43826">Rental board / lesson advice</a> (posted by HaoleKook)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43804">Polluted Surfing</a> (posted by BoMan)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=43798">Al Merrick Bobbys Quad</a> (posted by puttchy)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=43738">Egg Midlength vs Peformance Midlength: Tranisiton Advice</a> (posted by Lucky888)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=42674">Crack along the stringer</a> (posted by comradeflats)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=43730">Thinking about next board</a> (posted by HaoleKook)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43651">Disaster</a> (posted by BoMan)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=42678">Lombok - Selong Belanak - February - advices for beginners</a> (posted by Djool)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=42779">Teach Them Young!</a> (posted by billie_morini)</li><li><a href="/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43119">Cold Weather Surfing</a> (posted by billie_morini)</li></ul><p><a class="button redaction centreme" href="/forum/">Forum »</a></p></div></div></div><div class="clear"></div><div class="clearfix"><div class="column1"><div class="title dropmob indDiv"><h2 style="display: inline-block">Surf Map Latest Spots</h2><span class="icon-chevron-up"></span><span class="icon-chevron-down"></span></div><div class="block indTog"><p>Browse the surf map for spots to surf. Add your own spots and add the spots you have surfed to your MyWaves profile page.</p><ul><li><a href="/atlas/europe/england/south_coast/spot/brighton_west_pier.html"><span>Brighton West Pier</span></a> (2☆ Beach break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/asia/philippines/luzon/spot/cobra.html"><span>Cobra</span></a> (4☆ Reef break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/usa/west_coast/california/southern_california/orange_county/spot/goldenwest.html"><span>Goldenwest</span></a> (4☆ Beach break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/usa/west_coast/california/southern_california/orange_county/spot/newland_st.html"><span>Newland St.</span></a> (2☆ Beach break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/usa/west_coast/california/southern_california/orange_county/spot/magnolia_st.html"><span>Magnolia St.</span></a> (2☆ Beach break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/asia/indonesia/bali/spot/coral_baeh.html"><span>Coral baeh</span></a> (2☆ Reef break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/caribbean/cayman_islands/spot/consuelos_beach.html"><span>Consuelos Beach</span></a> (4☆ Reef break)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/usa/west_coast/california/southern_california/orange_county/spot/28th_st.html"><span>28th st</span></a> (2☆ Breakwater / groyne)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/usa/west_coast/california/southern_california/orange_county/spot/40th_st.html"><span>40th St</span></a> (2☆ Breakwater / groyne)</li><li><a href="/atlas/north_america/usa/west_coast/california/southern_california/orange_county/spot/huntington_st.html"><span>Huntington St</span></a> (3☆ Beach break)</li></ul><p><a class="button redaction centreme" href="/atlas.html" >All surf spots »</a></p></div></div><div class="column2"><div class="indTog hidephone"> <div id="mmt-aa2223fc-5583-4d7b-a5c6-421f32391328"></div><script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false">$MMT = window.$MMT || {}; $MMT.cmd = $MMT.cmd || [];$MMT.cmd.push(function(){ $MMT.display.slots.push(["aa2223fc-5583-4d7b-a5c6-421f32391328"]); }) </script> </div></div></div><div><div class="title dropmob indDiv"><h2 style="display: inline-block">Surfing News</h2><span class="icon-chevron-up"></span><span class="icon-chevron-down"></span></div><div class="block indTog"><p>Surf Industry and Contest news worldwide. Keep up with what is happening in world <strong>surfing</strong>. If you have some relevant news, let us know. </p><div class="news"><div class="news-intro-main"><div class="news-title"> <a href="/news/story1787_tudor-big-wave-challenge-2025.htm">Justine Dupont, Clement Roseyro, Nic Von Rupp Win Big at TUDOR Nazaré Big Wave Challenge</a> </div><div class="news-date"> Feb 19, 2025 </div><div class="clear"></div><p><p>Clement Roseyro Wins Best Men’s Performance and Justine Dupont Dominates for Women’s Best Performance Award in the 2025 Tudor Nazaré Big Wave Challenge</p></p></div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="news"><div class="news-intro-main"><div class="news-title"> <a href="/news/story1786_winners-wsl-abu-dhabi-2025.htm">Caity Simmers and Italo Ferreira Triumph at Surf Abu Dhabi Pro</a> </div><div class="news-date"> Feb 16, 2025 </div><div class="clear"></div><p><p>The inaugural Surf Abu Dhabi Pro concluded with thrilling performances, as Caitlin Simmers and Italo Ferreira secured victories at Stop No. 2 of the 2025 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour.</p></p></div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="news"><div class="news-intro-main"><div class="news-title"> <a href="/news/story1785_wright-mamiya-lexus-pipe-pro.htm">Wright and Mamiya win the 2025 Lexus Pipe Pro</a> </div><div class="news-date"> Feb 8, 2025 </div><div class="clear"></div><p><p>The 2025 Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by YETI concluded with impressive victories from Tyler Wright and Barron Mamiya. The event was held at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.</p></p></div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="news"><div class="news-intro-main"><div class="news-title"> <a href="/news/story1784_silva-meydi-victory-2024-wsl-wjc-philippines.htm">Luana Silva and Bronson Meydi Claim Historic Victories at WSL World Junior Championships</a> </div><div class="news-date"> Jan 19, 2025 </div><div class="clear"></div><p><p>Luana Silva (BRA) and Bronson Meydi (INA) made history today, winning the World Surf League (WSL) 2024 World Junior Championships Presented by TPB Philippines. </p></p></div><div class="clear"></div></div><div class="news"><div class="news-intro-main"><div class="news-title"> <a href="/news/story1783_toledo-on-course.htm">On the Crest of a Wave: Toledo On Course to Retain WSL Title</a> </div><div class="news-date"> Aug 18, 2023 </div><div class="clear"></div><p>With just one regular season event remaining ahead of the Finals, Filipe Toledo is very much on course to retain his World SURF League title.</p></div><div class="clear"></div></div><p><a class="button redaction centreme" href="/news/news.htm">more surf news »</a></p></div></div><div class="clearfix"><div class="column1 "><div class="title"><h3>Join and Contribute</h3></div><div class="block indTog "><p>Join our growing community here at Surfing Waves. Help the site grow and contribute today!</p><ul><li>Get a Crew together</li><li>Add Waves to your profile and to the spot map </li><li>Create your own Surf Pic and Video gallery</li><li>Have a blather over on the forum</li><li>Profile includes About You, Your Quiver, Galleries, Surf Spots, Your Crew and Your Location </li></ul><p><a class="button redaction centreme" href="/register/">Register today</a></p></div></div><div class="column2 hidephone"><div class="title"><h3>Working on your behalf</h3></div><div class="block indTog hidephone"><p>Here's a number of sites that you should check out. First up it's <a href="http://www.sas.org.uk">Surfers Against Sewage</a>. Campaigning for clean water should be something you'd be interested in. They are UK based, and the US equivalent is the <a href="http://www.surfrider.org">Surfrider Foundation</a>.</p><p>Also, check out <a href="http://www.savethewaves.org">Save the Waves Coalition</a>, saving the world's endangered waves. 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