Weekly surf news roundup: Cyclone in Aus. Hawaii goes high school. Maverick's Zoe. More Waco. Surfing in Gaza.
10/04/2026 | 12 mins.
We are so back. And our surf news roundup now arrives on Fridays. Whale encounters, cyclone swell in Australia, Hawaiʻi finally making surfing a high school sport, a 19-year-old charging Maverick's the right way, wave pool suburbs, and why surfing in Gaza is barely surviving.
Hey Zuz, I'm confused: I don't like surfing without a coach
13/03/2026 | 3 mins.
In the final daily episode of The Wipeout Weekly, we tackle a question many surfers secretly wonder about: is it weird if you don't like surfing alone? We talk about the rise of surf coaching, why some surfers thrive with an instructor in the water, and why learning in a group might actually make surfing less intimidating—and more fun. Plus, after 365 consecutive daily episodes, we announce what's coming next.
Surf news roundup: Surfer drifts off Bali. Munich surfers fight back. No Eddie this year.
12/03/2026 | 4 mins.
Surf news this week is pretty varied. A surfer drifts at sea for 20 hours off Bali before a fisherman spots him, Munich surfers try to resurrect their famous Eisbach river wave, The Eddie big-wave contest won't run this season after Waimea fails to deliver 40-foot surf.
The Toronto surfer who took up surfing at 62
11/03/2026 | 4 mins.
Kim is a 66-year-old surfer from Toronto who decided to seriously pursue surfing at 62. In this episode, this is KIm's story about learning later in life, navigating fear in the water, chasing tiny green waves from Lake Ontario to Costa Rica, and why surfing—even once a year—has completely captured her imagination.
The purest form of surfing none of us practices anymore
10/03/2026 | 4 mins.
Before surfboards, there was bodysurfing—riding waves using nothing but your body as the planing surface. In this episode we explore what many Hawaiian watermen consider the purest form of wave riding, one that even Duke Kahanamoku reportedly preferred to board surfing.
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