Italo Ferreira surfing at Punta Roca, Surf City El Salvador, 2025 - Emma Sharon / WSL The world rankings leader suffered an accident during a training session in El Salvador just hours before competing in the fifth stop of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). The world's surfing elite will once again gather at the waves of Punta Roca in La Libertad for the Surf City El Salvador Pro 2026, scheduled to take place from June 5 to 15. This event represents a crucial

Rocky Point, Haleiwa, Hawaii - Via Surfline Just a few minutes from Pipeline lies Rocky Point, a surf spot that forms part of the famous stretch known as the “Seven Mile Miracle,” a concentration of world-class waves that attracts surfers from every continent each year. Unlike some of Hawaii’s giant breaks, Rocky Point typically offers more accessible wave sizes while remaining just as technically demanding. The wave breaks over a shallow reef and features multiple peaks that

Set at Chicama, 2011 - Tim McCaig / via EOS While destinations like Pipeline and Nazaré are known for their powerful and gigantic waves, Chicama, located in northern Peru near Puerto Malabrigo, has become a surfing icon thanks to its left-hand waves capable of running for kilometers. The story of Chicama gained international attention in 1965, when Hawaiian surfer Chuck Shipman spotted a perfect series of lines breaking along the coast while looking out from an airplane windo

Punta Rocas, Peru - ISA / Pablo Jiménez The event will take place from November 6 to 15, 2026, bringing together the world’s top national surfing teams in a key competition on the road to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The competition, organized by the International Surfing Association (ISA), selected Punta Rocas as the official venue for one of the most important championships on the global surfing calendar, where surfing powerhouses such as Brazil, Australia, the Unite

When we think about surfing, we usually imagine giant waves, maneuvers, and athletes challenging the ocean. But behind many of the most iconic surfboards in history, there is a key figure within surf culture: the shaper. And although shaping is now considered a true art form, there was once a time when surfboards were massive solid wood blocks that could easily weigh more than 40 kilos. The Beginning of Modern Shaping For decades, the first surfboards used in Hawaii were extr