Curated surf sport & culture
Believe It or Surf!
Strange-but-true surf facts, checked twice, plus the odd legend clearly flagged as one.
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Gidgey’s… Believe It Or Surf. No. 3: The Wave Under the Bridge
Munich has no ocean, but surfers have ridden a standing wave in the middle of the city since the 1970s. It even…
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Gidgey’s… Believe It or Surf! No. 2: The Man Who Could Walk on Water
In 1907 a railroad tycoon hired a young Hawaiian waterman to “walk on water” at Redondo Beach. It’s how surfing caught on…
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Believe It or Surf! No. 1: The Record-Setting Dog, the Four-Hour Wave and Other Strange-but-True Surf Facts
A sheepdog with a world record, one wave ridden for almost four hours, rivers that surf upstream and an 86-foot wall at…