There’s more than meets the eye, when it comes to Skeleton Bay. Sure, it’s inarguably the world’s longest, most perfect, sand-bottomed, barreling lefthand pointbreak in the world. No question. But ...
In the surf world, Skeleton Bay is like a mythical creature. A unicorn, centaur, bigfoot, et cetera. The Namibian freight train is such a perfect wave, that it’s almost unbelievable. Except, unlike ...
Video by Ian Thurtell, Grant Scholtz, Alan Van Gysen, Seb Ilderton and Nick Acker. Edit by Tom Vaughan. Surfing any new spot comes with its own set of nuance: where to sit, where to take off, what’s ...
Video by Ian Thurtell, Grant Scholtz, Alan Van Gysen, Dane Staples and Seb Ilderton. Photography by Grant Scholtz. Edit by Tom Vaughan. “I’ve never seen Namibia like this.” Jordy Maree has just ...
One could make the case that there is more high-quality surfing today than ever before. At least, between the expansion of forecasting, the fine-tuning of surfboard design, the headcount in lineups ...
We’ve seen a lot of Skeleton Bay. We’ve certainly had a long look at J-Bay. But I’m not sure we’ve ever come across an edit that combines them as seamlessly as this one does. When a mid-winter swell ...
It seems more like a mirage than real life -- lions stalking seals along a dazzling white sand strand that wouldn't look out of place in the Caribbean. But the sand dunes towering a hundred meters ...