If you’re visiting Hawaii for the first time, deciding what to do with each day can be a bit overwhelming. While it’s always tempting to sit at the beach with a drink in your hands for the duration of your stay, Oahu is a traveler’s paradise that deserves to be thoroughly explored. A stay at Turtle...
As surfers, we think of waves the same way skiers may think of mountains, anglers of rivers, and climbers of rocks. They’re the medium for our sport and artful expression, but they’re also undeniably part of mother nature, a fixture in our natural world that we seek out time and time again. While swell...
Surf shops are the cornerstone of surf culture. The surf shop is where you buy your first board, talk story with older, more experienced surfers, learn about your home break, and find the inspiration to travel. As the birthplace of surfing and the center of the professional surfing world, Hawaii has some of the best...
Spring is finally here. While that means the surf on the North Shore has gone relatively dormant for the season, it also means the beginning of Southern Hemisphere surf travel season and Northern Hemisphere leftovers. If you’re a new surfer, spring and summer on Oahu’s North Shore offers ideal conditions for learning, with small waves,...
At our Oahu surf school, we teach our students to ride their first waves in the gentle waters of Turtle Bay on the North Shore. You may not be able to tell by looking at the waves our students surf, but just down the road breaks one of the most ferocious waves on the planet,...
Surfing, snowboarding, and skiing are all closely tied. They’re highly immersive activities that bring you close to nature and depend entirely on the elements. Surfers and snowboarders have always drawn inspiration from each other and their respective communities, whether it’s modeling airs after snowboard and skateboard maneuvers or powder boards after the classic Bob Simmons...
There’s no denying that surfing is growing. Every day, new surfers are catching their first wave and falling in love with the art of wave riding. Our home on the North Shore of Oahu is a true surfer’s paradise. The wave at our North Shore Surf School on Turtle Bay is gentle, forgiving, and perfect...
The eastern seaboard of the United States isn’t exactly known for stellar waves. While the West Coast and the Hawaiian Islands receive a hefty dose of surf tourism each year, the East Coast goes largely untouched by traveling surfers unless they’re from the region. The continental shelf on the East Coast stretches out hundreds...
Nothing compares to a Hawaii surf trip. If you can’t make it all the way across the Pacific to the birthplace of surfing and the home of our North Shore surf school, a trip to the West Coast will do just fine. California has a special place in surf history. Thanks to Duke Kahanamoku...
California may not be the birthplace of surfing, but the state has played an instrumental role in the development of the sport and helped define surf culture. Famed waves like Malibu, San O, Steamer Lane, and Lower Trestles represent iconic chapters in surf history that helped push surfing to where it is today. For new...
