The Wipeout Weekly - Surf Podcast

You thought the surf forecasting app was enough. It ain't. In this episode, we chat with Tobias Work, creator of Swellify, about why surf forecasting is so hard, and why even the best surf apps can only get you so far. We talk Surfline vs. "Surf Lies," swell height vs. surf height, cams, crowds, local knowledge, and why experienced surfers read forecasts completely differently from beginners.​

In this week's surf news roundup: 🌊  Surfer nearly loses leg after river surfing wipeout What initially seemed like a minor fall at Boise Whitewater Park turned into a rare medical emergency requiring emergency surgery and a long recovery. 😮‍💨  Eight-time English surfing champion opens up about burnout Lucy Campbell says years of nonstop competition, travel and pressure eventually left her bedr...

Fights. Chases. Wins. 🦭 Surfer chased out of water by sea lion in New Zealand 🥊 Lineup tensions go full fight club at Steamer Lane 🏄‍♀️ Hawaiʻi crowns first-ever high school surfing state champions 💛 Adaptive surfing championships underway in Waikiki 👑 Steph Gilmore wins gold coast pro 🐶 Dog surfing tour draws crowds in Pismo Beach 🏄‍♂️ Longest-running longboard contest returns to Santa Cru...

It's super sharky this week. 🦈  Shark chase, not a sighting A foil surfer off Santa Barbara was chased by a shark that matched his speed and turns for minutes, turning a casual session into a full-on ocean sprint. 🦈  Sharks now attend competitions A shark sighting paused the Vans Jack's Surfboards Pro in Huntington Beach for 24 hours, proving even surf contests answer to the ocean. No wait, it's...

In this week's surf news roundup: 🌊 Surfing almost got handed to the ski people 🏄‍♂️ A surfer finds his way back after paralysis 🧠 Surfing as therapy…again (but this time with a stroke) 🍺 Lifeguards, alcohol, and very questionable decisions 🏖️ Newquay gets a surf statue (and people have thoughts)

In this week's surf news round up: 🐦  A surfer got attacked by pelicans (kind of) A surfer in Huntington Beach was reportedly attacked by a group of pelicans in the lineup. 🗿  Santa Cruz is arguing over a surfer statue In Santa Cruz, a proposed bronze statue of a female surfer has gotten a little out of hand. 🎟️  Olympic surfing tickets sold out immediately Because of course they did. 🌊  Wave p...

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.

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'...

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.

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.

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.

In this episode we tackle one of the most confusing things in surfing forecasts: the difference between swell height and surf height. These two numbers get mixed up all the time—even though they're measured in completely different places. We explain what swell height actually represents out in the open ocean, how waves transform as they approach the coastline, and why the number you see in your su...

This week's Sunday Surf Poem is "In the Surf" by Australian poet, Agnes L. Storrie. Agness was a bit obsessed with the Wattle Day.

Why do surfers get brain freeze in cold water? In this episode, we talk about the infamous "ice cream headache" that can hit during winter surf sessions. Why it happens, why it feels like your forehead is splitting open, and why cold-water surfers keep paddling out anyway.

Bad things can happen in the ocean—but what if you don't know what's causing them? In this episode of Hey Zuz, I'm Confused , we tackle a surfer's mysterious rash and the surprisingly common culprits behind painful spots after a session—from board friction and wetsuit seams to skin conditions and plain old stress.

In Honolulu, a man recovering from gambling addiction is offering free surf lessons to strangers at Waikīkī through his First Wave Project. In California, surfer Scott Muir is walking again just five months after a devastating Oceanside accident that left him paralyzed, crediting the teens who rescued him with saving his life. And in Peru, a 3,500-year-old tradition of riding waves on reed boats c...

Cory returned to surfing at 47 after decades away from the ocean. What started as a quiet wish on the beach at Linda Mar became something much bigger. In this episode, she shares how learning to surf again—through fear, cold water, long drives, and setbacks—pulled her out of a dark place and gave her a reason to keep going.

Surfers accumulate UV like it's a loyalty program. We romanticize being "salted" and "weathered," but melanoma doesn't care about aesthetics. In this episode, we talk about the uncomfortable truth about sun exposure in surfing—and why smearing sunscreen actually matters.

The first time I heard about "Velzy's Pig," I imagined a Malibu surfer walking a little fat pig on a leash. Turns out the pig that made Malibu famous wasn't an animal—it was a surfboard. In the late 1950s, legendary shaper Dale Velzy created the Pig, one of the most influential longboard designs ever made. Funny-looking but revolutionary, it changed how surfers rode waves—and helped cement Malibu'...

This week's Sunday Surf Poem is a slightly unhinged poem about obsession, ego, and waiting your whole life for "the perfect wave." We're reading  The Perfect Wave by Shel Silverstein —a wild little tale of Dave McGunn

Let's talk about our love-hate relationship with the world's biggest forecasting app—from paywalls and AI-driven LOTUS models to overcalls, undercalls, and the illusion of precision. Has automation made it worse? Why did Magicseaweed disappear? And what are surfers using instead?

This week on Hey Zuz, I'm Confused , we're diving into a question every beginner surfer has Googled at least once and maybe been too shy to ask out loud: can you surf on your period? Sharks. Wetsuits. Logistics. Rental gear. Mild panic. We cover it all.

In today's episode, we break down the latest headlines—from TikTok wave riders to Olympic controversy, real-world rescues, and cold-water adventure filmmaking in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

Suzanne didn't plan to learn to surf. She stumbled into it at 39 while on holiday in Morocco—and something shifted immediately. In this episode, she shares how that first lesson turned into a life change that led her across continents, through green waves in Sri Lanka, and eventually to building The Sevana—a women-only surf retreat designed specifically for adult learners.

Why do kids stick with surfing despite it being the most frustrating sport known to humankind? Lou Harris of the Black Surfing Association has some ideas—and we can learn a thing or two from them. In today's episode, we chat with Mr. Lou—the Rockaway local (and low-key celebrity) who has been teaching New York kids to surf for over a decade.