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Surf Punta Roca: El Salvador's World-Class Right-Hand Point
Punta Roca is the J-Bay of Central America — a cobblestone freight train that delivers 300-meter rights on a good swell. Everything you need to surf El Salvador's crown jewel: wave conditions, best season, travel logistics, and local tips.
WSL El Salvador Pro 2026: Ferreira Leads into Punta Roca Showdown
Italo Ferreira carries the WSL Championship Tour yellow leader jersey into Punta Roca as the Surf City El Salvador Pro opens with clean 4–6 foot rights peeling the full length of the cobblestone point.
Hossegor: Europe's Most Consequential Beach Break
The beach breaks at La Gravière shaped professional surfing for three decades. What remains after the WSL contest moved on is one of the Atlantic coast's most powerful stretches of surf — accessible, practical, and honest about the skill level it requires.
Shipwreck Bay and the Far North: The Northland Surf Extension After Raglan
Four and a half hours north of Raglan, Shipwreck Bay at Ahipara wraps southwest groundswells into a left-hand point that delivers three-minute rides when it fires. The practical guide to extending your WSL trip into New Zealand's Far North.
Manu Bay's Morning: Finals Day at the Inaugural Raglan CT Event
The first Championship Tour title at Raglan is decided today — Carissa Moore faces Sawyer Lindblad in the women's final, while Yago Dora, Italo Ferreira, Griffin Colapinto, and Morgan Cibilic contest the men's semis at 7:35 AM NZST on the last day of the event window.
Manu Bay, Raglan: The Left That the Championship Tour Just Discovered
Manu Bay came to international attention in 1966. The World Surf League Championship Tour took until 2026 to schedule an event there. A practical guide to surfing the left-hand point break at the centre of this month's CT action — and the rest of what Raglan offers.
Colapinto Ends Toledo's Charge; Four World Champions Exit Raglan as Finals Approach
Griffin Colapinto ended Filipe Toledo's run at Manu Bay with a 17.10 quarterfinal total, and the women's draw produced an all-American semifinal line-up as Carissa Moore, Bettylou Sakura Johnson, Sawyer Lindblad and Alyssa Spencer advanced past four world champions.
Coromandel Peninsula: New Zealand's Standby-Day Surf Detour
When Raglan goes flat, the Coromandel Peninsula offers Pacific-coast surf, walking tracks, and a different North Island geography — three hours east of Manu Bay and worth the drive.
Standby Tour Day: Raglan Waits as the Pacific Goes Flat
Day eight of the Corona Cero New Zealand Pro at Raglan saw no surf and no competition — but the standby tour day has its own rhythm, and it's a story worth telling.
WSL Raglan Update: Robinson Returns, Ferreira Flies, and Manu Bay Delivers
Three days into the first-ever CT at Raglan and Manu Bay is delivering. Jack Robinson is back to winning form. Italo Ferreira posted a 7.83 in his debut. The lefts keep pumping.
WSL Raglan Day 1: Medina Dominant as CT Makes History at Manu Bay
The WSL Championship Tour made its first-ever stop at Raglan and Gabriel Medina served notice immediately — posting a 15.20 heat total in the iconic Manu Bay lefts.
Race the Route: Surf Raglan Yourself — A Guide to New Zealand's Legendary Left
The WSL Championship Tour lands at Raglan this week. Here's everything you need to surf it yourself — from Manu Bay's endless left to Ngarunui Beach for beginners, plus swell windows, tides, and local knowledge.
WSL 2026: Gilmore's 34th Win, Medina Leads, and the Tour Heads to Raglan
Stephanie Gilmore claimed her 34th Championship Tour win at Snapper Rocks. Gabriel Medina and Luana Silva lead the rankings. Next stop: the left-hand barrels of Raglan, New Zealand.
Ericeira, Portugal: Europe's Only World Surfing Reserve
Ericeira holds Europe's only World Surfing Reserve designation, with consistent waves, a thriving surf culture, and Lisbon just 40 minutes down the coast.
Where the Sea Gives You Back to Yourself: Athletes in Palawan and the Visayas
There is a moment, somewhere between the limestone towers of El Nido and the open channel beyond, when the water goes from turquoise to a blue so deep it seems to hum.
Java in the Dry Season: Where the Island Tests You
Java disorients you. Not in the way of jetlag or language — in the way of scale. You are looking up at a chain of active volcanoes that runs its entire spine like vertebrae.
Where the Jungle Breathes: Sumatra in the Athletic Season
Sumatra is not a destination that eases you in. It pulls you under immediately, completely, the way equatorial places do when they have been left mostly to themselves.
Mentawai Islands: Barrel Hunting in Indonesia's Remote Wave Paradise
The Mentawai Islands offer some of the most perfect waves on Earth — accessible only by boat charter, these remote Indonesian breaks deliver world-class barrels in tropical isolation.
Once You Commit, There Is No Way Back
The Aonach Eagach is the narrowest and most exposed ridge scramble on the British mainland. It is ten kilometres long. Once you reach the point of no return — and there is a point of no return — the only option is forward. This is what that means. By ZealZag Editor
Krabi and Railay: Limestone Climbing Above the Andaman Sea
Krabi's limestone karsts rise straight from turquoise water, offering world-class sport climbing, deep water soloing, and beach bouldering in tropical Thailand.
Northern California: Where the Wilderness Goes All the Way Down
The redwoods do not care that you are fit. They were here two thousand years before you started training. Walking beneath coast redwoods for the first time produces a specific kind of humility that no mountain range can quite replicate.
Lake Garda, Italy — Europe's Multi-Sport Adventure Hub
Climbing in Arco, windsurfing at Torbole, mountain biking above the lake — Lake Garda is where Europe's adventure sports converge in one stunning Alpine setting.
The Basque Country — Atlantic Surf from Mundaka to Biarritz
Straddling the border of Spain and France, the Basque Country offers world-class Atlantic surf, deep local culture, and the best post-session food on the planet.
Sri Lanka — Surf Season on the East Coast
As April arrives, Sri Lanka's east coast wakes up. Arugam Bay's legendary point break starts pumping, and the whole coastline becomes a warm-water surf playground.