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Enjoy Handplanes Baby Buddha Diamond Tail Review
Enjoy Handplanes Introduction Enjoy Handplanes is a company created by Ed Lewis and Kipp Denslow. Their mission is to produce quality environmentally friendly products by reusing/recycling...
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Bodysurfing: The Return of a Lost Art
“Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.” – Ambrose Bierce Created through the inspiration of sea mammals riding waves, humans have mirrored these...
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1st Annual Oahu Bodysurfing Championships
Date: Saturday, November 7 – Sunday, November 8 Location: Sandy Beach or Makapu’u Beach (TBA) Price: $20-40 Kaha Nalu Hawaii announces their 1st Annual Bodysurfing Championships on Oahu’s Sandy...
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Victoria Skimboards Wood Handplane Review
Victoria Skimboards Introduction Victoria Skimboards was founded in 1976 by Tex Haines and Peter Prietto. They dominate the skimboard market and are constantly reinventing the design of skimboards to...
View ArticleA Brilliant Bodysurfing Manifesto
We bodysurf because of the adventure, because of the fellowship. The next best thing to being in the barrel is seeing your buddy in one. Everybody has a story to tell and the people at Swell Lines do...
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Who doesn’t like free stuff? Fill out this form and we will send you some free stickers! Click here: FREE STICKERS FORM The post Free Stickers appeared first on The Whomp.
View ArticleReal Bodysurfers
When I tell people that I bodysurf, most immediately identify “bodysurfing” with a middle-aged, overweight father who launches himself in front of a wave while joyfully laughing with his...
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What Are Handplanes?
Bodysurfing just like any other sport, has its tools that are necessary to experience the sport to its fullest. First are the swim fins that propel any bodysurfer, and are widely known due to their...
View ArticleHow Fun is Bodysurfing?
Bodysurfing is just great. Even if you’re not Mark Cunningham or Mike Stewart, flinging yourself around in heaving shorepound is nothing but a good time. Of course, shit can get very real if you decide...
View ArticlePortreath – The Vortex
Bodysurfing in winter in Cornwall (UK) is, in a word, cold! Despite the 5mm boots, 6,5 wetsuits, thermal rash vests, gloves and a hood, you still can’t escape the brain freeze, face freeze, hand...
View Article12 Ways to Become a Successful Bodysurfer
Bodysurfing is on its way to becoming a well known sport and if you are looking to be the bees knees in this society comprised of cats pajamas, make sure to follow these 12 ways to become a successful...
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We have launched an Indiegogo campaign to help push The Whomp forward! CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT OUR INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN! The post Contribute To Our Indiegogo Campaign appeared first on The Whomp.
View ArticleTolcarne Wedge and the Cosmic Dolphin
It will soon become evident that a common theme running through these articles is that most Cornish waves are best for bodysurfers at high tide. The Tolcarne Wedge is no exception. One of 4 town...
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Shalo Water Supply Co. Acrylic Handplane Review
Shalo Water Supply Co. Introduction Shalo Water Supply Co. is a company owned and developed by Ian Irish. They are a fairly new handplane shaping company based out of Southern California. Their mission...
View ArticleWatergate Has It All
Now, this will probably be my most biased account yet, as Watergate Bay is my all-time favourite beach! In my opinion it has everything and is an amazing wave for surfing and bodysurfing. Watergate is...
View ArticleAggie – the easy option!
St Agnes, or Aggie, is the easy option. At Surfers Against Sewage our office is perched high on the cliffs above this wave with a quick coastal path that runs right down to the beach. It takes about 5...
View ArticleTo Plane, or Not To Plane…
Bodysurfers of all types may opt to use or not to use a handplane. To some it is an absolute must, to others it is a nuisance, and others are on the fence. For those of you on the fence, The Whomp...
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Wedge Session – June 16, 2016
June 16, 2016 was one of those magical summer days. After weeks of June gloom we awoke to sunny skies and a healthy south swell on tap. Confirming through Surfline that the Wedge was firing, I grabbed...
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The Doctor Told Me Not to Surf so I Went Bodysurfing, Part 1
“I suggest you quit surfing.” Not the words a surfer that’s spent the previous 25 years in the water wants to hear from his doctor. So what to do now? The x-rays didn’t look good and the persistent...
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The Doctor Told Me Not to Surf so I Went Bodysurfing, Part 2
Lugnut enjoying the view Ok back to my story. My buddy Lugnut says “so you wanna bodysurf? Let’s go bodysurf.” He gets me to swim out on a not so small Winter day. The good news is that he didn’t make...
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