Stormriding Magazine

Stormriding Bali

The island of 1000 temples which the locals believe is blessed by the gods. The gods certainly have blessed the local surfers, because they live in a perfect, tropical surf paradise.

Stormriding The Bahamas and Greater Antilles

The Caribbean divides quite evenly into 3 major groups of islands. The thousands of islets and cays of the Bahamas flank the large, continental islands of the Greater Antilles. The Bahamas are fully exposed to the North Atlantic swells and block much of the action for Cuba, but Hispaniola and particularly Puerto Rico are not only wide open to any pulse, the 2nd deepest trench in the world plummets just offshore. Concentrated swell energy hits the Greater Antilles every winter from North Atlantic depressions and frontal activity, conjuring up the Caribbean’s biggest and gnarliest waves, plus the summer hurricanes might just light up the sleepy south coasts, if you’re lucky.

Stormriding El Salvador

El Salvador hides an insane array of long righthand point breaks making it a natural-footers dream destination. Whilst it’s reputation has been built on the J-Bayesque waves of Punta Roca in La Libertad, El Salvador has more than just one wave, and the whole country is literally bristling with awesome righthand pointbreaks. Considering its small size, El Salvador could easily claim the highest density of quality point breaks in Central America.

Stormriding India

Roll out every cliché ever written about amazing culture, incredible scenery and life changing travel experiences, because India often fits the bill. It also demonstrates all human frailties and exudes a spiritual power that befuddles the modern world, which it is currently rushing headlong to join.

Stormriding Madagascar

Measuring 1600km (1000mi) in length and 650km (406mi) across at its widest, Madagascar is the world’s 4th largest island. A mountainous central ‘spine’ separates the permanently damp east from the drier west and sub-desert south. Omitted as a surfing location due to its reputation for sharks (mainly on the east coast), it has only recently hit the surfing world’s consciousness. With nearly 5000km (3125mi) of coastline, there is huge potential...

Stormriding the Mentawai Islands

If you asked a cross-section of surfers where in the world they would most like to go surfing, the answer would invariably be the Mentawai Islands. This remote, equatorial chain is strung out on the front line of the Indian Ocean swell barrage and possesses an embarrassment of riches when it comes to perfect reef bathymetry and flaccid, wavering winds.

Stormriding Northern Peru

Snaking down the western shoulder of South America, guided and fortified by the soaring Andes, Peru has managed to grab the lion's share of some of the finest Pacific surf real estate on the planet. Curving to face the onslaught of SW Antarctic swell, this arid, 3000km (1865mi) long coastline has been shaped by a generous, goofy-footed god, who created an abundance of over-long, leg-shattering left pointbreaks. While the ancient Incas have gone, the totora reed boats of the local fisherman remain, proving that SUP was popular hundreds and even thousands of years ago and confirming Peru was present at the dawn of man's quest to ride ocean waves.

Stormriding Northern France

Stormriding Chile

Sandwiched between the lofty spine of the Andes and the limitless blue fetch of the South Pacific, Chile is forging a reputation as the ultimate cold-water destination for waves of power and consequence

Stormriding Panama

Stormriding The Gulf of Alaska