There’s more than meets the eye, when it comes to Skeleton Bay. Sure, it’s inarguably the world’s longest, most perfect, sand-bottomed, barreling lefthand pointbreak in the world. No question. But ...

As you probably already know, Kelly Slater is in Namibia. It’s his first-time surfing the famed, mythical, sand-bottomed lefthander at Skeleton Bay, as we saw from the first clip that trickled in just ...

Video by Ian Thurtell, Grant Scholtz, Alan Van Gysen, Seb Ilderton and Nick Acker. Edit by Tom Vaughan. Surfing any new spot comes with its own set of nuance: where to sit, where to take off, what’s ...

There has to be access to swell, the beach has to face the right direction to receive said swell, the bottom has to be contoured appropriately, the wind has to be the right direction, et cetera. The ...

Video by Ian Thurtell, Grant Scholtz, Alan Van Gysen, Dane Staples and Seb Ilderton. Photography by Grant Scholtz. Edit by Tom Vaughan. “I’ve never seen Namibia like this.” Jordy Maree has just ...

We’ve seen a lot of Skeleton Bay. We’ve certainly had a long look at J-Bay. But I’m not sure we’ve ever come across an edit that combines them as seamlessly as this one does. When a mid-winter swell ...

It seems more like a mirage than real life -- lions stalking seals along a dazzling white sand strand that wouldn't look out of place in the Caribbean. But the sand dunes towering a hundred meters ...