News / Surfing

People often ask us, “What’s the best time of year to come to Cape Hatteras?” Well, to accurately answer that question, it really depends on what you’re looking for. Here’s a general overview of our year, with a month-by-month break...

Lately at REAL we’ve been noticing some growing leash strings….. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to properly attach your surfboard leash and why the proper way will make your board last longer. The Wrong Way: The photo above shows...

Add more FUN to your summer with REAL Watersports on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Home of the best gear and instruction in the world, the REAL Team are professionals at having fun and are waiting to deliver epic kiteboarding sessions,...

Josh Mulcoy is chasing down frozen perfection once again, this time in Iceland with friends Dane Anderson, Aaron Bierman, and Ian Battrick. While slipping into the thickest rubber and diving in for an ice cold session may not be everyone’s...

“The Dingo is a tireless hunter, known to cross huge expanses of open terrain in search of its prey…” Are you a tireless wave hunter? Will you go the distance to track down good waves no matter what, scrapping your...

If you pay attention to surf media, you’ve undoubtedly seen the new Carbon Wrap surfboard construction being championed by bros and pros everywhere: in instagram feeds, web clips, …Lost’s website and more. There’s lots of information and buzzwords floating around...

Unless you’ve been off the grid lately, you’ve no doubt seen surfing’s favorite son JJF tackling some breathtakingly huge Waimea during the Quiksilver Eddie. John John caught the best waves of the day riding his Pyzel Crazy Train gun, took...

Trip Forman / Rawson 9’10 Gun / January 12 / Puerto Rico / 📷 John Cosby “With the offshore buoys reading 17 feet at 16 seconds, we knew this was going to be a big swell and a unique angle...

The Futures Ride Number scale has made choosing fins as easy as two simple questions: 1)What size fin are you (weight)? 2)What kind of feelings do you want to add to your surfing? The experts at Futures Fins have created...