Surfing

The body of a 42-year-old surfer, whose traces were lost in the sea area of Chrysi Akti (Golden Coast) in Paros on Tuesday, was found by a coast guard boat near the beach on Friday.

According to reports, the 42-year-old had gone out with a friend to surf. However, his friend at some point lost track of him and returned to report him missing.

With the weather turning windy on the morning of Feb. 2, some surfers flocked to the public beach in Turkey's southwestern province of Muğla's Marmaris to indulge in watersports such as kiteboarding.

Cyclonic conditions along Australia's northeast coast generated huge seas washing away beaches at popular tourist spots and destructive winds and rain causing widespread flooding, authorities said on Dec. 14.

Three surfers that had gone missing earlier Thursday have been found and are in good health, Greece's coast guard has announced.

The three made it back to the coast, northeast of Athens, on their own, the coast guard say.

Tourists are increasingly "catching wind" of Gökçeada - Turkey's largest island - as an attractive surfing destination with

Turkey is a heaven for windsurfing as it is surrounded by three different seas, professional surfer Lena Erdil told state-run Anadolu Agency. Click through for the story in photos...

The Flow Film Festival at Warehouse A of the Thessaloniki port complex celebrates nature and outdoor activities with a series of screenings of shorts and medium-length films from around the world for one day only. Films include "Windy Greece" on kitesurfing, "Stinky Movie" on snowboarding and "White Rhino" on surfing.

AFP Scientists have recorded what is believed to be the largest wave ever in the Southern Hemisphere, a 23.8 metre monster the height of an eight-storey building.

A buoy recorded the wave on Tuesday during a ferocious storm in the notoriously wild Southern Ocean near Campbell Island, some 700km south of New Zealand, research body MetOcean Solutions said.

An entire festival dedicated to surfing and beach life is taking place in Piraeus from May 26 to 29 at the former Papastratos plant, featuring art inspired by the festival's key themes, artists who can customize your surfboard, a surf simulator to test your skills, yoga and pilates classes, dance parties, live music shows and much, much more.

Freed from the constraints of the White House, former President Barack Obama is surfing up a storm — on a kiteboard.
Obama tried out the water sport, which is a cross between surfing and paragliding, while on vacation in the Virgin Islands.