In the surf world, Skeleton Bay is like a mythical creature. A unicorn, centaur, bigfoot, et cetera. The Namibian freight train is such a perfect wave, that it’s almost unbelievable. Except, unlike ...

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 ...

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 ...

Koa Smith lives 12,000 miles from Namibia, but he's basically synonymous with the place. In 2018 he rode a mile long wave, getting barreled 8-times in two minutes. It was such a spectacular ride, that ...

We always knew of great waves in Namibia, with spots like Guns, Cape Cross, Thicklip and Lockjoint always on the radar, back in the day. They’re good waves but had little appeal to me at the time. I ...