The surf world has descended upon Skeleton Bay. After four years of silence, the mythical sand-bottomed lefthander in Namibia has stirred to life, kicking off the inaugural Skeleton Bay Shootout ...

Namibia offers an unparalleled playground of excitement for adrenaline junkies and adventure enthusiasts alike. From the towering dunes of the Namib Desert to the rugged coastline of the Skeleton ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stokelore is a monthly series, which features some of the best writers in the sport celebrating and analyzing various aspects of surf culture, history and travel. Dave Parmenter’s piece below, which ...

You can take off from behind the rock at Snapper, and if you pick the right one, and the sand is good, and everything lines up, you can ride it from there all the way through the Little Marley section ...

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 ...

If anywhere in our over-explored world can still be called a wilderness, it’s the Skeleton Coast in northwest Namibia. The gates that mark the end of the public road at its southern boundary don’t ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Many locals say the only way to truly discover the Skeleton Coast is by undertaking a mobile tented safari and driving the shoreline from Swakopmund to Torra Bay or Terrace Bay and then onwards to the ...

But the sand dunes towering a hundred meters (300 feet) behind the shore and the fact there’s nothing man-made — other than shipwrecks — for a hundred miles in every direction indicate that there’s ...