Last night I went out for a look around town. First stop was a traveling carnival. The carnies here stand next to the rides with microphones promoting each ride over a background track of techno. Maybe that’s how it is in California, too, it’s been a while since I’ve been to a carnival. I headed down Read the full article…
Today’s news: a new shipment of boards has arrived! We now have a beautiful new stash of soft tops, shortboards and funboards. Earlier today, a curious mother and son from Henan came in to the shop to have a look around. I ended up sending the son home with some recommendations for good rap music. Read the full article…
Hi everyone, I’m Steven, Surfing Hainan’s newest staff member. I came to Sanya three days ago from San Francisco, California. The ocean’s been flat since my arrival on August 26th, so I tried stand up paddle boarding in Dadong Hai. I’ve got to mention that the warm water here in Hainan feels like a huge Read the full article…
When is the best time to come? What are the surf seasons? There are essentially two surf seasons in Hainan - the fall and winter season, which brings Northeast swells, and the summer season, which brings south swells. The fall and winter season, from November until April, offers the best surf, with consistent northeast swells Read the full article…
Congratulations to the winner of our 2010 Photo Contest, Sanya resident of three years, Nitcha. This nine-year-old took the photo ‘Beauty’ from her family’s kayak during a south swell this last summer. She wins a cash prize of 1,000 rmb. During the same surfing session, she also shot the photo ‘Up and Down’ which came Read the full article…
August 6th - 8月 6日 We are passing through pretty flat sea days here in Dadonghai at least until next Tuesday, hopefully by then the south swell will come back. In Surfing Hainan Shop, Friday turned to be one of those boring flat days too… Tobey looked pretty miserable playing plants vs zombies on his Read the full article…
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