Surfing

How Israel’s surf therapy teams are helping evacuated teens heal during war - opinion

As a social worker at HaGal Sheli (My Wave), an organization that supports people coping with post-trauma through surf therapy, the sea is usually the setting for our healing activities.

HaGal Sheli team holding activities for teens and children during Purim, at hotels in Israel that house evacuated families and individuals.
Police on the scene of a kitesurfing incident in Bat Yam.

Fatal kitesurfing accident at Bat Yam’s Tayo Beach: One dead, two injured due to extreme winds

Man on the phone.

The app that left everyone behind: Israelis’ browsing habits in 2025

 Canadian tourist loses both hands in Turks and Caicos shark attack. Illustration.

Surfer dies after shark bite at Sydney beach


Mary Kay Andrews’s ‘The Newcomer’: Escape to Treasure Island

The newcomer of the title is 33-year-old Letty Carnahan, who arrives at the Murmuring Surf on Treasure Island in the middle of the night with no reservations and few clothes.

SURFERS RIDE waves in Treasure Island, Florida last year – the setting for the murder mystery novel

Surfer killed in shark attack on Australia's east coast

The incident would be Australia's first fatal shark attack of the year, while eight people were killed last year.

Dusky Shark swiming in the sea

Jewish surfer Makua Rothman may have ridden largest wave in history -watch

The final estimate of the wave’s height will be announced at the annual XXL surfing awards, which Rothman told a local news channel should occur in May.

Makua Rothman

Four surfers rescued by Marine Police off coast of Herzliya - watch

Disaster was narrowly averted when police noticed another three surfers in the ocean after evacuating the first.

Beach in Herzliya Pituach near the embassy auction

Body of missing 14-year-old Yehuda Bilog found in Ashdod

"I was hoping for a miracle, but unfortunately today he was spotted without any signs of life and after medical examinations we have nothing left but to determine his death."

Rescue forces searching for 14-year-old Yehuda Bilog who went missing at the sea in Ashdod, June 4, 2020.

Israeli windsurfer wins silver at world championship

Spychakov, 20, got to the finish line third, but was able to pass the Dutch Lilian de Geus by two points, and beat her to the silver medal.

ISRAELI WINDSURFER Katy Spychakov improved her chances of qualifying for the RS:X competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a bronze medal yesterday at the Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing competition in Japan.

Israeli wind-surfer Katy Spychakov wins bronze in Enoshima

The Israeli athlete is now in excellent position ahead of the Tokyo 2020 games.

ISRAELI WINDSURFER Katy Spychakov improved her chances of qualifying for the RS:X competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a bronze medal yesterday at the Ready Steady Tokyo – Sailing competition in Japan.

Former professional surfer: The power of waiting

"Doing nothing is more important than just doing."

Waiting for a wave

Surf’s up! Israelis catching the wave to the 2020 Olympic Games

Israel’s boom in surfing has made the sport almost as popular as soccer, and is putting some young competitors on the path to the 2020 Olympic Games.

Former Israeli surfing open division champion Yoni Klein

Riding waves isn’t just for the guys anymore

But most of all, Dauber dreams that women will realize surfing is for them too.

Maya Surf students practice catching a wave