Surfing in Norway. Why not? The water is a brisk 39 degrees Fahrenheit, the air 5 degrees, cooled by a biting wind-chill factor. It’s not ideal surfing conditions, except in Lofoten, a group of ...

All eyes are on a powerful swell slamming Indonesia at the moment. But on the other, colder side of the world a northerly storm sent a rare-looking, short-sharp hit of summery surf into Norway on ...

Mark Healey lives to discover new things. Hence an unusual pick at the top of his surfing bucket list: Norway. Only in the last few years have photographs of people surfing massive waves leaked out of ...

In Norway you can surf in both the winter and the summer - in spite of record snowfall in recent days. In Norway you can surf in both the winter and the summer - in spite of record snowfall in recent ...

This story appears in the February 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Lofoten Islands are among the world’s most scenic and formidable destinations for winter surfing. Massive Arctic ...

Video by Helio Antonio and Max Emanuelson, edited by Tom Vaughan. What started as a sleeping Western Atlantic last week quickly developed into 50 foot seas, slamming into the coast of Norway. And ...

Australian Surfer Mick Fanning surfed under an incredible backdrop in the Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten. He went with photographers Emil Sollie and Mats Grimsaeth who had been planning for the shot ...

We wrapped up our Arctic road trip by chasing postcard views and getting humbled by the weather - after surfing in the far north, we pushed south to explore a few standout towns, tried to camp by the ...