Surfing

“The sea saved my life. Now we use it to save others”

Inside Israel’s surf-therapy organization

HaGal Sheli session. Waves as opportunities
Israeli surfer Anat Lelior.

Against the current: Anat Lelior’s fight beyond the waves - opinion

HaGal Sheli team holding activities for teens and children during Purim, at hotels in Israel that house evacuated families and individuals.

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

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


Helping at-risk youth ride the wave of uncertainty

“HaGal Sheli” utilizes surfing as a tool for personal development among at-risk youth. Its participants are taught effective coping mechanisms that have helped them cope throughout the pandemic.

SURFERS CARRY their boards before entering the water in Netanya.

Surf's up: US Embassy offers grant to youth-at-risk surf program

HaGal Sheli and the Young Mentors Program implement values ​​that the embassy wants to promote, including shared citizenship, diversity, empowerment and opportunities for all.

Participants in HaGal Sheli's Young Mentors Program.

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