https://www.scmp.com/rss/330415/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Close to foam-flecked rocks, where the big waves roar and crash, a posse of China’s elite surfers are in action, performing dizzyingly complex twists, turns and flips on their short boards. Slightly further down the beach, groups of athletic young women catch gentler waves, hollering with delight when they manage to stand up and gently guide their long boards towards the shore. This scene plays out daily at Shimei Bay, on Hainan island, where serious wave riders and neophyte surfers share ocean... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3125636/bikini-brigade-chinese-women-take-surfing-big-way-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3125636/bikini-brigade-chinese-women-take-surfing-big-way-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:15:17 +0000 Hong Kong-born Wilma Komala was already in her 40s when she started surfing – and that was more than 20 years ago. She fell for the sport and its laid-back lifestyle so much that she moved to the city’s beachside village of Big Wave Bay. Today, the grandmother can be found riding the waves most weekdays. Wilma says that while Hong Kong may not have the best waves in the world, it’s enough to keep her happy – and it’s home. https://www.scmp.com/sports/hong-kongs-surfing-grandma/article/3001492?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/hong-kongs-surfing-grandma/article/3001492?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:23:05 +0000 Taiwan, in my opinion, doesn’t get its full due in the marketing department. Travel guides and the occasional visiting journalist tout it as a night market haven, flush with meat skewers, hot pepper buns, and plates of stinky tofu. Food is the main—and most repeated—talking point, used by countless bloggers and Instagrammers who all frequent the same places in Taipei. Others fixate on the Taiwanese obsession with cats. The world’s first cat cafe allegedly spawned in Taipei, and there’s even a... https://www.scmp.com/travel/theres-more-taiwan-just-night-markets-and-cats/article/3000172?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/theres-more-taiwan-just-night-markets-and-cats/article/3000172?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:26:47 +0000