A Hong Kong surfing coach claimed to be riding waves during Typhoon Wipha on Sunday, while the company he worked for advertised lessons with the tag line “the bigger the wave, the better it gets”.
The decision to go into the water was called “absolutely ridiculous” by local surfers, with water sports banned in bad weather and the sport prohibited at public beaches all year round.
Still, that did not stop Go Surf HK, a business that “provides professional ISA surfing lessons”, offering a 20 per…




