Jordy Smith scored a Perfect 10-point wave in the opening rides of the 2014 J-Bay Open, at Jeffreys Bay, in South Africa. Smith was the standout performer of the day with the highest two-wave heat total of the 2014 season. The classic five-to-seven foot (1.5 – 2.1 metres) swell lines hit Supertubes with God’s hand. […]
Surf filmmaker and photographer Sonny Miller has passed away at 53, after suffering a heart attack. Miller, also known as “Cap’n Fun” will forever be remembered as the cameraman behind “Riding Giants,” “The Search,” “Blue Crush,” “Lords of Dogtown,” “In God’s Hands” and “Searching for Tom Curren.” He was born in San Jose, California, in […]
Coco Ho appears naked on ESPN The Magazine’s 2014 Body Issue. The 23-year-old wave rider born in Honolulu, Hawaii, joins Kelly Slater, Stephanie Gilmore, and Maya Gabeira, in the list of surfers who dropped their clothes for ESPN’s Body Issue. “I think I always admired the athletes for stripping down and portraying strong bodies as […]
A Kiwi surfboard shaper has designed the world’s most expensive surfboard. Forget the “Baywatch” surfboard, auctioned at eBay. Roy Stuart says he used advanced hydrodynamics to produce a very unusual surfboard. The Rampant 10’6” apparently allows surfers to reach speeds of 35 miles per hour. For “only” 1.3 million dollars, you’ll get an extravagant wooden plank that […]
Westwood will be the third artificial surf pool installed in the United Kingdom. A surf park with its own beach in a man-made lagoon will be built near Junction 27 of the M5, in Mid Devon, in the Southwest of England. The surf park is one of the seven leisure attractions that will be connected […]
The world’s best surfers will ride J-Bay Open 2014 between 10th-20th July, at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. The best right-hand point break of the African continent will see the Top 34 surfers plus two wildcards battling for points, prize money and honor. Jeffreys Bay is back for good. After a two-year hiatus from elite competition, the […]
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Timmy Reyes has won the Mr Price Pro Ballito 2014, in six-to-eight foot (1.5- 2 meter) surf, in South Africa. The Californian surfer, 32, proved it is never too late to make a glorious comeback, after several injuries almost put an end to his surfing career. Tim Reyes defeated Matt Wilkinson in the final heat […]
Josh Moniz and Caroline Marks have taken out the 2014 NSSA National Championships, in three-to-five foot surf, at Huntington Beach, California. The 18-year old surfer from Honolulu will never forget the day he joined Kolohe Andino, Greg Long, Kelly Slater and Andy Irons in the winner’s list of the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA). The […]