“Surf Champ” was one of the first arcade surfing games ever. The pinball machine was built by D. Gottlieb & Co., in 1976. In professional surfing, 1976 was the year of Peter Townend. The Australian secured the only world title of his career, in the newly-created International Professional Surfers (IPS) circuit. In the entertainment world, […]
Both the Men’s and Women’s 2012 ASP World Junior Champions will be crowned in Bali, Indonesia for the first time at the upcoming Oakley ASP World Junior Championships from October 6–17, 2012.
Phillip Island’s Nikki Van Dijk has won the Nike US Open of Surfing Pro Junior at Huntington Beach.
John John Florence (HAW), 19, has won his maiden ASP World Championship Tour event, taking out the Billabong Rio Pro over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, in barrelling three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at Barra da Tijuca.
TARANAKI, New Zealand (Saturday, April 14, 2012) – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has won the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival’s blue ribbon event, the Dow AgroSciences Pro in clean three foot (1.5 metre) surf over Carissa Moore (HAW), 19, at Taranaki, New Zealand today.
As we recently said in our Bells Beach preview, Taj Burrow is probably the most consistent surfer of the last decade besides Kelly Slater. Unfortunately for Burrow, his career happened to coincide with the age of Slater and Andy Irons. Otherwise, he would have won a world title by now. His rookie year,…
RANGIROA, French Polynesia (Saturday, March 31, 2012) – The opening day of the ASP Australasia 5-Star rated Rangiroa Pro Junior began with excellent 3 foot (1.5 meter) waves reeling down the reef.
Ezekiel Lau is a warrior: Literally. The 18-year-old, who is affectionately called “Zeke,” is a senior at Kamehameha Schools and its mascot is the Warriors. In addition, his middle name — bestowed by his great-grandfather — is “Kekoamaikalanimai,” which translates to “warrior from the heavens.” He…