The World Team has taken out the inaugural World Surf League (WSL) Founders’ Cup of Surfing, in Leemore, Northern California. The first-ever, official event at the WSL Surf Ranch, in front of a sellout crowd, was a showcase of incredible surfing and competition as the world’s best female and male surfers battled in teams for […]
Ezekiel Lau claimed the 2017 EDP Billabong Pro Cascais title, after defeating Italo Ferreira in clean three-to-four foot surf at Praia do Guincho, the back-up venue in Cascais. In the final, both surfers got off to a slow start with medium scores, Ferreira leading the first exchange with a couple of forehand gauges on a […]
Mason Ho has claimed the HIC Pro 2016, at Sunset Beach, in Hawaii. The surfer from the North Shore of Oahu won his second HIC Pro title in firing 12-foot waves. Ho defeated Jack Robinson, Makuakai Rothman, and Finn McGill in the final. But the talented Hawaiian was only able to lock in two winning […]
Kelly Slater has conquered the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2016, at Teahupoo. The 11-time world champion defeated John John Florence with a near-perfect two-wave total. The “King” is back in the game. A couple of hours after securing a Perfect 20 heat, Kelly Slater, 44, won the 55th Championship Tour victory of his long career, and […]
Taj Burrow has taken out the Komune Bali Pro 2016, at Keramas, in Indonesia. The Australian might be leaving pro surfing, but he still knows how to impress. The Championship Tour CT) veteran beat Shane Holmes in the final minute, after waiting patiently for the decisive wave. Burrow was almost ready to throw the towel […]
Wade Carmichael has conquered the 2015 Hawaiian Pro, the first jewel of the Triple Crown of Surfing, held in Haleiwa, on the North Shore of Oahu. Carmichael, 23, jumped over 40 spots in the Qualifying Series rankings – he is the 13th – and will likely join the 2016 Championship Tour (CT) if he secures […]
Miguel Pupo won the Oi HD Sao Paulo Open of Surfing, in Maresias, Brazil. The Brazilian surfer has secured a spot in the 2016 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour after claiming the QS 10,000 event in front of his home crowd. The final heat got underway in four-to-six-foot surf. Pupo defeated the Australian sensation […]
Mick Fanning has taken out the 2015 Hurley Pro, at Lower Trestles, California. The Australian surfer defeated Adriano de Souza in a tight final held in three-to-five-foot surf. Fanning’s near-perfect 9.77 wave proved to be decisive. “This has been a great event for me. I came in early, and we had amazing waves. I’ve had […]
Owen Wright conquered the Fiji Pro 2015, at Cloudbreak, with yet another Perfect 20 heat. He’s living the dream. One day after locking in the seventh Perfect 20 heat in the history of pro surfing, Owen Wright repeated the feat in the final against Julian Wilson. “I can’t believe it, to finish with a couple of […]
Sally Fitzgibbons Wins Fiji Women’s ProThursday, 4 June 2015 Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) wins the fifth stop on the 2015 Samsung Galaxy WSL Championship Tour (CT), the Fiji Women’s Pro, in challenging and sizable surf. Fitzgibbons defeated Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) in the Final after a day of big upsets which saw the world’s best female surfers […]