Lucas Chianca has taken out the 2022 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge at Praia do Norte, Portugal. The infamous big wave beach break provided 40-to-50-foot walls of water as thousands of spectators… Visit SurferToday.com for the complete article.
Two world surfing champions have been eliminated from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic surfing program. John John Florence and Stephanie Gilmore are out of the medal race after being defeated by Kolohe Andino and Bianca Buitendag, respectively. They were not the only top seeds falling before the finals – Johanne Defay and Tatiana Weston-Webb were also […]
Kanoa Igarashi and Stephanie Gilmore have taken out the 2019 Corona Bali Protected at Keramas, in Bali, Indonesia. The finals concluded in highly contestable and clean six-to-eight-foot waves. Igarashi made history by claiming the first Championship Tour (CT) title of his career and the first elite surfing trophy for Japan.
Grant Baker is the grand winner of the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Awards. The awards ceremony that celebrates the best big wave surfing performances of the year, as well as the images and video that documented them, took place in Redondo Beach, California. The South African veteran ended up winning both “Ride […]
Yago Dora won the Red Bull Airborne France, a World Surf League (WSL) specialty event, in four foot waves at Plage des Culs Nus, in Hossegor, France. The inaugural Red Bull Airborne hosted an 18-man field consisting of a cross-section of the world’s best surfers from the elite Championship Tour and a global field of […]
It’s that time of the year when pro surfers pick a calculator and start dreaming of entering or continuing in World Surf League’s Championship Tour (CT). The Dream Tour is a restricted club, with only room for 34 prolific wave riders. It’s difficult to say what’s harder – getting in the elite or remaining a CT […]
The 2015 Vans US Open of Surfing is officially on. There were big scores and a few upsets in the first day of competition, held in three-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at Huntington Beach. Patrick Gudauskas scored the day’s highest heat total of 16.36 and won his heat. He managed to outcome a dangerous Championship […]
Australian Owen Wright Attains Perfection with Fiji Pro VictoryTuesday, 16 June 2015 TAVARUA, Fiji (Tuesday, June 16, 2015) – Owen Wright (AUS) has won the Fiji Pro in historic fashion today, claiming his second Perfect 20 of the event in the Final bout against compatriot Julian Wilson (AUS) held in pumping eight-to-ten foot (2.5 – […]
Bells Beach Reignites For World’s Best at Rip Curl ProSunday, 5 April 2015 BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Sunday, April 5, 2015) – Easter Sunday at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the second stop on the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), saw huge crowds and big scores as the world’s best surfers […]
The 2014 Vans US Open of Surfing has entered Round 2, at Huntington Beach Pier, California. South African surfer Beyrick De Vries managed to secure an important place in Round 3, after winning his heat against Mitch Crews, Nathan Yeomans and Miguel Pupo. “When I was out there, it was mellow because I got my […]