Going for a surf in France is a complicated business. The tide, winds, swell and weather change by the hour. The ASP Top 32 arrived in Hossegor from hot and glassy California to chilly, rainy skies and ten-foot storm surf in the southwest of France. When the weather improved a bit and the surf dropped…
The argument could be made that the hotbed of American surfing is San Clemente, Calif. I’m may be biased, my mail gets delivered here, but the relatively quiet town has produced more game-changers and world tour surfers Jim Hogan, Matt Archbold, Christian and Nathan Fletcher, Dino and Kolohe Andino,…
While the Billabong Pro Tahiti continues to play an aquatic game of chess with Teahupoo, lets take this opportunity to get to know young Billabong team rider Jack Freestone. He was the first Australian in 10 years to win the ASP World Junior title back in 2011, and most recently he finished runner-up…
Word at the end of the road in Tahiti is that the Billabong Pro has called another lay day Sunday, but there could be a slight bump in swell through the afternoon, which would set up enough surf for Round 3 Monday. “That’s what we’re looking at right now,” said contest director Luke Egan. So, […]
Well, Hollywood has done it again, and not in a good way. The trailer for “Chasing Mavericks” just dropped and it looks good — if you keep it on mute. Visually, you will see epic cinematography of that iconic Northern California big wave spot, some fine looking women, and Gerard Butler (my wife is…
What kind of Americans are surfers? 2012 4th of July Gallery Surfers and the red, white, and blue. Gallery Hard to say. We’re not really a homogeneous group within this country that you can label one way or another. Many conscious folks go left on every wave and then there are waterborne…
Half the appeal of a surf video is the music. In honor of International Surfing Day last week, Reef released a free download of the new Xavier Rudd track “Follow the Sun,” from the album Spirit Bird. They also got together with California charmer/filmer, Ryan Mosss to create the soulful video for the…
Rockaway Beach has got a fun little wave today — three- to four-foot and mostly clean. The Atlantic is a little warmer than it should be in mid June. When the air warms up a bit this afternoon you can probably trunk it. But realistically, high tide is this evening at 5:45, which means it […]
Troy Elmore is one of those guys who can ride anything. Now granted, these free-spirited, peripheral surf stars don’t pull down the bucks like the tour studs, but you have to imagine their having a good time. Last year, Elmore joined the Brixton team and started trekking about Australia, riding most…
The ingredients for the Tropical Storm Beryl cocktail were first stirred over Cuba early last week — warm subtropical waters, sugar, convection, mint —until she picked up enough steam to become the second named preseason system of 2012. By Wednesday, still fairly tight to the coast of south Florida,…