Competitive surfing can be divided into five different eras. From crowning the first world champion in 1964 until now, there have been several tours, spanning from 1964 to present day. The history of surfing is also made of champions. Athletes who, in a judge-based action sport, surfed better than their opponents in the decisive heat. […]
Mick Fanning conquered his fourth Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach title, after defeating Adriano de Souza in the 2015 final. The Australian and Brazilian surfers finished their tenth match-up with the same heat total – 15.27 points each – but it was Fanning who celebrated because in a tiebreak situation the highest single-wave score (8.17) […]
Newcastle has broken the Guinness World Record for the most surfboards laid end to end on a beach. A total of 608 surfboards were lined up along Nobbys Beach, Australia, during the 30th anniversary edition of the Surfest. The previous Guinness World Record stood at 398 surfboards, i.e., 783.5 meters of lined up boards, and […]
Matt Banting and Bailey Nagy have conquered the Vans US Open Pro Junior 2014, at Huntington Beach Pier, California. Banting was able to pull an excellent last-second 9-point wave to jump from last to first, and defeat finalists Cam Richards, Joshua Moniz, and Miguel Tudela. “I’m over the moon. I couldn’t really buy a wave […]