Surfers kept battling the difficult onshore winds and choppy waves, in the second day of the Cascais Billabong Pro, held in Carcavelos. Gabriel Medina pulled massive aerials out of his bag of tricks to post two 9+ scores and net the highest heat total of the event so far, a near-perfect 18.94 out of 20. […]
Iarom Madden and Holly Donnelly have taken out the 2013 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Surf Championships, in Newquay, Cornwall. A strong left to right rip meant that half of the test for the guys and girls contesting was to get out the back through the swell to put themselves in position to catch […]
Onshore winds have greeted surfers of the Cascais Billabong Pro, with testing 4-5Ft surf pumping at the main venue of Carcavelos. The Portuguese Prime event is the final stop before the Hawaiian leg and offers crucial ranking points for both WCT surfers seeking to stay in the Top32, and hopeful qualifiers for next year’s elite […]
Privatization is threatening the best surf spots in the Maldives, as the local government plans to deliver several islands to private tourism companies. Thanburudhoo, in the Maldive Islands, has two of the best surf breaks of the Indian Ocean – Sultans and Honkeys. It’s also the heart of surfing in the Maldives, and the only […]
A new economic study has revealed that surfing is worth over £1.8 billion to the UK economy. The first complete study on the value of surfing to the UK economy has been conducted by Surfers Against Sewage and economist Bryan Mills. There are 500,000 surfers in the country of Queen Elizabeth II. Almost 17.5% of […]
The HIC Pro 2013 will open Hawaii’s big wave season, at Sunset Beach, between October 29th and November 10th. The best surfing talents of the Hawaiian Islands will fight with international stars for a place in the 2013 Triple Crown of Surfing. Sunny Garcia, 43, veteran Hawaiian surfer and former ASP world champion, returns to […]
Nat Young has taken out the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour Rookie of the Year title. The blond boy from Santa Cruz is the first Northern California surfer to qualify for the Dream Tour since Adam Replogle, in 1998, and already makes waves with the giants of pro surfing. “It feels awesome. It was a […]
The 2013 ASP World Tour champion will be crowned at the Pipeline Masters, on the North Shore of Oahu. Mick Fanning or Kelly Slater? Is the Australian ready for a third world title, or will the Floridian go for the dozen? The queen of all waves, the third gem of the Triple Crown of Surfing, […]
Kai Otton has defeated Nat Young to conquer the Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2013, at Supertubos, Peniche. The ASP World Tour title will be decided between Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater, at the Pipeline Masters. The first wave of the final was caught by Kai Otton, in the early seconds, showing that the Australian wanted a maiden Dream […]
Mick Fanning keeps chasing the third world surfing title. The Australian has entered Round 4 of the Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2013, at Supertubos, Peniche. Fanning beated West Australian wildcard Jacob Willcox to take his quest for a third world title one heat closer. The thing is he needs to claim the Portuguese crown. “I guess with […]