Jamie O’Brien has punched Ricardo dos Santos during the Air Tahiti Nui Billabong Trials, at Teahupoo. The Brazilian The Hawaiian surfer and the winner of last year’s Air Tahiti Nui Billabong Trials have had a physical dispute when they were surfing their heat at Chopes. O’Brien and Dos Santos were having a paddle battle when […]
Alain Riou and Anthony Walsh have secured two seats in the main event of the 2013 Billabong Pro Tahiti, at Teahupoo. Riou has conquered the Air Tahiti Nui Billabong Trials for the second time, after finishing runner-up last year against Ricardo Dos Santos. “I’m stoked to be in the Billabong Pro again. It’s crazy to […]
Mega Semadhi has clinched the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang 2013, in pumping 6-foot (2 metre) barrels. The 10th edition of the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang was hit by a solid swell, and the the mythical left-hander was pulsing with deep tubes. The highly contested four-man final, saw perennial finalist Semadhi lock in a […]
When you’ve caught all the waves and your surf session ends, there are a few things you should do to take care of yourself and your surf gear. You’re surfed out. Exhausted, yet happy and relaxed. Another surf session successfully completed. It’s time to undress your wetsuit and hit the road. Unfortunately, surfers tend to […]
The 16 international invitees for the upcoming Air Tahiti Nui Billabong Trials have been announced. The winner of the Trials will secure a wildcard seed direct into the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2013, held in the dangerous Teahupoo reef. A second position is open to the highest placed Tahitian surfer, amongst 16 local surfers. Manoa Drollet, 35, […]
Leaders of the surf industry will discuss the future of artificial surf pools at the Surf Park Summit, on the 13th September, 2013, in Costa Mesa, California. How can we accelerate the future of sustainable surf? The question may be answered when researchers, investors, developers, suppliers, surfers and industry representatives get together in the upcoming […]
Kiwi surf legend Allan Byrne has passed away after failing to recover from head injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident, in Bali, Indonesia. Byrne, 62, had slipped into coma and spent five days in very fragile health condition. The surfer-shaper who applied the “channel bottom” to surfboards, was expected to compete in the Rip Curl […]
The swell period is one of the most underestimated surf forecasting variables checked by surfers. The quality of the waves largely depend on the time between sets. The amount of time it takes for two successive wave crests to pass through a determined point is called swell period or wave interval. The swell period is […]
The Australian Boardriders Battle (ABB) will be the biggest grassroots, boardriders event series in Australian surfing history. Surfing Australia has announced the Be the Influence Australian Boardriders Battle, a competition involving more than 100 of Australia’s best boardriding clubs in seven State qualifying rounds. The two-day National Final will gather 16 clubs, on the Australia […]
Allan Byrne, a New Zealand surfing legend, has suffered a motorcycle accident in Indonesia and fights for life in a Bali hospital. Byrne, 62, slipped into a coma and is now on life-support. He was expected to competed in the Masters division, at the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang, when an accident fractured his skull. […]