Taylor Knox, Layne Beachley, Tom Carroll, Damien Hardman, Tom Curren and Pedro Henrique will battle for the Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy 2013, at Kuda Huraa. Running for the third successive year, Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy 2013 will pit six world champions in a US$25,000 showdown across three surfboard divisions: single-fin, twin-fin […]
Masatoshi Ohno has conquered Billabong Pro Tahara 2013, at Irago Long Beach, in Tahara, Japan. The fifth ASP Japan event this season was surfed in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre). Tahara is famous for its consistent beach breaks, which often produce hollow waves with the right swell direction. Ohno would take on fellow goofy-footer Kylen […]
Garrett McNamara has been honored by the Portuguese Navy. The surfer who rode the biggest wave in the world ever promises to chase larger salted water challenges. In 2011, the Hawaiian waterman put Nazaré in the world’s most relevant newspapers, TV stations and surf magazines. The serene Portuguese town showed all its wave potential and […]
A riot broke out in Huntington Beach, California, after the US Open of Surfing 2013 final. A fight in the crowd ended up in a large scale riot, with hundreds of people destroying street signs, newspaper racks, portable toilets, city vehicles and local shops. Helmeted police was forced to intervene and fired pepper-spray pellets. Fortunately, there […]
Wales is the 74th nation represented in the International Surfing Association (ISA). Wales is one of the best surfing regions in Europe. It was fully discovered and explored for surfing back in the 1950s. The Welsh Surfing Federation was born in 1973. The country enjoys the benefit of prevailing Atlantic swells from the southwest, for all […]
Diego Mignot and Cannelle Bulard have conquered the Sopela O’Neill Pro Junior 2013, in Sopelana, Basque Country. Mignot went on a tear in the final heat against Leonardo Fioravanti, posting a 9.50 and a 9.00 to claim the highest combined heat total of the event and securing his maiden ASP Pro Junior win. “It’s unreal, […]
Alejo Muniz has conquered the Vans US Open of Surfing 2013 over Kolohe Andino, at Huntington Beach Pier. The Brazilian surfer had struggled to find a big result throughout the first half of his ASP season, but vaults to No. 15 on the rankings compliments of his win in Huntington Beach. “I’m so happy, I […]
Michel Bourez has defeated Kelly Slater in the Round of 24 heat of the US Open of Surfing 2013, Huntington Beach, California. Slater would put in a valiant effort in the dying seconds of the match in an attempt to surpass the Tahitian, but would fall shy of the score required, securing Bourez’s position in […]
Jordy Smith posted high scores in the non-elimination Round of 24, at the Vans US Open of Surfing 2013, in Huntington Beach. The South African surfer belted a 9.17 and 8.20 for progressive surfing on a pierbowl right and wedgy lefthander. Smith’s efforts would see him secure a Round of 16 berth over C.J. Hobgood […]
Surf filmmaker Jack McCoy will be inducted into the Surfing Walk Of Fame, in Huntington Beach, California. Known for his prestigious surf movies, McCoy’s film collection includes “Tubular Swells” (1976), “Bunyip Dreaming” (1990), “The Green Iguana” (1992), “The Sons of Fun” (1993), “The Occumentary” (1998), “Sabotaj” (1998), “Blue Horizon” (2004), “Free as a Dog” (2006) […]