The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) has announced the acquisition of the global Big Wave World Tour (BWWT), with arrangements for support in 2013 and formal sanctioning commencing in 2014. Currently servicing six international big wave events in Pichilemu, Punta Hermosa, Lincoln City, Half Moon Bay, Baja California and Punta Galea, the Big Wave World […]
The United States will have an active or extremely active hurricane season in 2013, according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. The 2013 US hurricane season begins on the 1st June and NOAA’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook tells us that there is a 70% likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms with winds of 39 mph […]
Tiago Pires, the only Portuguese surfer on the ASP World Championship Tour, is out of the Volcom Fiji Pro 2013, due to injury. In April, Pires suffered a dry-docking injury to his knee which got him out of the Billabong Rio Pro 2013. Doctors predicted four-to-six weeks with these type of injuries, but the Portuguese […]
Surfing Swami, the founder of India Surf Club and the pioneer of surfing in India, is celebrating 50 years of wave riding. Swami began surfing back in 1963. He is the inspiration for all Indian surfers. The man who developed surfing in India has completed 50 years riding waves. Jack Hebner, also known as Surfing […]
Zoltan “The Magician” Torkos has been training hard. His surfing mission has reached new heights. But, has the surf trickster completed the long-awaited “Above and Off the Lip” kickflip maneuver? He who tries shall succeed. Zoltan Torkos, the surf wizard with Hungarian roots who lives in Santa Cruz, has been training impossible, odd and hard tricks for […]
Kelly Slater has dressed his kimono and returned to the tatami. The 11-time world surfing champion has challenged Flavio Canto, a Brazilian judoka champion, for a jiu-jitsu combat. It’s an old passion. Kelly Slater has a special connection with martial arts, since he was a just another little Floridian kid. “When I was eight or […]
Jamie O’Brien has bought a limousine and kicked off “Who Is JOB 3”, another collection of crazy webisodes featuring Oahu’s king of surfing life madness, his pal Poopies and many other friends. When you’re riding with Jamie O’Brien, you’re never bored. He has always something unusual in his mind, and he wants to do it […]
Mitchel Coleborn secured the his first career ASP victory by defeating Marc Lacomare, at the 2013 Quiksilver Saquarema Prime, in Itauna Beach, Rio de Janeiro. The Australian surfer defeated Marc Lacomare in the 3-5 foot range (1-1.5 meters) waves of the Brazilian surf spot. Coleborn jumped in the ASP World Ranking to the 14th place. Mitchel […]
The Windansea Surf Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The legendary Californian surfing institution is in the center of a major exhibition. Windansea is a synonym of California surf and beach lifestyle. One of the first organized surf clubs along the California coast kicked off its activities in the summer of 1963. Surfers who founded […]
The 2013 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship will return to Nicaragua, from June 8th-16th. Over 300 of the world’s best junior surfers from 34 countries will ride the world-class beach break of Playa Jiquiliste for the ISA World Junior Team champion trophy and individual gold medals. “Nicaragua hosted one of the best and most exciting ISA […]