The Sata Airlines Azores Islands Pro will host some of the world’s best surfing talents, as Prime status event, from September 3rd-8th. Praia de Santa Bárbara will see the top 100 surfers battling it out for a prize-purse of $250,000 and incredibly valuable ranking points towards qualification for the World Championship Tour. “It’s very important […]
Fernando Zegers has taken out the Quiksilver Ceremonial Chile Trials 2013, at Punta de Lobos. Zegers conquered the first ticket to the main event of the Chilean big wave surfing contest, after winning the Trials, in 18-20 foot wave conditions. The left hand point break hosted a field of 24 surfers all battling it out […]
“Otelo Burning” is the emotional surf movie of South African kids in the township learning to surf, at the time of apartheid’s end. When 16-year-old Otelo Buthelezi hits the water for the first time, it’s clear that he was born to surf. But then tragedy strikes. On the day that Nelson Mandela is released from […]
Surfers are flying to Brazil for the third stage of 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), to be ridden between May 8th–19th. The Billabong Rio Pro 2013 is a very important stop. The race is on and the usual suspects are under the spotlight. Regularity is critical if you want to become a world surfing […]
Jordy Smith has conquered the first X Games gold medal, in the Real Surf competition. The South African surfer beated seven other pro surfers. Surfing has been added to the X Games, in Foz do Iguaçu, with an innovative format: a panel of surf industry experts decides the best 60-second video edits by eight pro […]
A South African surfer has survived 28 hours lost at sea. Brett Archibald has been rescued in the Mentawai Strait by the boat “The Barrenjoey”. Brett Archibald is alive. The surfer was making a surf trip on the Naga Laut boat chart, across the 90-mile channel between Padang and the Mentawais. He had been seen […]
“Zero to 100” is the surfing life story of Lakey Peterson. Lakey Peterson is one of the best female surfers in the world. Her progressive aerial maneuvers and powerful surfing have already paid off. She won the 2013 US Open of Surfing and many other regional and international titles. Daughter of a national swimming champion, […]
The first official surfing competition in India will take place at Kovalam Beach, Kerala, between May 3rd-5th. The Spice Coast Open 2013 is India’s inaugural surf contest. The important event will take place in Kerala, a region with some of the best beaches in the country. More than 150 surfers are expected to compete. Kovalam […]
“Numb” is a new coffee table surf photo book released by Tim Nunn, a British photographer. Surfer Ian Battrick and photographer Tim Nunn have spent several months in some of the wildest places in the Northern Hemisphere. Surfing is in the center of a 200-page publication, with plenty of rich surf photography. “Numb” is the […]
Axi Muniain, Brett Burcher, Chris Shanahan, Joao de Macedo and Tom Dosland have been named for the best/worst wipeouts of the year. Five heavy beatings. The 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards highlighted the toughest wipeouts of the season. The nominees have suffered dangerous falls at The Right, Mavericks, Jaws and Nazaré. In contention […]