Surprise, or maybe not. Kanoa Igarashi prevailed in the highly competitive final of the Vans Pro 2015, at 1st Street Jetty, Virginia Beach. The Huntington Beach star is living the dream. Igarashi is enjoying a fabulous season and has jumped to third place in the Qualifying Series (QS) rankings. “It’s crazy having such a good […]
Maxime Huscenot defeated Nomme Mignot to conquer the 2015 Soöruz Lacanau Pro, held in bumpy three-to-five foot surf, at Lacanau, in France. The competition was completely dominated by French surfers, who made the most of local knowledge to dominate the shifty beach break of Grande Plage. Huscenot used his powerful backhand snaps to take an […]
Tia Blanco has been featured in Playboy’s “Becoming Attraction.” Female surfers are beginning to show their natural curves more than ever. Alana Blanchard found a lucrative niche as a surfing model, but she only opened the way to many other girls such as Anastasia Ashley, Malia Manuel, Alessa Quizon, etc. Tiarah Lue Blanco was born […]
How do you say “surfing” in Hawaiian? Are there multiple Hawaiian expressions to say “wave”? Learn how to translate English surfing expressions into “Olelo Hawai’i” (Hawaiian language). John R.K. Clark, author of “Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From The Past”, has extensively studied the presence of surfing in the Hawaiian language. The sport of kings is richly portrayed […]
The world’s best young guns will ride for glory at the 2015 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Junior Surfing Championship, to be run in Oceanside, California, between October 11th-18th. Tom Curren, Gabriel Medina, Julian Wilson, Jordy Smith, Alejo Muniz, Filipe Toledo, Owen Wright, Stephanie Gilmore, Sally Fitzgibbons, Laura Enever and Tyler Wright have won gold […]
Lukas Brunner is the grand winner of the 2015 European Championship in Stationary Wave Riding, held at the Munich Airport, in Germany. A total of 130 surfers from 14 countries participated in the fifth edition of this popular artificial wave challenge. This year, the pool was wider, and the waves were bigger. Brunner, 19, was […]
In one of the most exciting heats of the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, Gabriel Medina eliminated John John Florence from the competition. An 18.84 heat total was not enough for the Hawaiian. It was crazy. Medina and Florence went head-to-head in the three-to-five-foot surf at Teahupoo knowing that only one could advance through to Round […]
Twelve surfers have survived the repechage, at the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti reaches Round 3, at Teahupoo. Adriano de Souza is feeling relieved. The Brazilian knew he had to defeat trials winner Taumata Puhetini to maintain his world title hopes alive. De Souza secured a decisive 16.26 heat total to move on to the next […]
Challenging conditions welcomed the world’s best surfers on the opening day of competition at the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, in Teahupoo. Only eight of the 12 heats of Round 1 were completed. The event was called off for the day due to inconsistent surf. Nevertheless, there was time for a few surprises. Kelly Slater posted […]
Paul Scholten and Emma Webb have taken out the 2015 Australian Longboard Titles, at Arrawarra Headland, in Coffs Harbour. The local star collected a total of 16.50 points to defeat Ruben Roxburgh, Jack Entwistle, and Dane Pioli in the decisive Men’s final. Scholten was awarded a wildcard into the event, and he couldn’t believe he […]