Kiron Jabour has taken out the 35th edition of the HIC Pro, in double overhead surf at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. The Hawaiian surfer beat O’Neill Massin, Beyrick De Vries, and Slade Prestwich in the 30-minute final. After a slow start, surfers quickly understood that positioning, patience, and tactics would pay off. “It was a really […]
Julian Wilson has taken out the 2018 Quiksilver Pro, in Hossegor, France. The final day of competition witnessed Wilson plow through a stacked field to earn his momentous win at the 17th running of the iconic French event. Wilson’s victory in France is his second of the season after the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast earlier this year.
Jay Quinn has been crowned 2018 British surfing champion at Fistral Beach, in Newquay, England. The iconic Cornish surf break has once again welcomed Britain’s best surfers. This year, athletes were confronted with challenging, yet highly contestable ocean conditions. The British Surfing Championships attracted riders from England, Wales, Scotland and the Channel Islands, who competed […]
The World Surf League (WSL) announced that Maya Gabeira has claimed the inaugural Women’s XXL Biggest Wave Award and set a new Guinness World Record for the largest wave surfed unlimited by a female athlete. The 31-year old from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil successfully surfed a wave measuring 68 feet (20.72 meters) from trough to […]
The California surfer who went missing two weeks ago in Northern Baja, Mexico has been found dead. Adam Francis D’Esposito suffered from bipolar disorder and was last seen by the owner of a surf shop running down a highway shirtless, barefoot, and looking scared. The Mexican authorities recovered his body on September 9. He was […]
Fernando Aguerre is one of the six inductees into Surfing Walk of Fame’s 2018 class. The president of the International Surfing Association (ISA) was honored for taking surfing into the Olympic Games for the first time in its history. The ceremony was held in Huntington Beach, California, and saw this year’s recipients immortalized in the […]
Save the Waves Coalition announced the 2018 Wave Saver awardees. The non-governmental organization honors three individuals – an athlete, an environmentalist, and a business owner – for their unique and noteworthy contributions to protecting our waves and coastlines. This year’s winners are Cliff Kapono, Aulani Wilhelm, and Tom Stewart. The recognition ceremony will take place […]
Welcome to our favorite time of the year. Summer is the surfers’ season, and so we’re back with a solid selection of essential surfing equipment for the warm season. Winter is gone, and it’s time to relax. Time to pick up a bigger board and appreciate the joy of riding small, yet endless summer waves. […]
Lucca Mesinas Novaro and Leilani McGonagle claimed the 2018 Barbados Surf Pro, at Drill Hall Beach. The Peruvian surfer was able to defeat Brazilian powerhouse Alex Ribeiro in two-to-three-foot tropical surf. Despite the tricky conditions, Mesinas, nicknamed “The Silent Assassin,” found the best waves and smashed his opponent with a two-wave score of 17.57 points.
“Forgiving Pipeline” dives into the background story of a young female surf photographer, Amber Mozo. North Shore legend Jon Mozo died while shooting Pipeline, the mecca of all waves, in 2005. Since then, Amber has taken up her father’s craft, becoming an accomplished photographer in her own right.