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Santa Cruz will be the fourth World Surfing Reserve, after Manly Beach, Ericeira and Malibu. The official dedication of the iconic Californian surf region will be held on April 27th and 28th. The Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve is located on the northern side of Monterey Bay along California’s Central Coast within the protected coastal […]
The 2012 Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic ran through Rounds 2, 3 and 4 at Dee Why beach today. The stormy conditions seen over the past few days cleaned up, with clean four-to-six foot (2 metres) surf on the beach and the pointbreak.
TravelSIM Team Australia remains in equal first after Day 5 of competition at the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship presented by Billabong in Playa Venao, Panama.
Jamie Mitchell has announced the release of “Decade of Dominance”, a surf movie featuring his long waterman career as professional paddleboarder and SUP specialist. Mitchell has been winning the infamous Molokai-2-Oahu World Championship of Paddleboarding, since 2002. The event defies the strongest and toughest humans in the world’s most treacherous bodies of water, the 32 […]
Surfers of Salina Cruz, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, have banned all digital and printed surf media for a period of two years, in the local surfing spots. All foreign professional cameramen will not be allowed to take pictures or videos, after an article published in a U.S. surf magazine in 2011 wounded the […]
Surfing logos are everywhere. In surfboards, surf magazines, surf shops and in vinyl car stickers. Surfing badges and surf insignia are symbols of the world’s most famous surf brands. Surf company logos are used in sponsorship deals and can be seen on the nose and rails of pro surfboards. Surfing brand logos are a marketing […]
The pressure is on. The repechage heats decided who keeps tracking the medals at the 2012 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship, in Playa Venao, Panama. “I handle the pressure by being relaxed, by thinking about something else, by getting distracted, because it can make you real nervous to think about who you’re competing against, and […]
Photo Showdown A gallery of images taken by the finalists of the 2012 Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown. Gallery It may have been during the World Ski and Snowboard Festival, but it was a surf photographer who swept the Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown in Whistler, BC, on Thursday night….
Hutchinson Builders employees across the Tweed and Gold Coast will be hanging up their hard hats next week when the company celebrates its centenary anniversary at a special event being held at the Casuarina Sandbar & Grill.
Shane Dorian, Carlos Burle, Savannah Shaughnessy and Darryl “Flea” Virostko have taken the 2011/2012 Mavericks Awards. The event wasn’t surfed at Half Moon Bay this year, but there were fearless big wave performances that should be highlighted. Contest director Jeff Clark, Bruce Jenkins, Matt Ambrose, Grant Washburn and Dick Keating got seated together to analyze […]