Surf News
Perfect split-peak barrels opened the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. Medina and Fanning are through to Round 3; Slater is forced to surf Round 2. The world title race is on. Mick Fanning was the first contender to hit the water. The Australian survived the first final with a relatively low […]
Kai Lenny is the grand star behind “The SUP Movie”, a stand up paddleboarding flick directed by award-winning filmmaker Johnny DeCesare. Do you think it’s easy to get barreled at Jaws with a large and heavy SUP board? Ask young waterman Kai Lenny, and he explain the adversities of riding a moving bull with a […]
Garrett McNamara led the big wave surfing fleet the monstrous wave ramps of Praia do Norte, in Nazaré, as the second edition of the Black Swell hits Europe. A total of 16 professional life-riskers entered the cold water of Nazare knowing that a super large ground swell would channel through the local underwater canyon and […]
Nic Lamb rode a Perfect 10 wave to claim the 2014 Punta Galea Challenge, in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain. Waves in the 30-40 foot range opened the Northern Hemisphere leg of the 2014/2015 Big Wave World Tour (BWWT) season. Punta Galea was incredibly scary, with huge sets coming in below dark grey rainy skies. Pro […]
Tsunamis are waves generated by large earthquakes, underwater volcanic eruptions and even meteor impacts. A tsunami travels at high speeds of up to 950km/h in the open ocean. This means that a tsunami wave might travel as fast as a jet airplane, although wave heights in the epicenter only rise one meter (3.2 feet) up. The […]
Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater have met up before the start of the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters to discuss the season so far and speak about their strategies for the title race. The truth is that title contenders play safe when it comes to revealing tactics for the ultimate showdown. But there’s one […]
Jamie O’Brien, Reef McIntosh, Hank Gaskell, or Makai McNamara? The best two surfers of the Men’s Pipe Masters Invitational will be awarded wildcards into the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters. The format is new and almost fully reserved to the Hawaiian contingent. The four finalists of the Men’s Pipe Masters Invitational have been decided in classic […]
Harley Ingleby claimed the 2014 ASP Men’s World Longboard Tour title, in Wanning, China. The Australian longboarder defeated Phil Rajzman to confirm the second trophy of his career, in pumping, offshore wind influenced three-to-four foot waves at Hainan Island. Ingleby and Rajzman are past winners of the 2014 ASP Men’s World Longboard Tour but, this time, Harley managed […]
Chelsea Williams is the 2014 ASP Women’s World Longboard champion. The Australia wave rider defeated Kelia Moniz in the decisive heat held in Wanning, Hainan Island, China. After finishing runner-up four times, Williams is finally celebrating a world title. The Gold Coast surfer showed her outstanding nose riding skills and mixed it with rail carves […]
A powerful northwest groundswell will hit Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Norway between Wednesday and Thursday (December 10th-11th). Waves reaching 50 feet, and winds gusts hitting 110 km/h are expected to surprise the western coastal regions of the British Islands and the Republic of Ireland. European big wave surfers are on high alert. The eye […]