Joel Parkinson almost drowned in one the first swells of the year, while surfing on the Tweed Coast, in Australia. The 2012 ASP World Tour champion lived terrifying moments after being trapped underwater. Apparently, his surf leash became stuck on submerged rocks, and Parkinson couldn’t get to the surface. Fortunately, when the Australian was running out […]

The Volcom Pipe Pro 2014 will be surfed between January 26th and February 7th, at the Banzai Pipeline. Gentlemen, wax your surfboards. There are 112 surfers ready to compete in the ASP 5-Star World Qualifying Series (WQS) event, which marks the grand debut of the new professional surfing season. There’s too much at stake, on […]

The 2014 Stand Up World Tour schedule has been announced. The stand up paddlesurfing season will consist of six stops in 2014, as the flagship locations of the World Tour remain, and an old favorite returns. With increased prize-money, significantly raised profile in each location as well as developed live broadcasts and increased TV distribution, […]

The Mavericks Invitational 2013/2014 is on. Big wave surfers and staff are all starting to arrive at Half Moon Bay. The competition will run Friday, 24th January, at 8am. A giant swell is heading towards the Californian coast. If wind, wave height and wave period conditions get aligned, the Mavericks Invitational 2013/2014 will be called on. Remember that it […]

Eunate Aguirre has officially withdrawn from professional bodyboarding. The 2011 IBA World Tour Women’s world champion has decided to put an end to her professional bodyboarding career at only 30. “I would like to thank everyone who supported me during this long journey of competition, especially my family. Every defeat, every victory, would not have […]

Welcome to Salzburg. In landlocked Austria, the fourth largest city has a surprise for visiting surfers. What would you do in a 10-foot (three meter) wide wave? One thing’s for sure, you don’t have to worry about swell forecasts. It’s probably the narrowest wave ride in the world, but at the same time it’s an endless […]

Mark Healey, Peter Mel, Greg Long, Keala Kennelly, Shaun Walsh, Kai Lenny, Billy Kemper, Ben Wilkinson, Albee Layer, Makua Rothman, Rodrigo Koxa, Alessandro Costa, Jamie O’Brien, Mark Mathews. What do they have in common? The big wave surfing elite has taken a drop into the wild. Yes, Jaws has awakened and delivered the first big […]

Maya Gabeira has returned to the big wave surfing arena, nearly three months after the dangerous wipeout suffered at Nazaré, Portugal. The fearless Brazilian rider, 26, has had her first tow-in session of the year 2014, in Hawaii. Gabeira returned to the giant waves with Carlos Burle in the jet ski seat. In October 2013, […]

Reef Heazlewood, Emi Campbell, Sonny Perrussel, Summa Longbottom and Kian Martin were the standout surfers at the 9th Taj’s Small Fries, held in Yallingup, Western Australia. The two-to-three foot waves on offer at Shallows saw Sunshine Coast goofy-footer Reef Heazlewood taking the Under 16 Boys division from the hands of local surfers. “This is the […]

Kelly Norris has taken out the inaugural 2014 Carve Pro Junior, at Maroubra Beach, Australia. Norris managed to nail down the victory by a 1.67 point margin, against Jackson Giles, in tricky two-to-three foot waves. “This is just an incredible feeling. The waves were really tough out there and Jackson is such a good competitor […]