The Pipe Masters is the most prestigious surf contest in the world. The event takes place at Banzai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii. It is one of the 36 surf spots of the so-called Seven Mile Miracle, a seven-mile (11.2 kilometers) stretch of sandy surf beaches. The first Pipe Masters edition […]
The final day of the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters has a lot on the line. The event’s results have implications on the World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Championship Tour (CT) title, but also on the qualification for next year’s elite season, the Tokyo 2020, and the Triple Crown of Surfing champion’s decision. There are three […]
The installation of the world’s first inflatable surf reef has been put on hold at Back Beach, in Bunbury, Western Australia. According to Troy Bottegal, the inventor of the Airwave, the device has been torn at the seam while being lodged on the ocean floor, 50 meters from shore. “A very deep swell that we […]
Meet the Surfatom, an inflatable and portable surf paddling board for your swimming pool sessions. It all started one day when Ramon Baux, a 47-year-old Spanish surfer, decided to develop a small paddling board for his swimming training routines. Soon after, his friend Erik Barclay, an industrial designer, tested the prototype and decided to help […]
Billy Kemper and Paige Alms have taken out the 2019 Jaws Big Wave Championships, at Peahi, in Maui, Hawai. The sets kept coming in bigger and bigger on the horizon, delivering 30-to-50-foot waves at the infamous surf break. The yellow helicopter flew below the lip close to the athletes. The stage was set, and the […]
The Paris 2024 Olympic surfing competition will take place at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The Paris 2024 organizing committee proposed that surfing’s second Olympic appearance runs at the world-renowned left-hand reef break. Tahiti is located 9,755 miles (15,700 kilometers) away from the French capital.
He’s 47 years old, but he surfs like a fired-up grom. Kelly Slater has done it again. Here’s another flawless wave ride for his curriculum. Eleven-time world champion and seven-time Billabong Pipe Master Kelly Slater earned a Perfect 10-point ride for an unthinkable right-handed Backdoor barrel that he deemed the best in years. “That’s the […]
The 2019 Jaws Big Wave Championships will run on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at Peahi, Maui. The first event of the new World Surf League competitive big wave surfing era is expecting waves in the 35-to-50-foot range. The world’s finest male and female performers will compete in a paddle-only contest and defy Nature’s raw power […]
Billy Kemper has taken out the 2019 Pipeline Invitational, at Banzai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii. The 29-year-old surfer from Maui defeated Imaikalani deVault, Keanu Asing, and Koa Smith in the final held in pumping six-foot barreling waves. As a result, Kemper and deVault secured the two wildcard spots available for […]
It’s okay not to be okay. Filipe Toledo revealed he struggled with mental health issues in the first semester of 2019. The Brazilian surfer told the Olympic Channel that his emotional victory at the 2019 Oi Rio Pro was a turning point in his outlook. He felt that he need to seek help. “There’s the […]