The second half of the 2014/2015 Big Wave World Tour (BWWT) has kicked off on the 15th October and runs through February 28th, 2015. The competitions on the Southern Hemisphere are over. As a result, only one event has been run. The Billabong Pico Alto crowned Makua Rothman in 40-foot waves. Now, all hopes are on […]
The inaugural King of the Longboard will crown the most complete surfer in both traditional boards and performance equipment. The ASP Europe Specialty event aims to attract the Old Continent’s best longboarders in an innovative format of competition. The contest will be held between October 18th-19th, in Playa de Somo, Cantabria, in Spain. “The King […]
The Yallingup Boardriders have won The Surf Boardroom Surf League 2014, at Scarborough Beach, in Australia. The competition founded in 1986 is the longest running and most prestigious tag team surfing event in Western Australia. The format allows clubs to nominate their six strongest surfers (four in Open age, one Over 28, and one Under […]
The Titans of Mavericks will be challenging the iconic big wave surf spot located in two miles from shore outside Pillar Point Harbor, in Half Moon Bay, Northern California. Mavericks may be out of the Big Wave World Tour, but that doesn’t mean the peak isn’t pumping some of the heaviest and deadliest wave faces […]
Vasco Ribeiro has been crowned the 2014 ASP European Pro Junior champion. Ribeiro is the second Portuguese to claim the ASP European Pro Junior title, fifteen years after national surfing star Tiago Pires. Despite getting knocked out in Round 4 of the Teguise 2014 Franito Pro Junior, Vasco saw his direct opponents losing in the […]
The 2014 Dungeons Challenge, the second stop on the Big Wave World Tour, is on yellow alert. A good-looking swell might be heading towards Cape Town, South Africa, and hitting the iconic big wave surf spot between 18th-19th August. Wave face sizes may be in the 20-25 foot plus range, and possibly pushing toward 30-foot […]
The Sunshine Park, Australia’s first artificial surf pool, will be able to pump 500 waves per hour, on the Sunshine Coast, in 2016. The project, which will be built by Waterplay Pty Ltd, at Steve Irwin Way, in Glenview, on the Sunshine Coast, will embed Webber Wave Pools technology. The $90 million investment promises to create […]
The 20th Annual Siargao Cloud 9 Surfing Cup will deliver ASP Qualifying Series points for the first time, between September 24th-29th, in Siargao, Philippines. The event will surely offer pristine barrels, in a wonderful scenario, and it will distribute points for both the QS and Asian Surfing Championship (ASC). “That wave at Cloud 9 is […]
Mick Fanning defeated Joel Parkinson to conquer the 2014 J-Bay Open in pristine eight-to-ten foot waves, at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. The road to the final was a tough one for the Australian friends. With strong winds blowing, low temperatures and long paddle outs, Fanning and Parkinson had a few strong names to dethrone before the final […]
Jeremy Flores may face disciplinary action for storming the judging tower after losing his Round 2 heat against Sebastian Zietz, at Jeffreys Bay. It was just another Round 2 heat. Jeremy Flores and Sebastian Zietz had beautiful clean lines to display their surf talent. With three minutes to go, Zietz needed a 6.54-point ride to […]