Taumata Puhetini and Bruno Santos have earned a golden ticket for the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2015, in Teahupoo. The Air Tahiti Nui Billabong Pro Trials are over. The wildcard competition got underway in three-to-four foot Teahupoo waves. A total of 16 surfers tried their luck, but only a couple will join the elite. Puhetini defeated […]
The 2015 Vans US Open of Surfing is officially on. There were big scores and a few upsets in the first day of competition, held in three-to-four foot (1 metre) surf at Huntington Beach. Patrick Gudauskas scored the day’s highest heat total of 16.36 and won his heat. He managed to outcome a dangerous Championship […]
Kelly Slater, Gabriel Medina and Mick Fanning will compete against each other in Round 4 of the J-Bay Open 2015, at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Three world champions in a heat. One of them will secure a ticket to the quarterfinals when competition resumes at the iconic pointbreak. And Adriano de Souza is the only […]
All South African surfers are out of the J-Bay Open 2015, at Jeffreys Bay, as the competition hits Round 3. The jewel of Africa showed its perfection, with clean four-to-six foot (1.5 meters) waves pumping down the line. Unfortunately for local star Jordy Smith, the game is over early. Blame it on Adam Melling, who […]
Taj Burrow defeated Ethan Ewing to claim the Komune Bali Pro 2015, in Bali, Indonesia. In the all-Australian final, Burrow used his experience to wait for the best wave. He was requiring an 8.16 and found an 8.60 that would give him the win. “Such a fun event but that was a serious final with […]
John John Florence, Nat Young, Taj Burrow and Adriano de Souza are the semifinalists of the 2015 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. The surprise of the whole event, Jay Davies, resisted until the quarterfinals, and only an in-form John John managed to put the wildcard out of competition, with a total heat score of 17.87 […]
Gabriel Medina is out of the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro 2015. Jay Davies knocked out the 2014 world surfing champion from Brazil, at both The Box and Main Break. The winner of the Trials has reasons to celebrate. Not only Davies defeated Medina, but he is also through to Round 3 of competition, in […]
Moore Defeats Gilmore To Take BellsFriday, 10 April 2015 Carissa Moore (HAW) has won the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach after battling Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) in the Final for the right to ring the Bell. Victory for the two-time world champion today sees her take three consecutive Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach titles and […]
Kelly Slater and Joel Parkinson are out of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2015. The quarterfinalists have been decided. In the clash of the event, with less than five minutes remaining, the 2014 ASP World Tour champion rode a smaller inside wave without priority, rapped three turns to land a 7.17 and the win […]
Quarterfinalists Confirmed at Rip Curl Pro Bells BeachTuesday, 7 April 2015 BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Tuesday, April 7, 2015) – A day of shock upsets at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, stop no. 2 of the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), as the men’s and women’s Quarterfinalists were decided in challenging […]