Fourteen ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) surfers have requalified for the 2015 World Surf League. Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater, John John Florence, Michel Bourez, Joel Parkinson, Jordy Smith, Adriano De Souza, Taj Burrow, Kolohe Andino, Josh Kerr, Owen Wright, Nat Young, and Bede Durbidge can keep it cool for Pipe. But there’s too […]
The SATA Azores Pro 2014 has entered quarterfinals, in bumpy two-to-three foot surf, at the magnificent Praia de Santa Barbara, in the Azores Islands. Leonardo Fioravanti, the reigning European junior surfing champion, surprised fans with a victory against Patrick Gudauskas. The Italian kept calm and seized the only two opportunities he was given, including a […]
Kieran Grant has taken out the 2014 US Deaf Open of Surfing, Huntington Beach, California. The event held by the International Deaf Surfriders Association attracted competitors from all over the world, including Brazil, Israel, England, Ireland, Australia, Japan, Basque Country, Uruguay and the USA. The US Deaf Open of Surfing was formed in 2001 to […]
Wiggolly Dantas defeated Keanu Asing to claim the 2014 Quiksilver Saquarema Prime, held in Brazil. Waves in the 4-6 foot range (1.5-2 metres), strong currents and onshore winds would have made for even more challenging conditions for the athletes if it were not for the jet ski assists. Regardless of the conditions, fans packed the […]
Michel Bourez has clinched a historic victory at the Billabong Rio Pro 2014, in the punchy three-to-four foot waves on offer at Barra da Tijuca, Brazil. The Tahitian sealed the second Dream Tour victory of the season. Kelly Slater opened the last day of competition at the Billabong Rio Pro 2014 with a perfect 10 wave ride […]
The first round of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2014 has been completed, in tricky wave conditions. Kelly Slater snatched a last-minute victory against Kolohe Andino and wildcard Jacob Willcox. Despite Kolohe’s early dominance first with a series of clean forehand carves, Slater managed to answer back with experience. “I made a few mistakes […]
Going for a surf in France is a complicated business. The tide, winds, swell and weather change by the hour. The ASP Top 32 arrived in Hossegor from hot and glassy California to chilly, rainy skies and ten-foot storm surf in the southwest of France. When the weather improved a bit and the surf dropped…
The argument could be made that the hotbed of American surfing is San Clemente, Calif. I’m may be biased, my mail gets delivered here, but the relatively quiet town has produced more game-changers and world tour surfers Jim Hogan, Matt Archbold, Christian and Nathan Fletcher, Dino and Kolohe Andino,…
Remember in winter of 2011 when Zoltan Torkos claimed to have landed the first kickflip on a surfboard as part of the Volcom KickFlip-Off? Chaos and controversy ensued. Was it above the lip? Was it a legitimate air? Would it be the future of surfing? Should it be the future of surfing? Should this guy…
While the Billabong Pro Tahiti continues to play an aquatic game of chess with Teahupoo, lets take this opportunity to get to know young Billabong team rider Jack Freestone. He was the first Australian in 10 years to win the ASP World Junior title back in 2011, and most recently he finished runner-up…