It’s hard to figure that 13 years ago, when Billabong’s Cosmic Creek Challenge first started, that it would be what it is today, or that it would still be even running. Conceived by the maestro of crappy equipment, Donavon Frankenreiter and his longtime friend and co-conspirator Eric Diamond, the initial…
Editor’s note: Keith Malloy recently produced, directed and starred in his first film production, a movie about bodysurfing called “Come Hell Or High Water.” If you haven’t had a chance to see it you should. Shooting ‘Come Hell Or High Water’ Check out Chris Burkard’s amazing photos from filming…
The Billabong Pro Tahiti, Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, recommenced today with Rounds 3 and 4 completed in rapidly-improving, three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at Teahupo’o.
Word at the end of the road in Tahiti is that the Billabong Pro has called another lay day Sunday, but there could be a slight bump in swell through the afternoon, which would set up enough surf for Round 3 Monday. “That’s what we’re looking at right now,” said contest director Luke Egan. So, […]
On June 21, Lib Tech co-founder Mike Olson made the drive from Mervin Manufacturing to the Cleanline surfshop in Seaside, Ore., to personally deliver the first batch of Lib Tech Waterboards. It was a big day for Olson, for a couple of reasons. You see, he used to work at Cleanline, as their ding-repair…
What kind of Americans are surfers? 2012 4th of July Gallery Surfers and the red, white, and blue. Gallery Hard to say. We’re not really a homogeneous group within this country that you can label one way or another. Many conscious folks go left on every wave and then there are waterborne…
Once again, hurricane season 2012 is proving to defy the odds — and the odds makers for that matter. Forecasted to be a kitten of a season, it’s turning out to be a wild black panther. This week, we have Tropical Storm Debby churning up the Gulf of Mexico like butter for cornbread. She became […]
“Ten years from now I feel like I could still be winning contests.” Kelly Slater said that four years ago in 2008 a day after winning his ninth world title at the Billabong Pro in Mundaka, Spain. He was 36 years old and had just capped off the most dominant season of his career, having […]
Rockaway Beach has got a fun little wave today — three- to four-foot and mostly clean. The Atlantic is a little warmer than it should be in mid June. When the air warms up a bit this afternoon you can probably trunk it. But realistically, high tide is this evening at 5:45, which means it […]
Troy Elmore is one of those guys who can ride anything. Now granted, these free-spirited, peripheral surf stars don’t pull down the bucks like the tour studs, but you have to imagine their having a good time. Last year, Elmore joined the Brixton team and started trekking about Australia, riding most…