Eight surfers have booked a spot in Round 5 of the Cascais Billabong Pro 2014, in pumping 5-to-8-foot surf at Guincho. It’s been a tough journey, but only the fittest will keep on going in the Portuguese Prime event. Waves got even bigger as competition moves to Round 4 and 5. Jeremy Flores is proving […]
The last 24 surfers of the Cascais Billabong Pro 2014 have been decided, in stormy conditions, at Guincho. It has been one of the toughest Prime events of the season. The world’s best wave riders battled challenging maritime conditions in the Portuguese windsurfing capital. Four Dream Tour surfers went down during Round 2. That was […]
Two beginner surfers have lost their lives in Zarautz Beach, Basque Country, Spain. Brothers Javier and Andrés Guibert, 44 and 46, were learning to surf in severe maritime conditions, in a dangerous rip current area with large waves. Surf instructors from local surf schools were able to rescue both men, but when they reached the […]
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 […]
Stephanie Gilmore defeated Sally Fitzgibbons to claim the Cascais Women’s Pro 2014, in Portugal. The ASP Women’s World Championship Tour is down to the wire. With one lap to go, only Gilmore, Fitzgibbons and Tyler Wright remain in contention for the 2014 surfing crown. The Target Maui Pro will decide who will taste the champagne. […]
The Bay of Plenty Surf Team claimed their third consecutive National Scholastic Surfing Championship, at Fitzroy Beach, New Zealand. With seven of their twelve surfers in the finals, The Bay of Plenty Surf Team claimed two division titles: Under 18 Boys and Under 16 Girls. “Being in my last year of the Scholastics, it is […]
The concept of surfboard volume is increasingly popular, although it has been used in windsurfing for a long time. Buoyancy is, in fact, a critical factor when it comes paddling and gliding. For several decades, shapers wrote three main specs on the back of their surfboards. They were length, width and thickness. Volume, in liters, was […]