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Grommets Shine In Solid Cronulla Waves At The Subway Summer Surf Series

Grommets Shine In Solid Cronulla Waves At The Subway Summer Surf SeriesSaturday, 7 March 2015 The latest leg of the Subway® Summer Surf Series got underway in solid and tricky six foot waves at North Cronulla today.Kai Warner (North Narrabeen, NSW) managed to find multiple long righthanders in the Under-18 Boys to notch up a […]

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World Surf League: the jersey numbers never lie

The World Surf League (WSL) surfers will feature their favorite numbers on their backs. Original idea? Not even close. Kelly Slater picked number 11 (for the world titles he has won); Gabriel Medina chose 10 (probably the most iconic number in football history), and John John Florence opted for number 12 (ready to beat Slater). […]

World’s Best Light Up Snapper Rocks for Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Round 1

– The 2015 Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) officially kicked off today and the world’s best surfers hit the lineup at Snapper Rocks for the opening day of the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by BOQ. Both the men and the women surfed through Round 1 in an exciting […]

BUDDING JUNIOR SURFERS TO LINE-UP IN LAST ROUND OF WAHU SURFER GROMS COMPS IN TASMANIA

BUDDING JUNIOR SURFERS TO LINE-UP IN LAST ROUND OF WAHU SURFER GROMS COMPS IN TASMANIAThursday, 26 February 2015 Clifton Beach / Tasmania – 26/2/2015): Budding junior surfers will be on show this weekend at the picturesque Clifton Beach as the final round of the ten event Wahu Surfer Groms Comps heads south to Tasmania.A full […]

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Ricardo Christie is ready for the real thing

Ricardo Christie is ready. New Zealand is ready. The surfer from Mahia prepares to raise the flag of his country, as the 2015 World Surf League kicks off on the Gold Coast. He is one of the new faces of the 2015 World Surf League. Ricardo Christie will be the first Kiwi to compete in […]

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The Superbank: a joint venture between Man and Nature

The Superbank is a man-made surf break located in the Coolangatta, Gold Coast, Australia. It offers one of the longest wave rides in the world. On special days, the Superbank allows you to take off at Snapper Rocks and touch sand at Kirra, in a 1.97-kilometer (1.22 miles) surfing experience. Despite the crowded waters, the […]

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Don’t try this at Todos Santos

British-Australian pro surfer Taz Knight narrowly escaped serious problems after getting caught inside at Todos Santos, in Mexico. When Tasman Knight passed the Mexican border, he had a destination: Salsipuedes, a surf spot located in the World Surfing Reserve of Todos Santos Bay. After checking the local conditions, Knight paddled out at San Miguel Bay, […]

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Slater and Florence in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Volcom Pipe Pro

Kelly Slater and John John Florence have reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Volcom Pipe Pro, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. The fast 8-to-10 foot barrels firing at both Backdoor and classic Pipe were a proving ground for the best tube riders in the world. Slater, 42, is not ready to let go. New season, new […]

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Costa da Caparica opens the 2015 European junior surfing season

The Caparica Primavera Surf Fest will launch the 2015 European junior surfing season, from April 1st-4th, in Portugal. The new event will be the first of two under-20 competitions to take place in Portugal. The World Surf League (WSL) is debuting a new format in which all events offer the same amount of ranking points. […]

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Tyler Wright gets hammered against the rocks

Tyler Wright was washed over the rocks at Alley Reef, while competing at the 2015 Australian Boardriders Battle, in Cronulla. The 2014 ASP vice world champion was surfing in a punchy three-to-four foot swell with a punishing shore break, when a left-hander took her to a rocky and tricky section. Wright went through the chain-link […]

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