Leading motorcycle company Harley-Davidson Australia is putting some grunt behind Australian surfing by backing the Australian Surf Festival supported by Essential Energy in Port Macquarie from August 11-25.
A Two Wave Total follows Australia’s leading female surfers as they chase glory on the Australian leg of the ASP Women’s World Championship Tour.
Billabong International has been offered $712 million to be owned by TPG Capital. The Australian surf brand said the offer was indicative, non-binding and conditional and the offer price may be refined after the buyout firm has seen Billabong’s books. The private equity firm TPG Capital is offering A$1.45 per share, which is a 32 […]
Tanner Hendrickson has taken the Quiksilver Surf Open Acapulco, in challenging six foot (2 metre) waves at Playa Revolcadero over Leigh Sedley. Hendrickson, 28, won by a score of 12.03 to 5.04 to secure his first major ASP victory. “This is the best feeling in the world right now, I can’t even believe this,” Hendrickson […]
Team Hawaii has conquered the 2012 Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship, in at Colorado Beach. Surfing in well-overhead waves on the final day of competition, the Hawaiians won six individual medals and clinched the Team Gold Medal and the perpetual Eduardo Arena Trophy. “The depth of the talent that we brought with us – […]
TravelSIM Team Australia has finished third behind Hawaii and the USA at the Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship while Sandra English (Budgewoi, NSW) collected the silver medal in the Women’s Masters Division.
Jeff Rowley, the fearlessAustralian big wave surfers, has collaborated with surf photographers around the world to launch his collection of limited edition surfing photographs. Rowley has named the collection of his surfing photographs as “The Moment”, based on his most significant surfing moments shaping his life. The surfer has hand selected each unique photograph taken […]
18/7/2012: WHILE the best master’s surfers from around the globe battled it out at the ISA World Masters Surfing Championship in Nicaragua today, Mark Cameron (Woolgoolga, NSW) and Rod Baldwin (Copocabana, NSW) led the charge for TravelSIM Team Australia on day three of competition.
With the waves still pumping at four to six feet at Colorado Beach, the best scores were going to the most capable tube riders on Day 2 of the Nicaragua ISA World Masters Surfing Championship. Much like yesterday, the beach was crowded and the locals were vocal, providing extra confidence and momentum to the competitors […]
Stephanie Gilmore has conquered her 5th ASP Women’s World Championship title after winning the Roxy Pro Biarritz over Tyler Wright, in France. “I woke up this morning and thought it wouldn’t happen today,” Gilmore said. “But as the day progressed, and things fell into place, I began to believe it could happen. France is such […]