Adriano de Souza, Owen Wright, Jordy Smith and Filipe Toledo have secured spots on the quarterfinals of the Rip Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2015, in Australia. Despite a few shock exits – Taj Burrow, John John Florence and Julian Wilson are out of the equation – the top seeds dominated Round 3. In the […]
Bells Beach Reignites For World’s Best at Rip Curl ProSunday, 5 April 2015 BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Sunday, April 5, 2015) – Easter Sunday at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the second stop on the Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), saw huge crowds and big scores as the world’s best surfers […]
The Brazilian surfing Armada impressed with three heat victories over Australian riders, as the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2015 enters Round 3 of competition, at Snapper Rocks. After 11 consecutive lay days, pro surfers returned to the Superbank. In one of the most exciting heats of the day, Kolohe Andino and Jeremy Flores fought for […]
The Billabong Pipe Masters will decide the 2014 ASP World Tour champion. Only one of three surfers will raise the cup. Will it be Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning or Kelly Slater? At Banzai Pipeline, on the Oahu’s North Shore, everyone’s ready. It’s time to crown an event champion, in memory of Andy Irons, but it […]
Professional skateboarder and surfer Kalani David, 17, posted the highest heat total of the 2014 Reef Hawaiian Pro so far, during the second day of competition, in Hawaii. David combined vertical turns, a free-flying aerial and critical positioning to win his Round 1 against Alex Smith, Santiago Muniz, and Lucas Silveira, with a score of […]
Parker Coffin and Meah Collins have been crowned 2014 ASP North America Junior Series champions. Coffin secure his maiden Junior Series title with a runner-up finish at the Fins Pro Junior in Belmar, New Jersey. “I actually didn’t know that I needed to get second in Belmar to win the series, I was just focusing […]
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 […]
Kelly Slater defeated Dane Reynolds in Round 2 of the Quiksilver Pro France 2014, at Les Guardians, to keep his world title hopes alive. The 11-time ASP world champion, 42, was able to adapt to the perfect three-to-four foot waves, tide, waves, wind, and sand banks, by eliminating the lethal free surfer from Ventura. “I’m […]
Wipeouts and upsets marked the near conclusion of Round 2 at the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2014, in Teahupoo. With six-to-eight foot barrels on offer, the world’s best surfers repeated the daily dose of tube riding performances. Josh Kerr survived the first elimination round against fellow countryman Mitch Coleborn. Kerr put out a solid surf, with […]
The world’s best surfers experienced one of the biggest competition days ever at the Billabong Pro Tahiti, in Teahupoo, with 10-to-15 foot (3-5 metre) barrels firing down the line. The Teahupoo test kicked off with a handful of excellent tube riding performances. Kelly Slater didn’t waste time and sealed his heat with a total of […]