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The Malibu Mavericks team has conquered the SurfAid Cup, at Malibu, California. The group featuring Lisa Andersen, Strider Wasilewski, Sean Woods, and Allen and Colton Sarlo just pipped the Surfaiders team 53.80 – 51.43 in the one-hour, tag-team final, with Peak Ocean Team third (43.30) and Mighty WindanSea fourth (42.23). The winning difference was Wasilewski […]
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…
Cristóbal de Col has established a new Guinness World Record for the most number of tricks ever performed in a single wave. The Peruvian completed 34 carved turns on the longest wave in the world, at the Red Bull Chicama Challenge. Cristóbal de Col pushed through fatigue, mental pressure and a jellyfish plague to set […]
How do you stay fit for surfing? Surf training books and guides will help you learn and practice the best surf fitness exercises for your body, at any age. Surf fitness is the last frontier of high performance surfing. Even if you’re not a professional, it’s important to keep your body ready for the perfect […]
The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Australasian qualifiers have been selected for October’s Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali, the event that will decide the Men’s and Women’s 2012 ASP World Junior Champions.
The argument could be made that the hotbed of American surfing is San Clemente, Calif. I’m may be biased, my mail gets delivered here, but the relatively quiet town has produced more game-changers and world tour surfers Jim Hogan, Matt Archbold, Christian and Nathan Fletcher, Dino and Kolohe Andino,…
The most experienced tube riders in the world have enjoyed long, difficult, hollow, deep and perfect barrels. Who are they and how complicated is to get pitted? Getting barreled in a wave is the ultimate dream of every surfer. If tube riding could be taught in the university, it would be the hardest exam. In […]
The SATA Airlines Azores Pro has completed the Round of 96 at Ribeira Grande, Açores, in clean three-to-four foot waves. Cory Arrambide was one of the standouts of the day, after posting a near perfect 9.87 out of 10 for an incredible frontside inverted aerial to advance ahead of Messias Felix. “I’m so stoked!”, Arrambide […]
Ira Mowen is surfing the last head-high barrel just outside of Berlin, in Germany, whenever a giant ship passes by. “Surf Berlin: The Quest for the Last German Wave” is a very serious surf documentary. The iconic Central European city, capital of Germany, offers one only rideable wave. Berlin is 976 kilometres (606 miles) away […]
Surfcoach.com is the new naming rights sponsor for the world’s largest junior inter-club surfing teams event to be held at Duranbah, NSW, on 15th September.