Onshore winds, stormy clouds and inconstant wave faces marked the third day of action at the 2012 ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Playa Venao delivered rippable three-to-five-foot waves for the qualifying rounds of both Girls and Boys divisions. Picking the right equipment and selecting the right spot to sit in the lineup has proven critical. […]
Imagine a surf competition with judges in the water. Imagine someone who could warn you when bigger sets are coming in the horizon. Imagine surfing big waves a few feet away from the huge walls of water. Zapata Racing has developed Flyboard, the ultimate personal propulsion jet ski system. The incredible water gadget allows propulsion […]
The Gold Coast’s Luke Hynd led another strong day for TravelSIM Team Australia at the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship presented by Billabong in Playa Venao, Panama.
TravelSIM Team Australia has made a strong start to the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship presented by Billabong in Pedasi, Panama, with all six surfers winning their opening heats on Day 1.
(Sunday 15th April, 2012): TRAVELSIM Team Australia hit the streets of Pedasi today, with the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong officially opened in Panama.
I will admit this little video rings pretty close to home for me. Last week, Conor Willem, 20, a local shredder here on Long Beach Island, New Jersey and two-time ESA East Coast Mens champ, ran LBI Winter Warriors. Commercial fishermen, busboys, teachers, and carpenters gathered for this grassroots…
TARANAKI, New Zealand (Saturday, April 14, 2012) – Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has won the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival’s blue ribbon event, the Dow AgroSciences Pro in clean three foot (1.5 metre) surf over Carissa Moore (HAW), 19, at Taranaki, New Zealand today.
Shane Dorian is the “Waterman of the Year” by the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA), in 2012. The big wave surfer turned up in the surf media map in the late 80s and has since won a Hawaiian state title and pushed the paddle-in limits on the North Shore’s outer reefs. Dorian is known as […]
Maya Gabeira is delicate, pretty, calm and serene. She had the inner characteristics for being an architect, executive, engineer or doctor, but she decided to dedicate her life to extreme big wave surfing. Gabeira was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1987. His father founded the Green Party, in her country, but she wouldn’t […]
Skimboarding, or skimming, is one of the most underrated boardsports in the world. Skimboarders are usually not fussy. Get them a sandy beach and they will put out a finless water sports show. Skimboarding was born in Laguna Beach, in the 1920s, but the Southern California skateboarding scene has greatly influenced the sport, a few […]