ASP Top Seeds Control Opening Round at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

BELLS BEACH, Victoria/Australia (Tuesday, April 3, 2012) – The opening rounds of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Ranger and the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach presented by Ford Fiesta were run today in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Bells Beach.

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Owen Wright sets the standard at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2012

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2012 is on and the first day of competition saw clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Bells Beach. No alarms and no surprises. The top seeds are through to Round 3. Owen Wright was in sensational form during his opening round bout with Patrick […]

Taj, real quick

As we recently said in our Bells Beach preview, Taj Burrow is probably the most consistent surfer of the last decade besides Kelly Slater. Unfortunately for Burrow, his career happened to coincide with the age of Slater and Andy Irons. Otherwise, he would have won a world title by now. His rookie year,…

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The electronic indoor surf simulator

Surfers are used to creative gadgets that enhance their wave riding experience. After artificial wave pools  and LED surfboards , welcome to the world of surfing simulators. An Hawaiian company has developed what they call the world’s first genuine surf simulators and stand up paddle surf trainers. The Hawaii Surf Sim group developed a technology […]

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Alessandro Piu opens the book of Italian surfing

Italy may not be the first choice if you’re on a surf travel experience, but riding waves is clearly not impossible in the land of pizza and fashion. “One Hundred and Twenty Months” is newest surf movie by Alessandro Piu, Italian surfing champion and the only national surfer competing in the world circuit. Piu created […]

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Nat Young conquers the Vans Pier Classic 2012

Nat Young has taken the Vans Pier Classic, in wild 6-to-10 foot surf, while Keanu Asing took out the Vans Pro Junior, at the Huntington Beach Pier, California. Young found two lefthanders during the final, opening his campaign with a 7.60 for several committed turns and a floater-to-barrel combination on his backup ride for a […]

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