Once again, hurricane season 2012 is proving to defy the odds — and the odds makers for that matter. Forecasted to be a kitten of a season, it’s turning out to be a wild black panther. This week, we have Tropical Storm Debby churning up the Gulf of Mexico like butter for cornbread. She became […]
“Ten years from now I feel like I could still be winning contests.” Kelly Slater said that four years ago in 2008 a day after winning his ninth world title at the Billabong Pro in Mundaka, Spain. He was 36 years old and had just capped off the most dominant season of his career, having […]
Rockaway Beach has got a fun little wave today — three- to four-foot and mostly clean. The Atlantic is a little warmer than it should be in mid June. When the air warms up a bit this afternoon you can probably trunk it. But realistically, high tide is this evening at 5:45, which means it […]
Troy Elmore is one of those guys who can ride anything. Now granted, these free-spirited, peripheral surf stars don’t pull down the bucks like the tour studs, but you have to imagine their having a good time. Last year, Elmore joined the Brixton team and started trekking about Australia, riding most…
The ingredients for the Tropical Storm Beryl cocktail were first stirred over Cuba early last week — warm subtropical waters, sugar, convection, mint —until she picked up enough steam to become the second named preseason system of 2012. By Wednesday, still fairly tight to the coast of south Florida,…
With the completion of the Billabong Pro Rio and Joel Parkinson taking second place to John John Florence, Parkinson is now in the No. 1 spot on ASP World Tour. At 31, he has four runner-up finishes (2002, 2004, 2009, and 2011) but has yet to collect a World Title for himself. Does all this […]
Chances are if you’re from the States you haven’t heard much about Romain Cloitre, let alone seen his surf talents in action, but to be sure, dude rips. Part of a hard-charging, full-on crew from the south Indian Ocean that’s quickly catching up to more global powerhouses like the United States and…
Skateboarding is a baby compared to surfing. While we’re celebrating the Z-Boys of the 70s and the Bones Brigade of the 80s as our pioneers, surfing was already huge in America for three or four decades by that point (I’m not even going to get into how it dates all the way back to the […]
Byron Bay, something about the name, and everyone who’s been there will always long to go back. It’s the eastern most point in Australia, on the northern part of the New South Wales (NSW) coast. Known for it’s beautiful geography, great surf, artists and hippies. Home to The Pass, one of the most beautiful…
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…