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Swell of the decade hits Mavericks

Mavericks delivered one of the finest days of big wave surfing of the decade. The swell was powered by El Niño. Waves in the 30-to-40-foot range hit the famous surf break located off the coast of Half Moon Bay, in Northern California, and the opportunity was not unnoticed by dozens of well-known chargers. Kai Lenny, […]

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Josh Kerr steals the 2016 Todos Santos Challenge

Josh Kerr has claimed the 2016 Todos Santos Challenge, held in spectacular 30-to-40-foot surf at Killers, a spot located off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The World Championship Tour surfer put his big wave surfing trumps into play, and stormed an elite field of specialists, with two high-scored rides – a 7.87 and an […]

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Cory Lopez enters the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame

Floridian surfing legend Cory Lopez is the new name written on the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. The goofy-footer from Dunedin is one of the most traveled free surfers on the planet. “Lopey” has a long and successful career. He is one of the three famous contemporary Floridian surfers who made it to the […]

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The top surfers of the 2016 World Surf League

Thirty-four male surfers and seventeen female surfers. The 2016 World Championship Tour roster has been defined. We know the schedule, and we know the surfers. Everyone is ready to kick off the new surfing season. There are fresh new faces in both the Men’s and Women’s Dream Tour. The 2016 World Surf League Men’s Championship […]

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Team Los Angeles steals the 2015 Red Bull Qiantang Surfing Shoot Out

Alex Gray and Cheyne Magnusson (Team Los Angeles) have conquered the 2015 Red Bull Qiantang Surfing Shoot Out, in the tidal bore of the Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, China. The event puts four two-man teams against each other in the “Silver Dragon.” The third edition of the innovative competition was compressed into a one-big-day format due […]

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Surfers get ready to explore North Korea

An American travel agency has announced an eight-day surf camp in the virgin waves of North Korea. Uri Tours, a company founded by Korean-American Andrea Lee, is taking a group of surfers to the eastern coast of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). “The pristine beaches and rocky outcrops of the Hamhung and Sijung […]

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Seth Moniz and Caroline Marks shine at the 2015 NSSA National Championships

Seth Moniz and Caroline Marks have conquered the Open Men and Open Women divisions at the 2015 NSSA National Championships, at Huntington Beach, California. After eight days of competition, the United States has crowned seven new National Scholastic Surfing champions, plus 16 Explorer champions. “So stoked to win the Open Men’s division after my brother, […]

Swell Building For Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles At Bells Beach

Swell Building For Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles At Bells BeachWednesday, 27 May 2015 The Australian Indigenous Surfing Titles has continued at Bells Beach today with Round 2 of both the Open Men and Masters Men divisions completed in a building swell.With a small swell showing in the morning, the event was put on hold until […]

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Surf Republic wants a surf pool in Texas

A medical laboratory scientist wants to overcome the irregular surfing conditions of Texas by building a surf pool in the Greater Houston area. Naradah Tisdel has a dream, and he will try to write history in the heart of Texas. The scientist-DJ has set up a crowdfunding campaign to draft the plans for a park called […]

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Carissa Moore wins third consecutive Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach

Carissa Moore won the Rip Curl Women’s Pro Bells Beach 2015. The Hawaiian defeated Stephanie Gilmore in a tight final, and she is the first female surfer to win three consecutive titles in the Australian break. In their 21st matchup in pro surfing, Moore and Gilmore gave all they had. Stephanie opened with a sharp […]

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