Nomme Mignot and Johanne Defay have conquered the inaugural Gijon Pro Junior, at the secondary location of Salinas, in Spain. Mignot, 16, explored the long lefthanders on offer at high tide, in the final heat against Miguel Blanco, Jorgann Couzinet and Ugo Robin. “I’m so happy right now, it’s my second final and first big […]
Frosty Hesson, one of Mavericks’ big wave surfing pioneers, has shared a collection of quotes and sayings that might change your life for good. Inspirational quotes and motivational quotes can change lives or help us follow our dreams. Surfing is part of life, and we can learn a lot from the sport’s most relevant personalities. […]
The Original Source Intense Surf Challenge is a digital surf tour competition which showcases Australia’s top extreme surfing talent. Fifteen of Australia’s top surfers have been invited to compete to become the Intense Surf Challenge winner. They are Anthony Walsh, Asher Pacey, Brett Burcher, Dean Bowen, Dean Morrison, Jamie Mitchell, Jeff Rowley, Josiah Schmucker, Kerby […]
The 2013 ASP World Junior Championships will be surfed at Santa Catarina’s Joaquina Beach, in Brazil, between October 27th and November 5th. The Floripa/SC ASP World Junior Championships will serve as the 15th edition of the prestigious ASP World Junior Championships, an iconic event that has crowned the likes of Andy Irons, Joel Parkinson, Adriano […]
“Baby On Board” is an instructional DVD with pre-natal yoga exercises specifically designed for surfers. When surfer mothers are pregnant, not just any yoga instruction will do. You need to take certain precautions to make sure you’re practicing yoga in a way that is safe and effective. Surf yoga instructor Peggy Hall, pioneer of popular […]
Taylor Knox, Layne Beachley, Tom Carroll, Damien Hardman, Tom Curren and Pedro Henrique will battle for the Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy 2013, at Kuda Huraa. Running for the third successive year, Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy 2013 will pit six world champions in a US$25,000 showdown across three surfboard divisions: single-fin, twin-fin […]
Masatoshi Ohno has conquered Billabong Pro Tahara 2013, at Irago Long Beach, in Tahara, Japan. The fifth ASP Japan event this season was surfed in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre). Tahara is famous for its consistent beach breaks, which often produce hollow waves with the right swell direction. Ohno would take on fellow goofy-footer Kylen […]
Garrett McNamara has been honored by the Portuguese Navy. The surfer who rode the biggest wave in the world ever promises to chase larger salted water challenges. In 2011, the Hawaiian waterman put Nazaré in the world’s most relevant newspapers, TV stations and surf magazines. The serene Portuguese town showed all its wave potential and […]
A riot broke out in Huntington Beach, California, after the US Open of Surfing 2013 final. A fight in the crowd ended up in a large scale riot, with hundreds of people destroying street signs, newspaper racks, portable toilets, city vehicles and local shops. Helmeted police was forced to intervene and fired pepper-spray pellets. Fortunately, there […]
Wales is the 74th nation represented in the International Surfing Association (ISA). Wales is one of the best surfing regions in Europe. It was fully discovered and explored for surfing back in the 1950s. The Welsh Surfing Federation was born in 1973. The country enjoys the benefit of prevailing Atlantic swells from the southwest, for all […]