Ed Leasure has decided to step down from his role of president of Billabong US. After nine years at Billabong Americas, and 40 years in the action sports industry, Leasure decided it was time for a new cycle in the company and his life. Leasure started his career shaping surfboards. Later, in 1979, he opened […]
Garrett McNamara has nearly survived a heavy wipeout at Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, in Northern California. The Hawaiian big wave surfer paddled into one of the biggest Mavericks waves of all time, air-dropped it, rode it for a couple of seconds and then and fell into the abyss about halfway down the face of the […]
John Engle believes that the film has played a central role in the emerging surfing subculture. In his book “Surfing in the Movies: A Critical History,” the author analyzes the fruitful relationship between motion pictures and the sport of riding waves, with their hidden details and messages as core ingredients. The history of surfing is incredibly […]
Larry Gordon, the co-founder of Gordon & Smith Surfboards, passed away at the age of 76. He is considered one of the pioneers of the modern foam surfboard. Gordon was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1939. Because he suffered from asthma, his family moved to Southern California when he was only three. He started surfing […]
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 […]
Mick Fanning, Adriano de Souza, or Gabriel Medina – one of them will be crowned the winner 2015 World Surf League (WLS) Championship Tour, as the Billabong Pipe Masters enters the last day of competition. It’s down to the wire! The most prestigious trophy in professional surfing will be decided in the final heats of […]
Three hundred and twenty Santa surfers have broken the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest surf lesson, in Bondi Beach, Australia. The famous Sydney beach was dressed in red, and the goal of the gathering was simple and valid – to raise awareness and funds for OneWave, a non-profit surf organization supporting people with […]
Sebastian Williams has taken out the 2015 Quiksilver King of the Groms, in Fernando De Noronha, Brazil. The super final had ten contestants surfing in paradise. They were invited to impress the judging panel with fun factor, progressive surfing and creativity in the waves. The winner would cash in $20,000. The organization chose two different […]
Scott Cuttre is a passionate surf writer. He doesn’t write about surfing the way we do. Cuttre writes poems. And he shared “Suited Savior” with us. Enjoy. The 35-year-old writer lives in Belmar, New Jersey. Scott Cuttre has a passion for surfing and poetry, and the result of the unusual fusion is quite interesting.
Owen Wright is out of the title race. CJ Hobgood rides the last waves of his pro career. Filipe Toledo and Adriano de Souza relegated to Round 2. The 2015 Billabong Pipe Masters is on. The world’s best surfers entered the final contest of the season, as powerful eight-to-ten foot giants rose above the surface […]