Jack Robinson has won the Pipe Invitational 2015, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii. The Australian surfer, 17, has earned a ticket for the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons, alongside Hawaiian legend Jamie O’Brien. Freestone won the event in tricky 10-to-15 foot surf. “I just wanted to get the best waves and go against […]
Piccolo Clemente and Rachael Tilly have been crowned the 2015 World Surf League (WSL) Longboard champions, in Wanning, Hainan, China. The 33-year-old Peruvian surfer from Huanchaco won his second World Longboard Championship in the long three-to-four-foot waves of Riyue Bay. Clemente beat Californian star Taylor Jensen in the final. “I feel incredible. After getting knocked […]
Their time is now. The 2015 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons is ready to crown a new world surfing champion. Will it be Fanning, Toledo, De Souza, Medina, Wright or Wilson? The wave height forecast for Hawaii leaves no doubts. It’s going to be big. And the list of scenarios for the 2015 […]
There’s a new surf documentary about West Africa. “Beyond” is a three-month long discovery through Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia. Mario Hainzl made his debut as film director with the award-winning masterpiece “The Old, the Young & the Sea,” an inspiring journey along the Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal. Now, he believes lineups […]
The 2015 World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) is over. Take a look a the new faces of the 2016 Men’s Championship Tour. The final standings have been updated, and the top 10 surfers on this year’s Qualifying Series have already stamped their name on the upcoming Dream Tour roster. They are:
It’s all down to the last 32 surfers. The 2015 Vans World Cup of Surfing has reached Round 4, at Sunset Beach, on the Oahu’s North Shore. Michel Bourez seems ready to defend his title. The surfer from Tahiti had a near-perfect heat – 18.60 points – and proved he is one of the strongest […]
Carissa Moore is your 2015 Women’s Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour queen. The Hawaiian surfer defeated Sally Fitzgibbons in the Target Maui Pro final, and secured her third world title in perfect four-to-six foot surf, at Honolua Bay. Moore concluded her 2015 World Surf League campaign with a spectacular performance. She pulled a total heat scored […]
Whether you’re a highly competitive pro surfer, or simply a passionate recreational surfer, you’ve got to master the art of the cutback. It’s the ultimate surf maneuver for speedy A-frame waves with flat spots. The cutback defines modern surfing. Back in the day, when surfboards didn’t have fins, all you could do was catch the […]
SurfStitch has bought the iconic surf fin manufacturer FCS for 17.1 million dollars. The online retailer launched in 2007 by Justin Cameron and Lex Pedersen acquired 100% of the shares of Surf Hardware International (SHI), the company behind the brands FCS, Gorilla, Hydro, and Softech. “The acquisition of SHI strategically aligns with SurfStitch Group’s core […]
Professional surfing has its rules. Just like in any other sport, surfers must know what they can and can’t do to beat their opponents and win heats and contests. Competitive surfing is full of hidden guidelines and directives. Athletes who are new to competitive surfing often make mistakes that cost heats. In the majority of […]