Californian powerhouse Kolohe Andino conquered the 2015 Australian Open of Surfing, at Manly Beach, Sydney. The 20-year-old surfer from San Clemente defeated Mateia Hiquily, 19, in consistent one-to-two meter waves and sunny skies. Andino opened the final with a near-perfect 9.73 left-hand ride. “I wanted to win the event and I did it. I’m stoked. […]
Cork is slowly entering the surfboard world. Shapers are giving it a go; surfers like its consistency. But we had never seen a board shaped from recycled cork stoppers. A group of social entrepreneurs from Murcia, Spain, has shaped and developed a patented-protected surfboard made of traditional cork stoppers. When the wine’s over, cork stoppers […]
Kanoa Igarashi and Isabella Nichols conquered the 2015 Australian Open of Surfing Pro Junior titles, at Manly Beach, New South Wales, Australia. The 17 year-old from Huntington Beach stormed the final against Harry Bryant, with a balanced dose of patience and wave strategy. Igarashi locked in a combined heat total of 16.83 over Bryant’s 13.90. […]
The International Surfing Association (ISA) has announced the ISA World Championship Series schedule for 2015. The governing body for the sport of surfing has planned eight competitions taking place in four regions. The world’s best SUP racers, SUP surfers and paddleboarders will travel to Sayulita, in Mexico, for the first event of the 2015 season […]
An Australian researcher has concluded that surfers are saving as many people from drowning as volunteer surf lifesavers. Anna Attard, author of the study “Guardians of the Surf: The role and value of surfers in Australian beach and coastal surf rescues,” noted that surfers rescue 5000 people per year in patrolled (45 per cent) and […]
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Gary Linden, vice-president of the Big Wave World Tour, is excited. At 65, he rode his first big wave at Jaws. Greg Long told him: “No, you can’t do it, I don’t think you can do it, Gary.” That was the trigger. Linden had never tasted the power of Peahi before, so he had to […]