Surf News
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 […]
Alexander Zirke has claimed La Vaca XXL Invitational 2015, in the north of Spain. Thousands of spectators watched the “giant cow” generate 20-foot waves over a deep rocky seabed. The Cantabrian surf break attracted 32 riders from all over the world, including international wave hunters Eric Rebiere, and Tom Butler. In over five hours of […]
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 […]
Kalani Vierra and Krystl Apeles have been crowned the 2015 Tandem Surfing world champions, at Makaha Beach, in Oahu, Hawaii. Despite the challenging overhead surf, the SeaHawaii Tandem Surfing World Championship was a spectacular success. The overall level of competition was incredibly high, and all fans kept their eyes on the water during the final heat. […]
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 […]
Billy Kemper has taken out the Peahi Challenge 2015, in Maui, Hawaii. Jaws. Who doesn’t fear it? The infamous peak located in Hookipa delivered 40-to-50 foot wave giants for the first event of the Big Wave Tour 2015. And what a spectacular day, with six experienced hellmen paddling into the final. The rules of big […]
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They are open for business. Surf brands are everywhere. Inside surf shops, street stores, and shopping malls. Surf companies sell boardshorts, gear, wetsuits, apparel, footwear, watches, and accessories. Let’s find out who does what. Surf culture created the first surf companies in the early 20th century. The surfing fever spread across the world, and along […]