Perfect split-peak barrels opened the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons. Medina and Fanning are through to Round 3; Slater is forced to surf Round 2. The world title race is on. Mick Fanning was the first contender to hit the water. The Australian survived the first final with a relatively low […]
Kai Lenny is the grand star behind “The SUP Movie”, a stand up paddleboarding flick directed by award-winning filmmaker Johnny DeCesare. Do you think it’s easy to get barreled at Jaws with a large and heavy SUP board? Ask young waterman Kai Lenny, and he explain the adversities of riding a moving bull with a […]
Nic Lamb rode a Perfect 10 wave to claim the 2014 Punta Galea Challenge, in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain. Waves in the 30-40 foot range opened the Northern Hemisphere leg of the 2014/2015 Big Wave World Tour (BWWT) season. Punta Galea was incredibly scary, with huge sets coming in below dark grey rainy skies. Pro […]
Jamie O’Brien, Reef McIntosh, Hank Gaskell, or Makai McNamara? The best two surfers of the Men’s Pipe Masters Invitational will be awarded wildcards into the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters. The format is new and almost fully reserved to the Hawaiian contingent. The four finalists of the Men’s Pipe Masters Invitational have been decided in classic […]
Harley Ingleby claimed the 2014 ASP Men’s World Longboard Tour title, in Wanning, China. The Australian longboarder defeated Phil Rajzman to confirm the second trophy of his career, in pumping, offshore wind influenced three-to-four foot waves at Hainan Island. Ingleby and Rajzman are past winners of the 2014 ASP Men’s World Longboard Tour but, this time, Harley managed […]
Chelsea Williams is the 2014 ASP Women’s World Longboard champion. The Australia wave rider defeated Kelia Moniz in the decisive heat held in Wanning, Hainan Island, China. After finishing runner-up four times, Williams is finally celebrating a world title. The Gold Coast surfer showed her outstanding nose riding skills and mixed it with rail carves […]
A powerful northwest groundswell will hit Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Norway between Wednesday and Thursday (December 10th-11th). Waves reaching 50 feet, and winds gusts hitting 110 km/h are expected to surprise the western coastal regions of the British Islands and the Republic of Ireland. European big wave surfers are on high alert. The eye […]
Michel Bourez conquered the 2014 Vans World Cup of Surfing, in triple overhead waves, at Sunset Beach. The Tahitian surfer defeated Dusty Payne, Sebastian Zietz and Ian Walsh in the four-man final. He ended up taking the second jewel of the Triple Crown of Surfing with a total score of 18.13 points. “It took a […]
Garrett McNamara and his longtime friend Kealii Mamala love to chase challenges. Frequently, these challenges involve water and waves located in unusual spots. In 2013, they rode glacier waves. It was cold out there. The water temperatures gave a new meaning to cold water surfing, but the Hawaiian duo didn’t care. They wanted to ride […]
Tail slides love steep waves. The maneuver changed competitive surfing and also the way shapers designed surfboards. Let’s drift into the mechanics of a classic backside tailslide. Showing the fins while attacking the wave lip. It’s quite impossible not to love the move, whether you’re watching it from the beach or from the line-up. Tail […]