The International Surfing Association (ISA) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, in 2014. The ISA began as an institution created to organize world surfing championships and to crown the world’s best surfers as world champions. With 78 National Federations as members, the ISA has grown over the last 50 years to be recognized by the IOC as […]
A group of swans has been spotted riding waves on the Gold Coast. The iconic Kirra surf spot may well be changing its name to “Swan Break”. While the Australians were enjoying a day at the beach something unusual was taking place in the small surf. Four black swans went out the back and started […]
Glenn Hall is not happy with the injury wildcard decisions made by the Association of Surfing Professionals regarding the 2014 AP World Tour roster. The top 34 surfers on 2014 AP World Tour have been decided, but Glenn Hall doesn’t understand the criteria for the injury wildcards, allocated to Tiago Pires and Owen Wright. The […]
The top 34 surfers of the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) have been decided. The 2014 ASP World Championship Tour qualification process has been concluded. The Top 22 ranked surfers on the year-end ASP World Championship Tour rankings are automatically in for the 2014 Dream Tour season. They are the following:
Kelly Slater will be surfing waves in the 2014 ASP World Tour. The Floridian surfer, 41, confirmed he won’t be retiring from professional surfing, after winning the 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters, the 56th elite tour victory of his career. “Last year, someone asked me what excited me in the end years of my career and […]
Kelly Slater has conquered the Billabong Pipe Masters 2013, in a 10-15 foot big wave surfing day, at Banzai Pipeline. The Floridian defeated local favorite John John Florence. Despite having lost the 2013 ASP World Tour title to Mick Fanning, Slater put out a stellar performance in the final heats of the Pipe Masters In […]
Mick Eugene Fanning was born on the 13th June, 1981, in Penrith, NSW, Australia, to Irish parents. The blond boy learned to surf at the age of five, near Mount Gambier, before moving with his family to Tweed Heads, three years later. In 1998, he loses his brother Sean in a car accident. With only […]
The Beater mania is conquering new surf fans with its retro, portable design. Meet the 4’6” surfboard that looks like a bread toast. At Catch Surf, the producers of the Beater Original, they say the board is ready to “take over the world”. Made to be enjoyed as a surfboard, bodyboard or skimboard, the Beater “can […]
The most famous comic book heroes are avid surfers, too. The popularity of the sport of riding waves has been in the comic strips ever since, between epic battles and imaginary worlds. Marvel Comics and DC Comics control more than 80% of the comic book market. Their longtime rivalry has attracted millions of fans to […]
The opening ceremony of the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau 2013/2014 took place in Waimea Beach, Hawaii. The event that only runs if and when waves at Waimea Bay reach the minimum of 20 feet was only held eight times in 29 years. The spirit, though, is always present. When, on March 17, 1978, Waimea […]