Larry Gordon, the co-founder of Gordon & Smith Surfboards, passed away at the age of 76. He is considered one of the pioneers of the modern foam surfboard. Gordon was born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1939. Because he suffered from asthma, his family moved to Southern California when he was only three. He started surfing […]
Thirty-four male surfers and seventeen female surfers. The 2016 World Championship Tour roster has been defined. We know the schedule, and we know the surfers. Everyone is ready to kick off the new surfing season. There are fresh new faces in both the Men’s and Women’s Dream Tour. The 2016 World Surf League Men’s Championship […]
Mick Fanning, Adriano de Souza, or Gabriel Medina – one of them will be crowned the winner 2015 World Surf League (WLS) Championship Tour, as the Billabong Pipe Masters enters the last day of competition. It’s down to the wire! The most prestigious trophy in professional surfing will be decided in the final heats of […]
Three hundred and twenty Santa surfers have broken the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest surf lesson, in Bondi Beach, Australia. The famous Sydney beach was dressed in red, and the goal of the gathering was simple and valid – to raise awareness and funds for OneWave, a non-profit surf organization supporting people with […]
Sebastian Williams has taken out the 2015 Quiksilver King of the Groms, in Fernando De Noronha, Brazil. The super final had ten contestants surfing in paradise. They were invited to impress the judging panel with fun factor, progressive surfing and creativity in the waves. The winner would cash in $20,000. The organization chose two different […]
Scott Cuttre is a passionate surf writer. He doesn’t write about surfing the way we do. Cuttre writes poems. And he shared “Suited Savior” with us. Enjoy. The 35-year-old writer lives in Belmar, New Jersey. Scott Cuttre has a passion for surfing and poetry, and the result of the unusual fusion is quite interesting.
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 […]
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 […]