The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Australasian qualifiers have been selected for October’s Oakley ASP World Junior Championships Bali, the event that will decide the Men’s and Women’s 2012 ASP World Junior Champions.
The argument could be made that the hotbed of American surfing is San Clemente, Calif. I’m may be biased, my mail gets delivered here, but the relatively quiet town has produced more game-changers and world tour surfers Jim Hogan, Matt Archbold, Christian and Nathan Fletcher, Dino and Kolohe Andino,…
The most experienced tube riders in the world have enjoyed long, difficult, hollow, deep and perfect barrels. Who are they and how complicated is to get pitted? Getting barreled in a wave is the ultimate dream of every surfer. If tube riding could be taught in the university, it would be the hardest exam. In […]
The SATA Airlines Azores Pro has completed the Round of 96 at Ribeira Grande, Açores, in clean three-to-four foot waves. Cory Arrambide was one of the standouts of the day, after posting a near perfect 9.87 out of 10 for an incredible frontside inverted aerial to advance ahead of Messias Felix. “I’m so stoked!”, Arrambide […]
Ira Mowen is surfing the last head-high barrel just outside of Berlin, in Germany, whenever a giant ship passes by. “Surf Berlin: The Quest for the Last German Wave” is a very serious surf documentary. The iconic Central European city, capital of Germany, offers one only rideable wave. Berlin is 976 kilometres (606 miles) away […]
Take surfing to the streets of London, New York, Sydney and Los Angeles with the “Stair Rover”, a skateboard that goes down stairs. Skateboarding and surfing have always walked together. Sharing technology, tricks and riding styles is part of the relationship between these boardsports. “Stair Rover” is an innovative skateboard designed by Po-Chih Lai, a […]
“The Disappearance” of Jamie O’Brien, Anthony Walsh, Alex Gray and Cheyne Magnusson is being investigated by a team of six filmmakers. What should have been the ultimate surf trip to the jungles of Indonesia quickly became an excursion into heart-stopping terror. As the group of surfers discovers a secret perfect wave, strange images begin to […]
Attention all surfers. The long-term practice of surfing may cause serious mental disorders. Surfers are heavily exposed to ocean delirium, lunacy, neurosis and absurdity. In the last decades, surfers transformed surfing into pictures that transcend the frontier of the water sport, itself. Where in the world could you imagine a surfer riding waves with a […]
Garrett McNamara will travel to the town of Nazaré, in Portugal, to beat his own Guinness World Record for the biggest wave ever surfed. The bar is raised at 78 feet (23.7 meters). The ultimate big wave surfer from Haleiwa, Hawaii, is excited to return to Europe’s West Coast. In November 2011, Garrett McNamara was already […]
Julian Wilson is training hard to complete the first-ever 720 in the history of surfing. The Australian pro surfer has headed to the Reunion Island to film the upcoming six-part series “La Réunion”. Julian Wilson is also meeting Jordy Smith, who is filming his new surf movie “Bending Colors”. “Going for the 720 is more […]