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3X WORLD CHAMPION MICK FANNING ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM WSL WORLD TOUR – 17 YEARS AT ELITE LEVEL, 22 CT VICTORIES, THREE WSL TITLES – 2018 RIP CURL PRO BELLS BEACH TO BE FANNING’S FINAL AS FULL-TIME COMPETITOR – MORE AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: Three-time WSL Champion Mick Fanning will retire from competitive surfing on […]
BILLY KEMPER AND PAIGE ALMS WIN 2017/2018 BIG WAVE TOUR TITLES – ALMS DEFENDS BIG WAVE CROWN FOR BACK-TO-BACK TITLES – KEMPER EARNS FIRST BIG WAVE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP – MORE AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: Hawaii’s Billy Kemper and Paige Alms earn 2017/2018 Big Wave Tour Titles. Credit: © WSL LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, February 28, 2018) […]
Billy Kemper Jumps to No. 1 on Big Wave Tour Rankings Chris Mauro/WSL Tuesday, February 13, 2018 The race for this year’s Big Wave world champion took a pivotal turn during the Nazaré Challenge in Portugal this past weekend. While Brazilian Lucas Chianca nabbed the big headlines with his first Big Wave Tour victory, Billy […]
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Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca Wins Nazaré Challenge Anna Dimond / WSL Sunday, February 11, 2018 It was only a matter of time before Lucas “Chumbinho” Chianca won a WSL Big Wave Tour event. But just a handful of big-wave cognoscenti could have predicted that a 21-year-old ingénue would win the Nazaré Challenge, whose host wave is […]
NAZARÉ CHALLENGE CALLED OFF FOR TODAY, NEXT CALL TOMORROW AM – POTENTIAL START TOMORROW AT 7:30 AM WET (11:30 PM PST, 5:30 AM BRST, 7:30 AM GMT, 6:30 PM AEDT) – EVENT OFFICIALS PAUSE CONTEST DUE TO DANGEROUS WINDS ON OFFER AT NAZARÉ – MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM The WSL Big Wave Tour Nazaré […]
WSL BIG WAVE TOUR NAZARÉ CHALLENGE WILL RUN SATURDAY: GREEN ALERT – WORLD’S BEST BIG WAVE SURFERS PREPARE FOR XXL WAVES AT HARROWING PORTUGAL BREAK – FANS CAN WATCH LIVE ON SATURDAY AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM & FACEBOOK LIVE – MORE INFO AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Tour (BWT) is placing the Nazaré Challenge […]
Nazaré Challenge Big-Wave Contest Could Run Saturday Anna Dimond / WSL Tuesday, February 6, 2018 It’s already been a winter to remember at Nazaré, the Portuguese break that has brought the world some of the biggest waves ever ridden. This week, a huge swell is again predicted to make its way toward Nazaré’s famous deep-water […]