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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 […]
WORLD SURF LEAGUE (WSL) AND FACEBOOK ANNOUNCE GROUNDBREAKING EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP LOS ANGELES, California/USA (Wednesday, January 24, 2018) – World Surf League (WSL) and Facebook announced a historic partnership today that makes the social media platform the exclusive digital home for the top live events in surfing in 2018 and 2019. This includes all elite men’s […]
The Story Behind What Could Be The Biggest Wave Ever Ridden at Nazaré Friday, January 19, 2018 WSL Late on Wednesday, January 17, Hugo Vau was towed into a wave by Alex Botelho which many believe was the biggest wave ever ridden at Nazaré, Portugal. The WSL caught up with both Alex and Hugo afterward […]
Mavericks Mayhem: Boat Lost, Ski Scuttled Amid 50-foot Surf WSL Chris Mauro Thursday, January 18, 2018 By big-wave standards, Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty tame at Mavericks. Sure, there was the odd bomb or two, but by all accounts, they were few and far between. But Thursday was an entirely different story and one that […]
Mavericks Challenge: Anticipation High with Yellow Alert WSL Friday, January 12, 2018 With some serious surf heading toward the West Coast early next week, Big Wave Tour commissioner Mike Parsons and the Surfline forecasting crew are keeping a sharp eye on the waves and weather expected up in Half Moon Bay, where there are high […]