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HUNTINGTON BEACH WELCOMES ELITE BIG WAVE SURFERS FOR 2017 BIG WAVE AWARDS GALA – WINNERS REVEALED AT BIG WAVE AWARDS SHOW ON SATURDAY APRIL 29 – EVENT TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM AND LIVESTREAMED ON FACEBOOK – MORE AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: Kai Lenny (Paia, Hawaii, USA) has been nominated for the TAG Heuer […]
Big Wave Surfing Ocean Safety Program Professional big wave surfer, Eric Akiskalian is leading a new global water patrol and safety program to help ensure that big wave surfers are safer in the future. Eric’s safety crews will be running water safety during the big wave seasons at well recognized big wave locations throughout the […]
ONE MAN’S MISSION TO MAKE SURFING SAFER AT MAVERICKS by Matt Rott on 27th April 2017 It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything from Half Moon Bay. After the Titans event went belly up a couple of months ago, Mavericks appears to have gone quiet in protest. But while things have wound down at Pillar […]
WORLD SURF LEAGUE ANNOUNCES OUTERKNOWN AS TITLE SPONSOR FOR FIJI PRO – THREE-YEAR SPONSORSHIP OF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S EVENT – MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT WORLDSURFLEAGUE.COM Caption: 11-time WSL Champion Kelly Slater (USA) competes at the Championship Tour event in Fiji in 2016. Credit: © WSL / Sloane CLICK HERE FOR HI-RES PRESS IMAGES: https://wdrv.it/9770d4826 Please be advised, […]
CONOR MAGUIRE REFLECTS ON LATE SEASON MULLAGHMORE FLURRY by Ed Temperley on 26th April 2017 An irony of the Mully scene is that as performance, progression and risk have increased, alongside a flourishing world class safety club, external sponsorship Euros have declined. Effectively leaving a proud and hard-charging blue collar crew dominating each session, one […]
Billabong Ride of The Year Nominee – Ben Andrews Craig Jarvis Get Surfing News Alerts! Tuesday, April 4, 2017Maverick’s November 9, 2016 San Francisco resident Ben Andrews has flirted with the Big Wave Tour (BWT) before, when he was invited to the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Classic in 2012 – 2013. At that event, he […]
How Gerry Lopez is Still Ripping 200 Miles From The Coast A PERSONAL HISTORY OF GERRY’S PREMIER OREGON BOARDRIDING EVENT APRIL 21, 2017 BY GERRY LOPEZ The Mt. Bachelor Big Wave Challenge finished a few weeks ago, and I say that with a great deal of relief, not only for myself, but also for all […]
Russell Berke Nearly Drowns, Slater Assists in Rescue While the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach was wrapping up this week, sending Jordy Smith into the history books by ringing his first bell, another group of surfers were tasting the same swell 100 miles west, albeit a much spicier version. And during the session, at a big […]
Kai Lenny Leads First-Ever Hawaiian Statewide Coastline Cleanup on Downwind Channel Challenge Ultimate Waterman, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii and 5 Gyres Work Together to Explore the Ocean Plastic Problem Honolulu, HI, April 20, 2017 (Newswire.com) – Honolulu, HI – This March, six-time SUP World Champion and ultimate waterman, Kai Lenny, alongside Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii and […]
THE KAI LENNY AND ALBEE LAYER INTERVIEW: NERVOUS LAUGHTER Cast your mind back to the El Nino winter that pounded Hawaii’s North Shore towards the end of 2015 and into 2016. Two names that likely stick in your mind are Albee Layer and Kai Lenny – both for feats in their backyard at Jaws. […]
Chuck Patterson TBT at Jaws – Pe’ahi “Remembering back to a crazy day tow surfing with Eric Akiskalian at Jaws on my 5’9 on Super Bowl Sunday and taking one of my worst wipeouts of my life and then following that same swell to California to get one of my best waves of my life […]
LAETICIA BROUWER, 17, KILLED BY SHARK WHILE SURFING IN WEST AUSTRALIA A teenage girl has been killed by a shark while surfing in West Australia. And marking a shift in government policy, drumlines have not be auto-deployed at the site of the attack 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer died from massive blood loss after she was attacked […]
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