Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! The team from down under nabs overall World Junior Champion team title
Three of the event's big guns - Brazil's Wiggolly Dantas, South Africa's Jordy Smith and Hawaii's Granger Larsen - were relegated to the long road of the Under 18 repechage rounds in a day of upsets at the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships at Maresias, Brazil, today.
Definitely Maybe: Another sort of Wardo...
“There’s a strategy to it,” explains Ward of navigating his way through the mystery inside a riddle wrapped in an enigma labyrinth that is the globetrotting WQS system. “You have to pick and chose what events you’re going to do. You have to pick the places you do good at or thin k you’ll do good a
Eulogy: Mathew Tomson, Son of Surf Legend Shaun Tomson, Passes Away
He was making outstanding academic progress and his easy smile, warm personality, mischievous sense of humor and good looks had surrounded him with a circle of wonderful new friends.
Peace, Love and Understanding Reign Supreme at the 2006 Cosmic Creek Challenge
Walking into the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on Saturday night it was as if I had been teleported back to 1969. Incense and the piercing ping of psychedelic guitar riffs mingling in the airwaves, bearded long-hairs and cute hippy chicks shimmying together, David Nuuhiwa and Herbie Fletcher sharing a laugh and a cold beer
Eastern Tones: Black and White and Ripped All Over
Jesse Hines and crew score late winter OBX. Photos and Captions Copyright (c)Frock 2006
Get Amp’d: A new technology that puts you right on the beach
Standing under the railroad tracks at Uppers the other day I watched dejectedly as soft, mediocre lines pushed gutlessly through to the inside. Instead of hopping back in the car, wasting more time and money as gas prices continue to soar, I flipped open my cell phone and was able to instantly access cameras focused on all the nearby spots
FANTASY SURFER NEWS - Bobby Martinez wins 2006 Billabong Pro Tahiti, Slater slowed by rib injury exits in the semis
The heaviest wave on the planet, Teahupoo, will for the next two weeks play host to the true test of the Foster’s ASP Men’s and ASP Women’s World Tours, The Billabong Pro Tahiti.
Free As a Dog: Opening night pics from the new Billabong Jack McCoy film starring Parko
Free As a Dog: Opening night pics from the new Billabong Jack McCoy film starring Joel Parkinson. Photos Rick Irons / John Fowler
Kokua Festival 2006: Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, Ben Harper and friends take over the Waikiki Shell
The Kokua Festival 2006 was held on the 19th of April on the island of Maui and on Oahu on the 22nd - celebrating Earth Day. The funds raised from the events – both sold out months in advance - will be used to further support the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, a non profit organization that educates students of Hawaii about sustaining the precious North Shore environment.
Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson and Ben Harper Rock Out at The Kokua Festival
If this wasn’t the best concert of the year, it was for sure the biggest contingent of happy people per square foot in Hawaii. The Third Annual Kokua Festival proved this year to be much more than a concert, but a huge movement of talented people dedicated to making a better world through music, love and education. Words and Photos Juliana Morais
Finals Day Firing! Bells Beach 2006 Rip Curl Pro photo gallery
Check out pics of top ASP pros tearing apart clean, classic Bells Beach during the 2006 Rip Curl Pro. ©ASPWorldtour.com
Timmy Turner Returns To The Big Screen: Tsunami Diaries set to premiere this week
A couple of weeks ago I sat down at a table at the Sugar Shack in Huntington Beach. I was there to meet Ryan Turner and photographer Chris Sardelis. Over a plate of eggs and bacon they were going to help me with a story I was working on for the magazine about Timmy Turner, his near-death battle royale with staph, the status of his recovery, and the amazing community support he received throughout
Try a SpaceCake! Moss Research's groovy new take on how surfboard design could have been
I shaped my first real board when I was about 22,” he says. “At the time, my dad had some tools, because he was getting into shaping as well. So I went and bought a raw blank and I went into the garage with a planer and I came out like eight hours later with my first board. I actually still have it.
FANTASY SURFER NEWS: Roxy Pro Fiji - Redman-Carr Wins Again; Perfect 8' Waves Unfold Over Cloudbreak's Famous Reef
Tavarua & Namotu Islands, Fiji ROXY PRO EVENT #2 ON THE 2006 (ASP) WOMEN'S WORLD TOUR www.aspworldtour.com and www.roxy.com.
Shea Lopez - the SURFER interview: Returning from injury and facing the arduous task of re-qualifying, Lopez plans to claw his way back.
Shea returned from injury in ’05 as a wildcard but suffered a shocker from start to finish. Now, at 32, he stands faced with the arduous challenge of clawing his way back to the WCT, but this time, even his doubters aren’t betting against him.
Gone Riding: Sunny Garcia and a Tale of Two Sports
One might be led to believe that a 218-pound, 55-horsepower, 450-cubic-centimeter, fossil-fuel-motivated motocross bike and an ultra-light, three-fin, six-foot-something surfboard really don’t have much of anything in common. But strangely enough they do
HOT 100: Q&A with Ricky Basnett - The Brus are Brewing
The future looks good for South African surfers right now -- the brus are brewing. But what is next?
Big Night Out: 2006 Billabong XXL Awards take over The Grove of Anaheim
Big wave hellman from all over the world came to The Grove of Anaheim to help celebrate the Billabong XXL Awards. Photos John Fowler
Gerlach takes the grand prize at the 2006 Billabong XXL Awards
Nobody ever said living in a world where men grapple with the largest swells the planet can produce would be easy. Reckon you just kind of have to hang on and hope you have enough time to catch a quick breath. In the end the edge goes to those who anticipate,