SLATER APPEARANCE FEE
Keeping Kelly On Tour; Webcast Review; Mundaka Cancelled
I'm not sure where Rip Curl's Search is going to take the WCT. But if surf fans had a say in it, the good folks in Torquay would put down the map and pick up the wallet and start searching for an appearance fee to pay Kelly Slater.
IRONS BROTHERS CHEATED
Crooked Mortgage Lender Under Investigation
You hear about it every day. Another guy gets taken for all he has in a scam that sounds just a little bit too good to be true. Then it turns out, it actually is too good to be true, and that optimism crashes into the bloody red depths of debt and deceit.
FAVORITES KEEP FLYING: Quiksilver Pro Sees World's Best at Their Best in Rd. 3
If the first event of the year is any barometer of what the 2008 season has in store for the world, we're in for a hell of a show.
SOFIA SUPREME
Mulanovich Chalks One Up For Peru
The first event of the 2008 world tour season is in the books, and, after finishing second in the world last year, Sofia Mulanovich has once again asserted her dominance over the rest of the pack.
CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Patagonia Cardiff Store Celebrates Surf History w/ Nat Young
Nat Young to present slide show Saturday night, With a litany of events in the stores short history, the Patagonia Surf Shop in Cardiff-by-the-Sea has where real surf culture is promoted.
STAND AND DELIVER
Irons, Rookies & a Wildcard Shine In Round Two
If there was anybody that came into the 2008 season under the microscope more than Mick Fanning it very well could have been Andy Irons.
IRONS STROLLS AT SNAPPER
Andy Smashes Through Round Two
hree-time ASP World Champion Andy Irons was back in title winning form in Round 2 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast pres. by LG today. Irons trounced Tahitian wildcard Tamaroa McComb 16.37 to 5.90 in the first heat of the day and scored the highest single wave score (9.70 out of 10.00) of the event in the process.
FAST & FURIOUS FEB. 24
Hawaiian Style Swell Muscles California Coast
As a grom in the early '80s, I remember my crew would be bummed if the local news picked up on a swell event hammering the coast. But now, of course, we live in a forecasting-for-dollars era. There is a "swell" of some sort each and every day.
SUPERBANK
The Super Debate Over Man-Made Perfection?
Dig if you will this picture: The County of Santa Barbara wants to dredge the mouth of Santa Barbara Harbor to make it a more navigable waterway.
FUTURE IS NOW
Roxy Pro Reveals Future of Women's Surfing
If you wanted a glimpse into the future of women's professional surfing, you should have tuned in today for Round One, Heat Three of the Roxy Pro.
UP THE ANTE
2008 Quiksilver Pro Raises The Bar On Day One
It could be the best season ever, pontificated Peter Townend from the hill overlooking D-Bah, where the first day was held due to lack of swell at Snapper.
OPENING DAY
Quiksilver Pro Fires on Day One
It promised plenty...and while the surf delivered little, the surfing delivered a lot. Opening day of the 2008 ASP Dream Tour went down in some less than dreamy conditions at Coolangatta's Duranbah, which, considering the whole Gold Coast has been firing for the past week, seemed a little less than appropriate.
THE FINAL CHAPTER
Nixon High Tide Hold 'Em
"We ask the almighty to open the gates of Cloudbreak for our guests," prayed the Fijian minister at the start of the traditional Tavarua kava ceremony. And like that, after two days of dwindling surf, the next morning the island awoke to four to six-foot perfection on the famed reef.
BIG BAD FRANCE
Billabong XXL Sees Late Run of Heavy Submissions
New entries are flooding in from Europe, Hawaii and California, and with less than a month remaining in the annual cycle for the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy, few are doubting that a number of records are going to be shattered.
PLAYING HOOKY
Colin Dwyer Skips School, Gets Famous
Seventeen-year-old Pacifica native, Colin Dwyer, took a page from Bueller's book by charging twenty-foot Mavericks monsters while his brethren's No. 2 pencils bubbled in Scantrons and doodled notebook nostalgia. And Dwyer's results were pretty similar to Ferris Bueller's: he's plastered on every major surf website on the planet, and he had a freakin' blast.
FLYIN' HIGH
ASP Champions' Crowning Soars Down Under
The atmosphere was electric this evening as the world's best surfers converged on the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre for the ASP World Champion's Crowning, honoring a bevy of last season's accomplishments from athletes across all disciplines of the sport of surfing.
PICK 'EM UP!
Get Your Fantasy Surfer Teams Ready For War
We're one week away from one of the most anticipated ASP World Tour FANTASY SURFER seasons ever, and there's plenty to think about.
KIDDIELAND SHOOT-OUT
High Tide Hold 'Em Treads On with Jenna Jameson & Crew
God, you just gotta love surf trips. So what if it's not some rugged, feral surfari, we're having the time of our lives, and that's what it's all about.
THE SURF KEEPS COMING
Nixon High Tide Hold 'Em Day Three
It's hard to turn down a good session at Cloudbreak, in fact, it's practically impossible, but after the third day of good waves, this morning everybody on the island was starting to feel the aches and pains of too much time under the tropical sun and, dare I say, too many waves ridden.
SUPER NEWS
Ry Craike Joins SUPER Surfboards
In a power move akin to Voltron, SUPER has added Australian master blaster Ry Craike to its already epic squad.