OCTOBER PREVIEW
Get A Sneak Peek At The New Issue!
The October issue of SURFER is packed with our annual wetsuit guide, great features and sick photos to drool over, so go get a copy!
CANSDELL WINS SUPER SERIES
Dane Secures WCT Spot
Australian 24-year-old Shaun Cansdell (Emerald Beach, NSW) has defeated 21-year-old American Dane Reynolds (Ventura, CA) to win the year's biggest World Qualifying Series surfing contest - the Rip Curl Pro Super Series in Seignosse, France.
GREAT WHITE HOPES
Dane and Jordy Breathe Fresh Air Into WCT
It's official. I don't care about this year's WCT anymore. Give the title to Fanning and let's move on. Give me next year already. Next year's WCT is going to be mental. The two young upstarts, Jordy Smith and Dane Reyonlds, have qualified. Jordy qualified last month and Dane Reynolds spent the weekend in France at the Rip Curl Super Series taking care of business. Both come to the table with all eyes watching keenly.
CORNISH CLAIMS BRAZIL
Parity Reigns After Billabong Pro
Rising out of a four-year shadow, 26-year-old Samantha Cornish (AUS) won her first ASP Women's World Tour title since 2003, at the Billabong Girls Pro Itacare, this morning.
BEN HARPER GIVEAWAY
Win Ben Harper's New CD and Other Prizes!
BEN HARPER GIVEAWAY Win Ben Harper's New CD and Other Prizes!
FERAL GREEN
Dream Surf Trek From CA to Argentina
That's just what four UCLA grads have committed to: the pursuit of happiness. But they're not just dropping their lives to head on the prototypical surf trip – spending lazy days by the ocean and cataloging an endless supply of perfect waves alone; they've got more up their sleeves. They're doing it sans ecological footprint; they're going green.
GIRLS GONE GREEN
Billabong Girls Pro Contest Most Eco Friendly In World
Situated on one of the most idyllic beaches on the ASP Women's World Tour, the Billabong Girls Pro Itacare contest site, is not only of the most picturesque, but also the most eco-friendly in the world.
HUMAN TOUCH
Hawaiian Reef McIntosh Raw
Reef McIntosh dropped by to let us in on his likes and dislikes with SURFER's Human Touch.
FLATTEST CA SUMMER EVER? Summer Explained; Pray For Fall
In a word, the West coast summer surf season has: sucked. Looking at the summer of 2007 in surfing terms, it has been a disaster. Not a disaster in the Hurricane Dean sense, or the earthquake that rocked Peru, or the tornado that hit Brooklyn and flooded the subways, or the poor souls lost in the Utah mine disaster, but a sort of reverse disaster, a placid disaster, as in Lake Placid, with a capital P and that rhymes with T and that stands for Terrible.
THE MALIBU INVITATIONAL
Blending Generations Of Surfing To Save Lives
Surfers and celebrities came together to benefit Lyon Herron, a 15-year old Malibu surfer who has been heroically battling a rare genetic disease called Gardner's Syndrome for the past eleven years.
HUMAN TOUCH
Napoleon Dynamite to the Spa with Timmy Curran
With his musical career soaring alongside his surfing, Timmy Curran lets SURFER in on his likes and dislikes.
JORDY TAKES TOP SPOT
Smith Wins 6 Star WQS in France
Jordy Smith won today the first 6 Star WQS event of his career, defeating Spanish Basque surfer Arits Aranburu in a 35 minute final, where the two men had to face testing 5 to 7 ft messy waves. Scoring a heat total of over 16 points, Smith was unbeatable throughout the battle, keeping a confident smile on his face while he was running on the beach to paddle back out due to the strong currents.
THE DIRT
Fantasy Surfer Presented By Boost Mobile 2007 Mid-Year Review
Fantasy Surfer reviews all the Top 45 surfers as the 2007 World Championship Tour hits it's midway point and prepares for the home stretch
SPEAK YOUR MIND!
From Glaciers To Tankers, What's Your Favorite Oddity?
During this summer's polar thaw, Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala set out for Child's Glacier in Alaska with one goal in mind: to ride a tsunami generated by calving ice. The mission, which proved successful, earned the pair the freakish honor of becoming the first surfers to ever ride this type of wave. But where does the feat stand on surfing's oddity meter? Which of the options below is the weirdest way to stand up on a surfboard?
SPEAK YOUR MIND!
Which WCT Locations Should Be Axed?
What's your dream tour? Vote on which WCT Locations should be axed and which ones should be added.
GIANT FOAMING FRAPPUCINO
Hawaiian Crew Rides Glacier Waves
Hawaii tow-in surfing team Garrett McNamara and Kealii Mamala have just returned from Alaska where they became the first (and possibly last) surfers to successfully ride glacier-generated tsunami waves of up to 25 feet. Their tsunami surfing experience took place at Child's Glacier on the Copper River, in South-Central Alaska, located near the town of Cordova, Alaska.
THE C.J. HOBGOOD Q&A
Converting WQS Steam Into WCT Locomotion
Fresh off several WQS victories, most notably his win at the Honda U.S. Open of Surfing presented by ...Lost, CJ is ready to transfer his momentum onto the WCT at Trestles. Fantasy Surfer caught up with him to get the skinny on the fat part of the tour.
EXTRA CONTEST
Bark Out the Funny, People!
We need you at your funniest. Fill in the wittiest caption, and you can be a big dog, like the one pictured. Winners get featured in the magazine.
THAT'S SO CLICHE
Surfer Stereotypes Broken Down
What's more cliche than surfing? The term "surfer" no longer conjures up a single image of the sun-bleached "dude" of yesteryear. Today, a whole new slew of surf characters clogs the lineup. They often travel in packs, sticking closely to their kin, but the daily invasion of your local break wouldn't be complete without this distinct cast of characters:
FLOSSIE BEARS DOWN
Warnings Surge on Big Island
Numerous watches, warnings, and advisories issued for the entire State of Hawaii island chain.