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Kelly, Parko & Gmac attack big Nazare

3 November, 2012 : - VIDEO: Kelly Slater, Joel Parkinson, Andrew Cotton, Garrett McNamara, Joao De Macedo, Sylvio Mancusi and Eric Rebiere take to Praia do Norte Nazare during the month of October. What they find are big beachbreak peaks unloading very close to shore, some outside bombs and a peek into what the new s…
Names named for The Quiksilver Eddie Aikau

2 November, 2012 : - EDDIE: The 28th annual Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau, a one-day big wave invitational surfing event that requires waves measuring 20 feet or more announces its list of 2012/13 Invitees and Alternates. The event holding period begins on December 1, 2012, and concludes on February 28, 2013. T…
Mavericks event gears up, lists invitees

2 November, 2012 : - MAVERICKS: Organizers are preparing for the opening of the contest window, which starts on November 9, 2012 and runs though March 31, 2013. When wave height and weather conditions are perfect, organizers make the call to hold the contest with 24-hour notice. To celebrate the opening of the n…
The Right in West Australia delivers

31 October, 2012 : - BIG WAVE: One of the latest entries in Surfing Life’s Oakley Big Wave Awards sums up the essence of this prestigious competition – commitment, daring, suspense – and, of course, one really big wave. Underground charger and all-round mad man, West Australian Chris Ross, put in…
Lacanau lady Justine Dupont takes Aileens

30 October, 2012 : - VIDEO: Justine Dupont of Lacanau, France tows into a perfect, spitting tube at Aileens, Ireland on October 21, 2012. An entry in the Billabong Girls Best Overall Performance category of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. The Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards is a year-long surfing …
Nazare to host big wave team event

30 October, 2012 : - BIG WAVE: The Red Bull Mito will put Portugal on the big wave competition map. The international event may start at any time, from now until the 30th of November whenever Praia do Norte, Nazaré stirs to life with monster Atlantic swells. Confirmed, amongst other invitee…
Big-Wave Addicts launches new season

29 October, 2012 : - VIDEO: Follow Eric Akiskalian, Keith Galbraith and Shawn Throdarson as they begin filming for the second season of Big-Wave Addicts and launch Episode no. 1. Watch as they get their season started and prepare for the giant swells that are expected to arrive between November 2012 thru February 201…
Gabe Davies joins Northcore Europe team-riders

26 October, 2012 : - TEAM: Gabe Davies officially joined the Northcore surf team as a brand Ambassador this week. North East based pro-surfer Davies is recognised and respected within the tow-in surfing community and by surfers worldwide as a man who will charge on some of the planet’s biggest, heaviest, coldes…
Red Bull Mito - Nazare Big-Wave Tow-in event

26 October, 2012 : - BIG-WAVE: Ainda com o objetivo de colocar Portugal no mapa das grandes competições internacionais de surf de ondas gigantes, a ZON patrocina também a 1ª edição do Tow In Championship ”Red Bull Mito”. A competição terá lugar …
Shane Dorian's epic bomb at Jaws

24 October, 2012 : - VIDEO: A wide angle view of Shane Dorian's epic bomb at Jaws, Maui, on October 8, 2012, shot by Elliot Leboe. Dorian, stoked to find the pathway through a massive barrel said "I just sorta found myself in the sweet spot. Once I got over that boil I just had to hang on. The winter big wave surfing…
Justine Dupont goes BIG in Ireland

22 October, 2012 : - Justine Dupont has highlighted her big-wave credentials by threading a huge barrel at Ailleens on Ireland’s west coast on Sunday 21st October. The 21-year-old World Tour surfer travelled with the Billabong Adventure Division from her home in Lacanau, France to surf the big-wave s…
McNamara targets 100ft wave in Nazare

22 October, 2012 : - VIDEO: Garrett McNamara has warmed up for the biggest waves in the world at Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal. Wave conditions at Praia do Norte have been getting better, and Garrett has already been training on the huge waves. Perfect lines and 33 ft sets have been coming through the Nazar…
Long on 'Chasing Mavericks'

22 October, 2012 : - When Greg Long, along with Peter Mel and Zach Wormhoudt, were called upon to both consult and act in the Hollywood feature Chasing Mavericks, the three big-wave heavies had one collective, unwavering demand of the film's producers and directors: Do Jay Moriarity justice, as well as big wave surfi…