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Rip Curl by Hansen debuts in San Diego

6 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Nothing but good vibes and good times ensued for the grand opening party for the new Rip Curl by Hansen's store in Encinitas this past Wednesday, May 1. With the likes of 3x World Champ Tom Curren to play live music, legends like Taylor Knox, and the respective crews from Hansen's and …
Marquee grom event ditches heat format

6 May, 2013 : - GROMS: This year, Quiksilver’s King of the Groms contest is going to be 100% digital. Open to all under 16 surfers, groms have until 30th June to upload a 1minute 30second video of themselves showing off their best tricks. From 1st – 31st July, the videos will be published on the Quik…
Found photo captures British surf scene circa '69

6 May, 2013 : - HISTORY: Renowned photographer Paul Harris stepped into the Museum of British Surfing, and the first thing he saw was a photo he took back in 1969. Paul composed the picture of the new Tiki Surf Shop for an advert, when it first started out in South Street, Braunton. It features founders Tim Heyland a…
DC Shoes explores punk rock art of Mark Ong

6 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Legendary Singaporean sneaker customizer and designer Mark Ong, aka SBTG, has again teamed up with The HUB, the DC Shoes. He will be back at The HUB in Paris, creative studio of DC for his exclusive exhibition Acoustic Anarchy in Paris from Friday 17th of May to Saturday 22nd of June. …
Electric names Cazottes Euro sales director

6 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: Electric announced today that Anthony Cazottes has joined the company as Sales Director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Anthony Cazottes brings to Electric more than 15 years of experience in the action sports industry. 'I am really excited about joining Electric and the Kering group.…
Wallis & Smith top Aerial7 Backdoor Pro Junior

6 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: Piha's Tane Wallis and Gisborne’s Jasmine Smith emerged victorious after eight hours of surfing in tough conditions at Mount Maunganui’s Main Beach at the Aerial7 Backdoor Pro Junior event completed Saturday 4th May. The one day event, catering for surfers under the age of 20…
Victoria's schools battle for state surfing titles

6 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: The Victorian School Surfing Titles was held at Jan Juc over the weekend with a huge four days of schools competing for bragging rights amongst rival schools. Victoria lived up to its reputation of rapidly changing weather dishing up perfect sunshine one day and freezing windy conditions the …
Pits of Portugal to host new ASP Prime event

6 May, 2013 : - PRIME: The beautiful coastline of Cascais will host the first ever Cascais Pro, an ASP Prime event gathering the World’s highest ranked competitors in the hunt for their spot on the World Championship Tour. From October 21-27, the beaches of Carcavelos and Guincho will bring the heat on Portugal…
Kiwi team lackluster Day 1 of ISA WSG

6 May, 2013 : - TEAM: The Quiksilver New Zealand Surfing Team stumbled on day one of the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games with three of the four surfers in the Open Men's Division being relegated to the repechage rounds. Sean Peggs (Tai) was the only Kiwi surfer to advance out of his first heat placing second. The 2…
Team Australia sizzles Day 1 of ISA WSG

6 May, 2013 : - TEAM: TravelSIM Team Australia has made a perfect start to the Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Panama. The event on the right-hand, reef break at Santa Catalina has attracted more than 150 leading surfers from 24 countries. TravelSIM Team Australia is the defending champion after winning the title in …
Smaller surf day 2 of Reef ISA World Games

6 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 2 offered smaller surf than yesterday’s picture-perfect waves and with clean conditions at the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games in Playa Santa Catalina, Panama. Round 2 of the Open Men’s Qualifying and the Opening Round of the Open Women’s were on the schedule. 'The perform…
Ticos inician en el Reef ISA World Games

5 May, 2013 : - TEAM: Finalmente arrancó el evento por países más importante del mundo en las olas de Santa Catalina en Panamá, donde los ticos Noe Mar McGonagle, Gilbert Brown, Luis Vindas y Jair Pérez iniciaron hoy con un 75 de efectividad, tras avanzar tres de cuatro surfis…
Day 1 of Reef ISA World Surfing Games fires

5 May, 2013 : - ISA: The 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games kicked off with excellent waves in the head-high to overhead range at the world-class reef break in Santa Catalina, Panama. The surf conditions were spectacular with offshore winds and clean, overhead waves that brought all the teams to the edge of the cliff …