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Lay Day called for the Billabong Rio Pro

12 May, 2013 : - WCT: A lay day has been called for the Billabong Rio Pro, with only small one-to-two foot waves on offer at the Brazilian beachbreak of Barra Da Tijuca. The Billabong Rio Pro kicked off competition on the opening day of the waiting period with the completion of Round 1 and while the men’s event…
Tyler Time: Wright wins Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro

11 May, 2013 : - WWCT: Tyler Wright has defeated Sally Fitzgibbons in a high-scoring final of 17.80 to 15.67 to win the Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro in peaky two-to-three foot waves, simultaneously taking the frontrunner position on the 2013 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour. Wright dominated the Barra Da …
Brazil leads Day 7 of Reef ISA World Games

11 May, 2013 : - ISA: The second to last day of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games saw big changes in the overall team standings. The door is now wide open for Brazil, which is now in the lead, and for Peru and Australia, which are close behind and are making a charge for the stash of trophies – the Fernando Ague…
Surf industry opportunities from ASPOM

10 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: European Action Sports hub ASPOM provides the latest job offerings in the Sport & Lifestyle Industry. Check out this week's positions avaialable in Sales, Product Managemnt, Marketing, Customer Service, Technical Consultancy, Logisitics Management, communications and much more within th…
Crunch time Day 6 of Reef ISA World Games

10 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 6 of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games reached the critical stage as the competition field was reduced and more surfers are out of the event. The race for the Fernando Aguerre World Team Champion Trophy, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President’s Trophy and the Copa V Centena…
Quarterfinalists decided at Colgate Plax Girls Rio

10 May, 2013 : - WWCT: The Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro completed a massive opening day of competition, running through four rounds of competition to decide the Quarterfinalists in peaky two-to-four foot waves at Barra Da Tijuca. The event saw dominant performances from the event’s top seeds, tightening up a…
Dubai's surf center gets shut down

10 May, 2013 : - CULTURE: After saving in excess of about 100 people, staging monthly beach clean-ups and teaching thousands to surf, Daniel Van Dooren and Scott Chambers’ livelihood is hanging in the balance. And supporters say drownings could occur if the duo behind Surf Dubai are not allowed to operate…
Russell Winter wins English National Champs

9 May, 2013 : - CONTEST: The 41st English Nationals Surf Championship in association with P20, hosted by Extreme Academy, was a huge success over the bank holiday weekend, thanks to the hard work of the Surf Science and Technology Foundation Degree students at Cornwall College Newquay, who helped organise the event i…
ISA World Surfing Games get heated Day 5

9 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 5 of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games showed positive signs of the coming swell. As the event approaches the final days of competition, the National Teams face critical rounds that will determine the final positions in the chase for the Gold Medals. Once again, competition had a delayed start…
French surfer dies in Reunion shark attack

9 May, 2013 : - SHARK: The 36-year-old was in the sea off Reunion Island when a shark charged at him twice, prompting a nearby swimmer to raise the alert when he saw blood on the water. The surfer's wife was on the beach at the time of the attack, which caused significant blood loss and put him into cardiac and respi…
Tricky tubes for Round 1 of Billabong Rio Pro

9 May, 2013 : - WCT: Round 1 of the Billabong Rio Pro was completed today in three-to-five foot waves at the primary site of Barra da Tijuca with the world’s best surfers navigating the at-times challenging barrels on offer and thrilling the crowd on the beach. The perennial threats were in form …
Changes at Electric lead to new campaign

9 May, 2013 : - INDUSTRY: 2013 brings a revitalized Electric identity, re-engineered logo, expanded product lines and a newly launched website. With the evolution of the brand comes the launch of the ‘Atramental’ campaign. Derived from the process ‘to atrament’, turning an object to black, &ls…
No Niño & No Niña: What do we call it then?

9 May, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: During April 2013, ENSO-neutral continued, with near-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) observed across most of the equatorial Pacific Ocean, and below average SSTs confined to the far eastern equatorial Pacific. The Niño indices were near zero throughout the month, except for…