• Onbongo Pro confirmed on the 'Brazilian leg' of the WQS

    Onbongo Pro confirmed on the 'Brazilian leg' of the WQS

    04 April 2005: - - O prazo para o fechamento do calendário mundial de surfe profissional de 2005 foi encerrado na quinta-feira, dia 31. Mas, o diretor da ASP South America, Roberto Perdigão, conseguiu mais um dia para que os organizadores pudessem concretizar as últimas parcerias e a quarta edição do Onbongo Pro Surf…

  • Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 05; Finalists announced

    Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 05; Finalists announced

    NEWPORT BEACH, CA -- (April 2, 2005) -- The finalists for the 2005 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy were announced today and the annual event is shaping up as a face-off between surfers at a world renown break off Maui, Hawaii and those at a recently discovered spot off Pebble Beach, C…

  • Day Two - REEF Classic Latin Pro, La Curva, Costa Rica

    Day Two - REEF Classic Latin Pro, La Curva, Costa Rica

    03 April 2005: - - - Según lo previsto se dio inicio a la competencia a las 8:00 AM, las condiciones del mar mejoraron considerablemente en relación al día anterior, las olas presentaban un menor tamaño.…

  • K38 Rescue File: Sharks Sharks Sharks & more Sharks

    K38 Rescue File: Sharks Sharks Sharks & more Sharks

    03 April 2005: - - A Cape Town surfer and diver, who like British tourist Chris Sullivan fought off a great white shark and lived to tell the tale, is now planning to make sharks his livelihood, but in an eco-friendly way.…

  • K38 Rescue Files: Big Waves, injuries, rescues, freedom

    K38 Rescue Files: Big Waves, injuries, rescues, freedom

    03 April 2005: - - A couple of years ago the infamous Cortez Banks area was assaulted and conquered by a small group of big wave riders equipped with jet ski drivers, helicopters, a big boat, the aid of the surf tracking website surfline.com and all the latest technology they could get their hands on. Well, maybe not…

  • REEF Classic ALAS Latin Pro kicks off playa Hermosa CR

    REEF Classic ALAS Latin Pro kicks off playa Hermosa CR

    02 April 2005: - - Costa Rica da la bienvenida a los atletas del Circuito Latinoamericano en Playa Hermosa, La Curva, las olas el día de hoy se presentan espectaculares, buen tamaño y excelente forma, uno tras otro los tubos se suceden y los integrantes del tour exponen lo mejor de su surfing.…

  • Bruce Irons and Dane Reynolds exclusive video from Oz

    Bruce Irons and Dane Reynolds exclusive video from Oz

    02 April 2005: - - In early March, Bruce Irons and Dane Reynolds hit Australia to for the year's first WCT contest. At the same time, they filmed this exclusive video clip for DC, which features interviews and riding footage of both DC team members. Bruce clocked $5 grand for longest barrel ride, so click on the link…

  • NSL announces Annual Quiksilver California Cup dates

    NSL announces Annual Quiksilver California Cup dates

    02 April 2005: - - Building on the explosive debut of the California Cup in 2004 and a groundbreaking partnership with ESPN's X Games X, The National Surf League is pleased to announce the dates for the 2005 Quiksilver California Cup. Starting on April 6th in Santa Cruz, CA, the 2005 Quiksilver California Cup will sh…

  • Kelly Gibson promoted to CEO of O'Neill Clothing & LOST

    Kelly Gibson promoted to CEO of O'Neill Clothing & LOST

    31 March 2005: - - IRVINE, Calif. – Effective today O’Neill Clothing President Kelly Gibson assumes the additional role as president of D.C.C., which holds the license for Lost Clothing USA. After a brief transition period, Gibson will then become CEO of both companies. Current O’Neill and D.C.C. (Lost Clothing USA) …

  • Trent Munro rings Bell and takes world tour ratings lead

    Trent Munro rings Bell and takes world tour ratings lead

    01 April 2005: - - Australia's Trent Munro today broke through for his first World Championship Tour (WCT) competition victory in four years, winning the historic 2005 Rip Curl Pro at Victoria's Woolamai Beach on Phillip Island. In clean but at times inconsistent 0.3 to 1 metre (one to three foot) waves, Munro, the 2…

  • March 2005 issue of Surfrider Foundation USA newsletter

    March 2005 issue of Surfrider Foundation USA newsletter

    Welcome to the March 2005 issue of the Surfrider Foundation newsletter from the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit, coastal environmental organization at http://www.surfrider.org.…

  • Confessions of a Towsurfer/Stupidest Human Alive event

    Confessions of a Towsurfer/Stupidest Human Alive event

    01 April 2005: - - We all knew that the swell was coming - it had been forecast for days in advance. Every Tom, Dick, and Harriet would be out either trying to surf, trying to tow-in, or standing on the shore gawking. Since both of our rescue PWCs were in the shop, I had some trepidations knowing that we would be una…

  • Spanish Version: Trent Munro ganó el Rip Curl Pro W.C.T.

    Spanish Version: Trent Munro ganó el Rip Curl Pro W.C.T.

    31 March 2005: - - Con un brillante desempeño que desafió los límites de la comprensión, el poderoso surfer australiano Trent Munro pulverizó a todos sus contendientes sobre las olas diminutas de Woolamai Beach, para ganar hoy la gran Final del Rip Curl Pro. Antes de vencer al campeón reinante Andy Irons en la Final …

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