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Peter Mel's guns for Punta de Lobos event

10 April, 2013 : - VIDEO: Pete Mel discusses two of the boards that he’ll be taking to Chile for the Quiksilver Ceremonial. Held at Punta de Lobos, a sand bottom left point break that has the potential to go XXL, the Quiksilver Ceremonial is the first event of the 2013/14 Big Wave World Tour. Starting April 15,…
BWWT set to charge Punta De Lobos, Chile

4 April, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: The waiting period for the 2013 Quiksilver Ceremonial Chile will take place between April 15th and June 15h, 2013. Given the right swell, the World’s best big wave surfers will charge Punta De Lobos on the first stop of the 2013/14 Big Wave World Tour and a chance to top the BWW…
Big Wave World Tour readies for Chile

3 April, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE The southern Pacific is off to a solid start in 2013, gracing the western shores of the Americas solid surf over the last couple weeks. Approaching the 2013 Quiksilver Ceremonial Chile waiting period (April 15 – June 15), the short-term forecast is calling for more of the same in…
Webisode follows Jamie Sterling's big wave hunt

29 March, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: 'Peaking - A Big Wave Surfer's Perspective' follows big wave surfers during the critical 72-hour window leading up to, during and after a big wave contest or major swell event. It's shot in a fly-on-the-wall/cinema verite style, and is meant to paint a very stripped down, honest port…
Names named for Billabong XXL final five

27 March, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: The nominees have just been announced for the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Pacifico, and it's going to be another amazing year for surfing as the sport's best continue to smash down the barriers of what was once thought possible. The Billabong XXL Awards competit…
Greg Long crowned Big Wave World Champ

25 March, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: The Big Wave World Tour has successfully completed its fourth season as Greg Long is crowned Big Wave World Champion at the Surfing Heritage Foundation Museum in San Clemente, Ca. When Long arrived in Peru this past summer it was clear by the look in his eyes that he was there to win it a…
SV Awards: Talent to be recognized....

24 MarchFebruary, 2013 - AWARDS: Surfersvillage Awards have been launched. Surfersvillage Awards are designed and developed to discover, encourage, and help, creative and technical talent, amateur and professional, to progress and evolve, in traditional and new media, in the models of print, photo, and video. SV…
Get the 'First in Surfing News' app...

24 March 2013: - APPS: The Surfersvillage 'First in Surfing News' iPhone app is aimed at surfers, surf-industry personnel, and lifestyle enthusiasts. The app adds to one of the most exciting periods ever in professional surfing. It may also be downloaded to the iPad. Download is free...…
Billabong XXL Big Wave event period ends

20 March, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Today marks the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and thus the conclusion of the year-long event period of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. The annual competition celebrates the best and biggest moments in the sport at every surf break in the world over the last 12 m…
Corky talks about bravery and, uh, balls

20 March, 2013 : - BLOG: This week I want to talk about guts and glory. Bravery and balls. Nerves and gnarlyness. Hair and hairy. What's got into me you ask? Well it all sort of centers around this dude Garrett McNamara. Most of you know that not long ago he hit the worldwide press for having ridden what has been cal…
Capsulated history of the Hawaiian Water Patrol

18 March, 2013 : - VIDEO: The Hawaiian Water Patrol started when Uncle Terry and Uncle Brian teamed up to provide water safety for the pro surfing events... or something like that. The group had seen Herbie Fletcher on his jet-ski in big surf helping people when they needed it and decided to follow his lead. Up until…
Big Wave World Tour to crown champs

18 March, 2013 : - BWWT: The fourth season (2012/2013) of the Big Wave World Tour has officially concluded. This weekend we will be hosting our Crowning of the Champion ceremony at the Surfing Heritage Foundation Museum in San Clemente, California. The night’s festivities will be hosted by Peligroso …
Red Bull Jaws paddle event window closes

18 March, 2013 : - BIG-WAVE: Red Bull Jaws, Paddle at Pe'ahi, officially closed its 2012/13 holding period last Friday, March 15. A paddle-in big wave surfing competition inaugurated on the Hawaiian island of Maui on December 7, 2012, the one-day invitational event was reserved for waves in the range of 30 to 50 feet…