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South Africa takes team gold at ISA World Games

12 May, 2013 : - ISA: Following an incredible Final Day of great waves and tremendous surfing performances, the 2013 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship officially closed. Team South Africa is the new 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games Team Champion. South Africans is the winner of the Fernando Aguerre World …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Lay Day: Billabong & Colgate Rio Pros wait

8 May, 2013 : - WCT: Event organizers have called lay days for both the Billabong Rio Pro and the Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro, citing poor winds and opting for improved conditions projected in the coming days. Event Nos. 3 and 5 respectively on the 2013 ASP World Championship and Women’s World Championship Tours…
Action heats up Day 4 of Reef ISA World Games

8 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 4 of the Reef ISA World Surfing Games brought a slight increase in the surf and impressive performances from the world’s best surfers. Due to an extreme low tide, the event began just before noon. The competition picked up once the tide covered the volcanic rock reef and the waves …
Day 3 slows a bit at Reef ISA World Games

7 May, 2013 : - ISA: Day 3 offered challenging conditions for the world’s best surfers in the 2013 Reef ISA World Surfing Games. The morning’s extreme low tide combined with small waves caused for competition to go into a holding pattern. Once the tide increased, the waves improved and competition started…
Shane Dorian, Skip Frye, Rockin' Fig join elite

7 May, 2013 : - HISTORY: The Surfers Hall of Fame announces one of its most extraordinary classes to date when it inducts three generations of surfing royalty including a legendary surfer/shaper who made an indelible mark in the 60s, an iconic local personality and member of the first NSSA National Team in 1978, and …